Dennis Green, Englewood First Responders
Dennis Green is quick to confess that when he was younger he was “part of the problem” in the Englewood neighborhood where he grew up. Now he strives to be…
November 2, 2022
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Something Good in Englewood
Something Good In Englewood was an important resource hub for families in Englewood long before it became official in 2018. The community-based organization grew out of Little Angels Learning Center, an early learning facility,…
December 27, 2021
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Sports Alliance Renewed for Fourth Year
The Chicago Sports Alliance, a collaboration between the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox that began in 2017, announced it will move forward for a fourth year to…
July 16, 2021
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Heartland Alliance and the McCormick Foundation Launch the Chicago Community Data Portal
Free online dashboard curates data sets from leading sources in one portal, offering neighborhood snapshots of economic opportunity, education, and health and wellness and saving time and resources for nonprofits,…
November 12, 2020
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Unifying Communities in Uncertain Times
When the COVID-19 statewide stay-at-home order was put in effect in March 2020, the team at Central States SER, a workforce and education organization in Little Village, had to think…
October 29, 2020
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Chicago’s Peace Outreach Continues as Gun Violence Takes No Break
Amidst the continual backdrop of COVID-19, Chicago’s plague of gun violence has raged on, and over several weekends spiked higher than previous years. Almost no other group is seeing the…
June 23, 2020
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New Restorative Justice Court in North Lawndale
Opened in August 2017 in the North Lawndale community, the first ever Restorative Justice Community Court (RJCC) is an innovative collaboration between community-based service providers and the Circuit Court of…
June 25, 2019
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Reclaiming Southwest Chicago
Guest Blog by Chris Brown, Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) When 500 people gathered at St. Adrian Church in 2017 to announce the next phase of the Reclaiming Southwest Chicago Campaign…
March 25, 2019
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Stop and Frisk Only Hurts Black and Brown Communities
Patrick Sharkey, in his book An Uneasy Peace argues that Stop and Frisk policies did much to damage if not ruin any trusting relationship between police and the communities most impacted by…
October 18, 2018
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Addressing Intentional Violence and its Root Causes
Guest Blog by Kate Dohner, Senior Writer, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Development Violence in Chicago has become a national headline: “More Than 100 People Were Shot in…
September 4, 2018
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