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ICARUS-E Monthly Newsletter

7.16.09 Issue 1

INSIDE

Dreams Deferred 1

Growth 2

Rally 2

Rally Cont'd 3

Statement $ 3

Statement $ 4

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Imagine a world, cold and

dark; forever isolated from

the light of reason, ruled by

the brazen violence of a

harsh town without pity.

This is the reality for

thousands of youngsters

trapped by the impact of

stress disorders related to

Chicago Public School

students that are residents

of the Englewood

community are getting a

first-hand lesson in

protecting the environment.

Icarus-E, along with an

initiative from the U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

Today at noon, an upstart

nonprofit organization

located near 63rd and

Ashland held a social

service cuts policy rally in

front of its vacant lot turned

memorial site named for

recently slain 7th District

Police Officer Alejandro

"Alex" Valadez.

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Imagine a world, cold and dark; forever isolated from the light of

reason, ruled by the brazen violence of a harsh town without pity. This

is the reality for thousands of youngsters trapped by the impact of

stress disorders related to depressive traumatic homelessness in

Chicago’s Englewood community. Now there is an answer, a clarion

call to come and seek safety within the angelic wings of Icarus-E’s

nonprofit programs.

It is estimated, according to the Heartland Alliance Chicago Poverty

Report 2008 that of the approximately 54, 000 children who have

become extremely poor 10,642 are homeless Chicago students. This is

a 35% increase over the last 5 years. Icarus-E, a innovative nonprofit

service located in the heart of Englewood near 63rd and Ashland,

provides professional and authentic advocacy, mediation, intervention

and support service to hundreds of targeted, at-risk homeless CPS

students. Icarus-E gives help to families impacted by the effects of

poverty and academic isolation.

Icarus-E offers help with:

� Housing case management

� Substance Abuse referral/assessment

� Career mentoring

� Academic tutoring and coursework support

� Job readiness training

� Conflict management

� Educational Policy group Facilitation

Help us ignite the future. Icarus-E nonprofit and channel 7 [WLS TV]

bring this message to you. For more information call Jeffery Massey,

Sr. at: 773-476-9049

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Today at noon, an upstart

nonprofit organization located

near 63rd and Ashland held a

social service cuts policy rally

in front of its vacant lot turned

memorial site named for

recently slain 7th District

police officer Alvarez. As a

part of Icarus-E’s Urban

Farming and violence-free

homesteads, prospering

vegetable-flower gardens,

tended to by participants in

their Homeless Student’s

Initiative, now represent the

hope for a better tomorrow.

The face of promised hope is

reflected in the story of

Deirdre Dangerfield, a 15-year-

old student at Gage Park H.S.,

who began in January 09’

dropping out of school after

the imprisonment of her single

parent mother for drugs and

prostitution. With no other

able family members available

to give shelter and food, she

turned to doubling up with

another friend whose gang-

affiliated lifestyle began to

lure her towards a life of crime

and habitual homelessness.

Right before she’d totally

given up hope, outreach

workers from Icarus-E became

aware of her plight after

school officials involved with

our education liaison

designated her with an ‘at-

risk’ status. Within days,

Deirdre was assessed,

processed and initiated into

our homeless student initiative

programming. As well, the

friend’s family unit was

encouraged to also begin

entry into our family

intervention support unit.

Today, Deirdre is a perfect

attendance student actively

engaged in our ‘Urban

Farming’, ‘Quasar’ school

curriculum assistance,

housing assistance, urban post-

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When 15 year old John Jimenez and his sister Maria Garza came to CHAS, it was

their idea to change the way children viewed farming. The children of a farming

family, they already had a firm foundation. “Now we get the opportunity to share

with others the joy we have when it involves planting crops” says Maria. Maria,

like other high school students at Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences

(CHAS; 3857 West 111th Street, Chicago) are taking their mission for farming

abroad. With assistance from Icarus-E, CHAS students are in Englewood

teaching other high school students the importance of farming and agriculture to

our city.

The Future Farmers Initiative, which began as collaborations

between the far south side school and Icarus-E, provides needed information and

skill building for local high school students. The students of the Englewood

community are using this opportunity to learn agriculture while taking their

knowledge back to their local high schools in an effort to make their school more

environmentally conscious. The students, from John Hope High School and

Harper High School, are working together to make Englewood the first

agriculturally sound neighborhood in the city.

“The students are working closely with the resources of CHAS, while

gathering sound information for their own careers” says project coordinator

James Williams. “When William Hook (Principal) approached Icarus-E about this

program, we did not hesitate to agree with”. Besides students learning the basics

of agriculture and the environment, they are also getting a step ahead in college.

Through the University of Illinois-Extension, students are receiving college credit

for their academic interests. This program continues through October, when

some considers the harvest time for agriculture.

For more information on The Future Farmers Initiative, please visit

our website, or call John Williams at (773) 476-9046. The Future Farmers

Initiative can also be reviewed on CHAS website: www.chicagoagr.org.

Icarus-E NP

6229 S. Justine St.

Apt. 1R

Chicago, IL. 60636

phone: 773-476-9049 or 773-863-0677

fax: 425-675-9049 or 773-863-0680

email: [email protected]

web:

http://sites.google.com/site/jmasseysrmsnm/Home

Icarus-E. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the

facilitation of direct-care, advocacy & training for

community residents who are participants in the Chicago

Public School System impacted by homelessness, medical

constraints associated with traumatic stress issues &

educational impairment.We hope to address Chicago’s inner

city care access disparity, allowing the group to execute its

mission providing medical and social support networks for

Englewood’s Homeless Student Initiative.

Also, it will provide facilitation for a unique consortium of

local health care and social service institutions, including

both the University of Chicago and University of Illinois

Medical School’s public policy research branches. We all will

share common mission goals to provide disenfranchised

citizens suffering from the ravaging impact of little or no

access to quality treatment and research options for

debilitating neurological conditions.