108: Crossing Division Street: A Conversation With Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo

Hello! In this week's episode I am joined by Author Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo to discuss her recent release Crossing Division Street. Rebecca is a Chicago based author, nonprofit leader, and advocate for free expression and civil discourse. Crossing Division Street Traces four generations living through a century of defining events in Chicago and American History Drawing from research spanning 1891 to 2001.

The book begins at the intersection of Division and Larrabee Streets, a crossroads at the center of a nation's story, where Little Sicily became Cabrini-Green and was remade again. Rebecca connects one changing neighborhood's history to a larger American tension: our need to belong to families and communities without surrendering the individuality that makes pluralism possible.

The Book is out now and can be found here: https://bookshop.org/beta-search?bkshp-astro=t&keywords=crossing+division+street

You can find the Instagram for the book Here: https://www.instagram.com/crossingdivisionstreet?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

You can find the website for the book here:https://www.crossingdivisionstreet.com/

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