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ALT This is a promotional poster for the "Healthy Chicago Podcast." It announces a new episode titled "Domestic Violence: What is it? How can survivors get help?" scheduled for October 22, 2026. The background features a map, and the CDPH (Chicago Department of Public Health) logo is visible.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson Breaks Ground on South Side Non-Congregate Shelter for Homeless Youth. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, Alderman Ronnie Mosley, DFSS Commissioner Angela Green, DOH Commissioner Lissette Castaneda, Deputy Mayor Arturo Carrillo, and Unity Parenting's Constance Colin break ground on a non-congregate shelter on the site of a vacant former hotel in Branierd on the South Side.
ALT 2. Text: The $6.2 million redevelopment by Unity Parenting and Counseling will transform a former Brainerd motel into 26 non-congregate units for young adults ages 18-24 experiencing homelessness. Image: Mayor Johnson hugs a young Black woman in a school hallway.
ALT 1. Text: Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Order Establishing Senior Bill of Rights & Mayor’s Office of Aging. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson shakes hands with a male Black senior citizen in a baseball cap seated in his walker at a Senior Home around the holidays.
ALT 2. Text: Mayor Johnson’s executive order directs City government to proactively address challenges facing senior residents while identifying gaps in City services and programs supporting senior Chicagoans. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson shakes hands with a group of Asian women senior residents, all seated, while visiting a senior home in Chinatown.
ALT 3. Text: The order also establishes a Mayor’s Office on Aging (MOA), which will work to coordinate and expand access to City services affecting senior residents and to re-establish the Department of Aging. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson excitedly smiling holds up his three fingers while talking a group of senior residents on the South Side.
ALT "4. Text: Mayor Johnson’s order builds on years of organizing by Alder Jeanette Taylor, KOCO, and the Senior Bill of Rights Coalition. The Senior Bill of Rights affirms the fundamental rights of every Chicagoan age 60 and older, including City services, safe housing, and quality healthcare. Learn more at chi.gov/seniors-rights. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson holds up his Executive Order, flanked by a large group including Alders Jeanette Taylor, Lamont Robinson, Pat Dowell, Byron Sigcho-Lopez, and Angela Clay, DFSS Commissioner Angela Green, Deputy Mayor Arturo Carrillo, KOCO Executive Director Shannon Bennett and other KOCO staff, SBOR Coalition members Lavenua Hood and Wilma Pittman, and many other seniors and advocates at the KOCO Headquarters in Bronzeville."
