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Those five groups are: Center for Changing Lives, Phalanx Family Services, Pui Tak Center, Spanish Coalition for Housing and United African Organization. Some target populations include those experiencing homelessness, residents living in the U.S. without legal authorization, disabled people, veterans, unaccompanied youth and non-English speakers.

“Sustainability is a big umbrella with lots of big buckets, for example, how your relationship with food and agriculture contributes to the climate crisis,” Ramos said. “We want to draw the visitor in with the basic understanding that there are four sustainable components critical to life — food, water, energy and culture/economy.”

A CTA Orange Line train passes above as Chicago Transit Authority workers march in the Loop to bring awareness to assaults on bus and rail operators on Dec. 11, 2021. CTA employees and labor union representatives called for increased policing on bus and rail systems, in addition to stronger prosecution of offenders. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)