3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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Ubica Inc.
Michael Tyler’s books, The Skin You Live In and Mirror Face, allow educators, parents and other caregivers to begin difficult, but necessary dialogues with the young people in their lives. He has teamed up with educators all over the nation to find unique and impactful ways to use his books as a foundational resource for Social Emotional based learning (SEL), some of which include: Working with Beyond Differences as a featured author for their nationwide initiative, “Know Your Classmates” day Teaming up with Atlanta Public Schools, Los Angeles Public Schools, Marin County Public Schools, Ontario Province Public Schools and Scotland Public Schools on various curricula, workshops and author readings Partnerships with the Clinton Presidential Center and the MLK Center on virtual workshops and student discussions Working with a national organization of arts educators to develop an arts-based curricula tied to The Skin you Live In Collaboration with the NBA’s Mental Health Program to develop discussion guides tied to promoting self -love and positive body image This would involve more than just delivering a curriculum and toolkit/study guide for educators and young children—although both would be part of the strategy. Rather, this is an opportunity to create a “pilot project and template” that engages key stakeholders—young children, parents, caregivers, teachers, pediatricians, child psychologists, social workers, social media experts, and others—in a collaborative process that does truly inform the development of the curriculum, while also building “a community” that can guide its use—in school districts not only in the Chicagoland area and the rest of Illinois, but also nationwide. As the Chicago Community Trust considers making a grant to Michael Tyler to be a partner in developing a “pilot” curriculum and attendant toolkit/study guide and outreach/engagement strategy. Our team's educational expert, Carlos Mendez, is an elementary school teacher with a Masters in Education, who is also an LGBTQ advocate. Carlos will lead a robust discovery process to engage key stakeholders and thought leaders to help develop a multi-level curriculum for K-5 grade levels.
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Greater Chicago Food Depository
In support of general operations.
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CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL INC
In support of general operations of the mission and programs for The Available City.
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Common Purpose Us Inc
Chicago200 convenes an extremely diverse cohort of 18-24 year olds from across the city for a powerful leadership experience that brings together established leaders with young Chicagoans and challenges them to work together. N.B The program is open to anyone in or from Chicago and its surrounding areas.
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LATIN WOMEN IN ACTION
Since our early days, Mujeres Latinas en Acción (Mujeres) saw how cultural, and systems of oppression can be challenged through community engagement, mobilization, and collective leadership. With our unique position as a place of healing within the Latina immigrant community, Mujeres’ early founders and staff saw how women became emboldened as they recognized their own strength, and together worked to lift the voices and power of other women. This request will allow a growth and reinforcement of our efforts to connect more Latina immigrants with grassroots organizing & leadership, both within Mujeres and with our external partners. And finally, Mujeres wants to be an effective institutional leader on key issues and grassroots movements that are most vital to the immigrant communities of Chicago, especially those that impact immigrant survivors of violence. Mujeres, in partnership with UIC’s Greater Cities Institute, will facilitate focus groups and interviews with immigrant community members to engage in deep conversations about key issues facing the Latina immigrant and survivor community. We will develop a Position Paper with policy and advocacy recommendations and through a community centered engagement process, select campaigns based on the recommendations.
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Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
In support of general operations.
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Illinois Partners for Human Service
In support of general operations.
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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC
As a newly formed collaborative, Chicago Flats Initiative is seeking a consultant to assist in the development of an initial strategic plan and work plan to guide the collaborative as it seeks to define its goals and priorities to substantially impact Chicago neighborhoods over the next 3-5 years. The consultant first will work directly with the Steering Committee of the Chicago Flats Initiative (i.e. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Communities United and Enterprise Community Partners) to design and facilitate an engaging and actionable retreat for the Initiative's members, focused on creating common understanding and moving toward alignment on the Initiative's priorities. Post-retreat the consultant will work with the Steering Committee and relevant stakeholders to undertake an environmental scan of the ecosystem of relevant related preservation efforts. With collaborative members they will also analyze the systems and forces that impact displacement prevention and wealth building through 2-4 flat preservation and define key barriers to and drivers of change. Impactful strategies will be identified resulting in a work plan with measurable goals.