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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THE HANA CENTER
HANA Center will implement its Healing in Action project, engaging a range of culturally relevant, trauma-informed practices to promote the well-being of Chicagoland Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant community members. Engaging participants from its wide base of service & organizing programs, HANA will develop multi-generational healing and community-building initiatives including youth and women’s Korean drumming groups, a racial justice support program, and storytelling opportunities. Through participation in these programs, community members will be rooted in their culture and lived experiences, and together develop community-led tools and solutions to heal from trauma and support each other to live strong, healthy lives.
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Inner-City Muslim Action Network
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) proposes a partnership with Chicago Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation based on shared commitments to providing holistic health and wellness interventions for underserved Illinois residents. Specifically, IMAN requests $75,000 in funding to augment its Health Center’s ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination Program, including existing outreach and education efforts in hard-hit areas on Chicago’s southside, and to support the salaries of two new medical assistants.
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MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION INC
Although young people care deeply about the problems in their communities, many feel powerless to solve them. Being left out of the conversation exacerbates the inequalities that youth experience, especially in the education system. Colleges across the country have failed to ensure that their students, particularly their low-income and students of color, do not fall through the cracks or become victims of the vastly unequal achievement gap. With the help of Mikva Challenge’s expertise in empowering youth voice, the City Colleges of Chicago aim to combat these inequalities in their system by bringing youth perspectives to the forefront of equity conversations, ensuring youth have a say in the development of a more equitable education system.
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CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
This proposal supports the involvement of three organizations – the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), the Active Transportation Alliance, and Equiticity – to participate in coalitions regarding transportation equity and mobility justice. Our three groups are the co-chairs of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN), a recently-formed coalition that includes 30 community groups, civic organizations, equitable transportation advocates, academics, and other stakeholders. This grant will be used in large part to support the continued involvement and leadership of our three organizations in this coalition, and will also support our involvement in other related coalitions.
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OPTIONS FOR YOUTH
For 20 years, OFY has worked to expand life opportunities for Chicago’s most vulnerable teens on the South and West Sides. Since 2017, our What’s Up with Manhood program has worked with LatinX and African American boys in Little Village to overcome the trauma of violence and toxic gender norms they encounter on the streets, at home, and in school. Through a long-term commitment, our Mentors work with over 100 high school boys each year to help them develop social emotional and life skills leading to healthy masculinity, responsible behavior and academic success. Ultimately, over 95% of our teens finish high school (the majority accepted to college) and demonstrate a greater appreciation for peaceful conflict resolution and gender equality.
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Chicago Rehabilitation Network
CRN with partner Chicago Community Loan Fund started the Center for Shared Ownership to provide leadership for the preservation and creation of shared ownership models (coops, affordable condos/townhomes). In addition to encouraging new coop development through training and education, many historically redlined communities are faced with troubled and aging shared ownership properties at risk of blight and speculation. These at-risk, collectively-owned properties need intense TA to strengthen governance, financial stability, and reconnections to community. Using collective impact frameworks, our approach is for community-wide engagement to improve overall housing options, create wealth, and to establish a foothold for shared ownership.
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ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOUSING AND HEALTH ALLIANCE
The AMITA Housing and Health Alliance is requesting a $100,000 renewal grant ($50,000 over two years) to provide general operating support for our continuum of supportive housing, a proven effective solution to chronic homelessness. Through our continuum of transitional and permanent supportive housing ( both site-based and scattered site units), we provide stable housing, case management and other supportive services to more than 300 formerly homeless adults annually. Continued funding will help us provide more intensive support services to our clients, the majority of whom are living with HIV or chronic illness, and struggling with mental illness and substance use. The stress and trauma of Covid has intensified need for client support.
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Chicago Torture Justice Center
The Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC) offers politicized healing and wellness services to individuals, families, and communities impacted by police violence. We work closely with survivors tortured by Jon Burge and others within the Chicago Police Department, an organization that continues to inflict violence on Black and Brown people. We are also the home of Justice for Families, a group of family members whose loved ones have been murdered by the police. Our work responds to trauma experienced across the lifespan, as survivors who were tortured in the Burge era as teenagers and young adults are now in their 50s and 60s. As the violence of policing continues to create and exacerbate trauma, we are growing to meet evolving needs.