CITY OPEN WORKSHOP

When Asiaha Butler told us, “this is community development of the mind,” I saw nearly everyone in the room spontaneously nod, smile, and...

Jonathan Grant, Artist-in-Residence at the American Church in Paris, discusses how to create a welcoming church environment for marginalized

Morgan Malone, Project Manager at Teamwork Englewood visited us and shared her work related to Quality-of-Life Plan 2016 – Englewood...

Byron Sigcho, Executive Director at the Pilsen Alliance, joined us and shared his perspective about the importance of community inclusion...

Anjulie Rao, Editor of Chicago Architect Magazine, talks about communication, emotion, and transparency in design.

We talk with Nicole Vasquez, founder of The Shift, about coworking offices serving as the community centers of our time.

How can cities use data for social good, who can make sense of it all, and how?

For our workshop this week we welcomed Dennis Mondero, Executive Director at Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) and Jenni Han,...

Do you ever wonder what high schoolers are up to these days? They’re just taking #selfies and dabbing on Snapchat right? Well, maybe a...

City Open Workshop convened in Uptown on October 7th for a tour of the neighborhood to better understand the area and look for...