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Earlier this week, Michelle Obama, the former First Lady and founder of the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance, unveiled a renewed commitment to empowering and uplifting girls in Chicago.

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Allison Yates sat on her mom’s couch reading the “The Battle of Lincoln Park” when her interest for history, desire to explore the city and curious mind came together to found Read and Run Chicago over a year ago.  Read and Run Chicago hosts running events with routes inspired by books that take place in...

Allison Yates, founder of Read and Run Chicago, aims to learn about the neighborhoods of Chicago one run at a time. Of all the running groups in the city, Read and Run Chicago is a bit less focused on pace and more focused on literary and historical exploration. “Running … makes you feel connected to...

On Sunday, Jan. 30, from noon to 2pm, Out of Eden Walk-Chicago and Read & Run Chicago are teaming up to bring the very first HomeStories Run to the Chicago community.

Love. >> alex haley is one of so-called welcoming schoolsing accepting students from schools closed in the consolidation. >> we have children coming here from opposite gang territory. i parents want to know their chirp walk out the door in the morning, they want them to come home safe. >> the mayor responded to parents concerns by spending about $8 million to hire 600 additional safe passage workers. >> no resident from the city of chicago from the mayor to a parent gets a pass. were all account...

The second city is now known as the startup city. >> as most of the city gets ready for the start of school, entrepreneurs of 1871 prepare for chicagos biggest tech event, demo day. >> theres a reason to come to chicago as entrepreneurs. i think theres some geek chic going on. >> sammy is a resident and entrepreneur. now hes ceo of mash.com. sometimes he even plays celebrity matchmaker. >> we know we can find you some great first dates. >> he helps run chicagos digital startups. >> 1% acceptance...

Table, that our german shepherd grabbed his hand because he was raising it towards my mother. my father took us out of the room and said, its just a family dispute. >> each side is convinced that theyre fighting for the survival of chicagos public schools. >> you cannot govern our communities and lock our voices out and say we know whats best for you. >> mr. mayor, where you at! >> what i can do is receive the materials and give them to everybody in here. >> is the mayor in chicago? >> the mayor...

Hoping to score. >> its a new way to unlock provocative new insights for agencies. you just cant buy access like that. so its a great place for us to do business. >> this isnt the first time entrepreneurs flocked to chicago. they came after the great fire in 1871 when the fire destroyed most of the city. >> after 1871, the entrepreneurs came to chicago to build out of the scrap heap something great in a city. its why i love the name. >> one of americas wealthiest families teamed with the mayor t...

What am i going to do? im going to have to hit them with an ax. >> the fire captain is in charge of truck 41 in englewood. >> everybody knows it as the house of bells. the bells do not stop ringing in this joint. >> every day, joel and his firefighting crew deal with victims of violence. >> assaults, violent stabbings, beatings, a lot of gunshots. >> how many shots did we hear? >> 10 or 12. >> i try very hard not to bring it home, because believe me, it would harden you. you see a child shot. to...