Stay ConnectedThe It’s Skokie Podcast focuses on Skokie, Illinois. Our weekly guests include representatives from local government management, elected officials, community and business leaders along neighbors, and friends who get together to discuss the many good reasons to love Skokie. Listen in. I promise you will learn something.
Listen in. I promise you will learn something.
Ilene and Scott venture into Evanston and meet with Aaron Masliansky, host of "Inside the Skev" podcast that features Skokie and Evanston. It's hard to tell who is running the show on this one and there is a LOT covered. "Skevanston" is the area inside zipcode 60203. Learn what makes this a very unique area in this podcast.
Ilene and Scott travel to Evanston to meet with Mary Ellen Ball – Executive Director of Open Communities.
Open Communities seeks to eradicate housing discrimination, in all of its forms, and against all persons, because of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sex, disability, familial status, or source of income.
We cover what the organization does in Skokie and surrounding communities in this week's episode.
In this episode, we celebrate our one year of doing this podcast. On this occasion Mark, Ilene and Scott venture to Community Animal Rescue Effort - C.A.R.E. right here in Skokie. We meet Jennifer Guth and talk about the history and mission of C.A.R.E.
Since 1987, Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.™) has been promoting adoptions and care for dogs and cats. The volunteer-driven, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization serves all of the communities of Chicago's North Shore. Shout out to Evanston Subaru in Skokie for being a big supporter of this great Skokie based organization.
We travel to the Skokie Police Station HQ to meet with Chief Scarpelli and Sargent Franklin to discuss the Skokie PD's outreach and services for the community. From home security checks to block watches and outreach to schools. Have a listen to this fun podcast and we can tell you a few things you didn't know about the Skokie Police Department.
We visit Aw Yeah Comics in "Beautiful Downtown Skokie". Hey, they actually came up with "Beautiful Downtown Skokie" in their own comic book!
The owners have done so much for Downtown Skokie we just have to share the story. Have a listen. I promise you will learn something!
Jim and Gloria talk about their mission and how they make Mini Man Monkey Brains work. We hear from Gloria who is a Special Education Teacher how the store was founded and it's very special mission to train young men on the Autism spectrum some valuable job skills.
Scott, Mark, and Ilene lead this spirited conversation recorded live at Mini Man Monkey Brains. We cover Halloween in Downtown Skokie and more!
Mark, Ilene, and Scott meet with Skokie School District 69 Superintendent Dr. Margaret Clauson and Sarah Rankin again to discuss community schools and everything that has happened in the last 10 months since we last spoke. This time Liza Sullivan who is the birth to age 3 coordinator joined in to discuss the Ready For Success program and how it engages parents.
School District 69 is the only district in Skokie to support this effort and implement in their schools. Listen in and discover how all the resources available in the community are used to benefit the students.
Recorded live at the NSBAR Centennial Celebration.
Recorded live at the NSBAR Centennial Celebration.
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