Long story why I made this map. It’s one of the many things I’m involved with as newbie journalist, and I wanted to share. Below I mapped out all of Chicago’s June 2009 festivals. Click on a blue dot and it will tell you the date, locale and Web information of said festival. Interestingly enough, I can overlay this map with a registered sex offender map I did in grad school. But that might dampen the mood, yes?

I attended the opening dedication of the new Holocaust Museum in Skokie today for MakeItBetter.net. The ceremony was full of hopeful and gracious speeches by former President Bill Clinton, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, Rabbi Herman Schaalman and others.

All of the presenters talked about using education to prevent further genocides and atrocities from happening again. Here are a few quotes from the day:

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