Our ongoing advocacy and community initiatives have been formally recognized in the concluding analysis of "Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification"(University of Chicago Press).

Authored by Dr. Mike Amezcua, this seminal work has quickly become the definitive historical record of the Mexican American struggle for spatial justice, political autonomy, and economic survival in Chicago. To be featured in its conclusion is not merely a citation; it is an acknowledgement that our work represents the contemporary frontier of the historical forces Amezcua describes.

We recently took a moment to reflect on a landmark collaboration between the Gage Park Latinx Council (GPLXC) and Gerber/Hart Library & Archives. As the Midwest’s largest repository of LGBTQIA+ history, Gerber/Hart provided a dedicated space to look back at the vital, often-unseen history of Queer and Latinx organizing in Chicago.

The resulting exhibit wasn’t just a display; it was a powerful retrospective of the grassroots work that has defined our movement in Gage Park and across the Southwest Side.

GPLXC continues to make history, this time at The Chicago History Museum.

John travels to middle America to learn about Chicago's Mexican and Puerto Rican communities and how they have transformed the city into Chicagolandia. There, he learns about the deep roots in activism and resistance these communities have displayed including the work at GPLXC

The queer, DACA-led southwest side group addresses community needs around food, health, and public space.