Social media graphic of the Earth embedded within a chain ring with big red text that says "rescheduled."

Pedal for the Planet 2026 is ON!

On Saturday, April 25th, join @ctulocal1.bsky.social's Climate Justice Committee and BGN to close out Earth Week in motion. 🚲

Bikes will roll out from Lakeview, Hyde Park, and Wicker Park, all meeting at Douglass Park for birding, trash pickup, and a picnic. 🌱

This administration (once again) needs to read the room. Been a minute since folks (including me) were so mesmerized by space exploration.

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC.

"All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources."

blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

I wholly agree, def doesn’t feel like his tone/language.

Very excited to see them at the Vic on 4/18!

A student set a goal to run every street in Chicago and inspired a city. Now he must leave the country. Joabe Barbosa, who is earning his doctoral degree in psychology from Roosevelt University, plans to finish his yearlong journey to traverse the city by foot on June 14.

This is sad

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/02/a...

Too early for this image.

The Hideout has been sold to a new owner who pledges to "continue the legacy."
blockclubchi.co/4bvdVI8

Social studies teachers: How are you planning on addressing the Cesar Chavez sexual abuse story breaking in the NYT? How can we help students confront this difficult past, but also better understand that one person does not make a movement? #sschat #edusky

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Love to Dolores Huerta and survivors everywhere❤️

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

Either a Bewitched nose twitch or an I Dream of Jeannie cross-armed head nod. IYKYK.

These histories need to be taught and talked about. Their legacies are still greatly a part of our current experience.

Thanks, Andrew!

How have I not known about this?! I’m not seeing a way to subscribe… just bookmark/visit the page? (Pardon if I’m missing the obvious.)

Seen 5:07pm

Popping Chi Sky, post-storm.

Absolutely my take as well. I really liked the building before his name got slapped on it.

Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. https://to.pbs.org/47ug2uu

One of many key players in the Civil Rights Movement whose name is not nearly as widely known as it should be. He was pivotal in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the 1961 Freedom Rides.

One of many key players in the Civil Rights Movement whose name is not nearly as widely known as it should be. He was pivotal in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the 1961 Freedom Rides.

One of many key players in the Civil Rights Movement whose name is not nearly as widely known as it should be. He was pivotal in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the 1961 Freedom Rides.

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

I have a fond memory of being in his presence and hearing him speak at a Facing History Board retreat in 2017. 3/end

Freedom Riders | American Experience | PBS The powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.

Lafayette’s storytelling in the “Freedom Riders” documentary (dir: Stanley Nelson) is a joy to behold. 2/x Streaming on @pbs.org:

www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Bernard Lafayette is one (of many) folks in the Civil Rights Movement whose name is largely unknown, but whose footprint was larger than large. In addition to the Voting Rights work, he was pivotal in the 1960 sit-ins and the 1961 Freedom Rides. 1/x

Ear is looking surprisingly unscarred tho

Chicagoans, please sign this. And keep Wrigleyville from getting even more ridiculous.
More bikes and buses.