Barack Obama Makes it Into the History Books!

Dear Alliance members,

The Field Museum's Division of Environment, Cultural and Conversation would like to invite students and parents of Chicago Public Schools from your communities to view the new exhibit "The Aztec World." We will provide transportation and free admission to this exhibit through a grant to Cultural Connections. You will need to complete your visit by December 7th.

For more information please contact Rosa Cabrera at

rcabrera@fieldmuseum.org

312/665-7470

Free Journalism & Media Training @ Radio Arte (Ages 19-24)

Please help me spread the word to those who may be interested in being part of Radio Arte's tuition free 1-year training program in community media, journalism, and broadcasting. It is offered in Spanish (Mondays/Wednesdays) and English (Tuesdays/Thursdays), from 4:30-7:30 PM.

We are taking applications from young people between the ages of 19 and 24 years old. As part of the program participants receive training in journalism basics, digital production, radio broadcasting, and media literacy. For more details on the program, and to apply, please visit www.wrte.org/training.

Deadline to apply is November 28th, 2008, and classes begin in February 2009. Please not that while there is no charge for the program, there is a $25 registration requirement, as well as costs associated with equipment.

If you have any questions about this, or anything else regarding the Training Program, please contact Tania Unzueta at (312) 455-9455 x 203, or at training@radioarte.org.

Tania Unzueta

Director of Youth Training &

Community Programming

WRTE - Radio Arte Chicago

312.455.9455 x 203

Headline News

Elections 101.

The presidential prize is in sight as the nation's registered voters head to the polls on the first Tuesday in November to decide who'll lead the country.

November 4 is Election Day in 2008, with polls opening as early as midnight in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, and finally closing in Hawaii and Alaska.

Although polls across the country are open on one day, the election is not a national poll but a series of 51 state-level elections that decide the members of the Electoral College. Technically, voters aren't choosing a candidate but a slate of electors who have pledged to vote for that candidate when the Electoral College meets.

The candidate who wins the most votes in each state normally wins all of that state's electoral votes. With 538 electors up for grabs, the candidate with more than half -- 270 -- wins the presidency. The number of electors from each state equals the number of senators and representatives the state sends to Congress. If no candidate receives 270 electors, the House of Representatives decides who the next president will be.

The Electoral College meets in December to formalize the election, although the results are usually known soon after the election, and preparations already have begun for a presidential transition (if necessary) and the inaugural ceremony on the Capitol steps on January 20.