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I am writing this letter for a project in our Swadeshi unit. Swadeshi means to support the local economy and culture because it is more resilient than a global economy and globalized culture. This letter is about the local economy and I was supposed to find one issue that was wrong with my neighborhood. We [...]

Alderman Margaret Laurino 4404 West Lawrence Avenue. Chicago, IL 60630 July 19, 2012 Dear Ms. Laurino, My name is SN, and I’m a rising junior at CICS Northtown Academy HS.  I’m also currently in a summer program at my school called the Global Peace Class.  We discussed the relations between our local and global economy [...]

Office of the Mayor 121 N LaSalle Street Chicago City Hall 4th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 Dear Mayor Emanuel, Early exposure to drugs is a rising issue for young children in Chicago neighborhoods. I myself have witnessed more and more teens using drugs out in public and this is due to the wide access teenagers [...]

Reflection During our second week of the Global Peace Course, our assignment was to protest against something we found in need of positive change. I chose to protest to some members of the Board of Directors and leaders of my charter school because I wanted them to know about some of the maintenance issues here. [...]

  Alderman Margaret Laurino 4404 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60630   July 20, 2012   Dear Ms. Laurino:   Please accept this letter as a protest regarding the current pothole issue in the streets and sidewalks around CICS Northtown Academy. This is a problem for all the people at Northtown and for the community too [...]

  YLS   Chicago July 20, 12   To Whom It May Concern:     I can imagine that there must be a lot of things in your hands thus I thank you for taking the time to read this letter. As a student at CICS Northtown I hope that you receive this as a [...]

  Alderman Margaret Laurino 4404 West Lawrence Avenue. Chicago, IL 60630   July 20, 2012 Dear Ms. Laurino, My name is VC and I am a student attending CICS Northtown Academy. I live in the neighborhood and the condition of street and sidewalks does not convince me that it is safe to travel to and [...]

  Elizabeth D. Purvis Chicago International Charter School 11 E. Adams Suite 600 Chicago, IL, 60603   Dear Mrs. Pervis, I am writing to alert you of a problem that affects my school, CICS Northtown Academy. My school, which is the place I spend hours, days, weeks, and months learning so many things, whether these [...]

  CICS Northtown Academy 3900 West Peterson Avenue Chicago, IL 60659-3162 (773) 478-3655 2012 Civitas Schools   July 20, 2012   To Whom It May Concern,   Please accept this letter as a protest regarding the lack of air conditioning in Northtown Academy.   In Northtown Academy, there is a lack of air conditioning in [...]

While studying Swadeshi, the idea of having self sufficient, small economic communities, I looked for a way to translate that into the world around me. There are a few really fantastic small companies in my hometown that exemplify what Swadeshi is, but I couldn’t find anything that I wanted to protest on a local level. [...]