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The Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) was founded in the early 1970s by a coalition of churches, social service agencies, and residents of Uptown and Edgewater who were determined, despite the split into “two” communities, to retain a sense of community along the lakefront between Irving Park and Devon. ONE’s mission is to maintain and support a mixed-income, multiethnic community. Uptown/
Edgewater is one of the most diverse communities in the nation. We have always been a port-of-entry community, ready to welcome newcomers from the rural south, refugees from the war in southeast Asia and the African famines, those seeking asylum from persecution and pogroms in the former USSR, and victims of the war in eastern Europe, as well as Latinos from many nations. Most people who come here are looking for a place to begin a new life and a way to live in peace and health with their families and neighbors. We are ready to welcome our latest batch of new neighbors–new owners and young professionals–if only they would let us!
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