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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Logan Square Neighborhood Association
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Garfield Park Community Council
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Foundation for Homan Square
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Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative
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Erie Neighborhood House
Erie House seeks funding and grant support to support the professional development efforts for our Early Childhood Education (ECE) staff. We will allocate funding towards providing specialized training for ECE staff, covering topics such as bilingual education, child development, curriculum design, trauma-informed practices, and culturally responsive teaching strategies. The impact of specialized early childhood education training extends far beyond the walls of Erie House, shaping the trajectory of children's lives and strengthening the fabric of communities.
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National Museum of Mexican Art
The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) is requesting continued support for Listo para el museo (Ready for the Museum), a program that is geared toward employing Mexican culture and artmaking to support cognitive development in young children. The Museum seeks to serve as a community resource for parents looking for unique, culturally relevant ways to support their children’s development. What’s more, NMMA seeks to incorporate art made by Chicago born or based artists in order to make children and families aware of the richness of art from their own Mexican community.
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Resurrection Project
There are an estimated 24,000 – 30,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens residing in Illinois who are likely to meet eligibility requirements for the new parole in place (PIP) program along with an unknown number of Dreamers eligible for expedited work visas. To ensure that each of these individuals has awareness and an opportunity to apply prior to the end of the calendar year, The Resurrection Project (TRP) will lead an expedited implementation effort, inclusive of statewide outreach, education, advocacy, screening, pro se workshops, and legal services, by engaging the existing Illinois Access to Justice (ILA2J) network of immigrant serving organizations.
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Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Across all of our program areas, the vast majority—about 89 percent—of Palenque LSNA’s participants and leaders are Latinx and/or Spanish-speaking. In addition, approximately 80 percent of our base are immigrants. Palenque LSNA has served these communities with immigration related programming and organizing efforts since 2005, ultimately aiding thousands in applying for citizenship, green cards, and DACA status. More recently, we have been engaging new arrivals with referrals and supports. Moreover, gentrification and displacement have disrupted people’s networks of support, separating them from their resources and communities. Many of our community members and leaders feel isolated and are seeing their culture displaced through gentrification. We recognize both through our own experience and the increasing body of research that our built environment is an important element of community building and its positive effects on public safety and mental health. Palenque LSNA is fully committed to re-activating spaces through a placekeeping strategy that engages our local schools and other connected public and private spaces as a way to create a sense of belonging for people who have been marginalized. As described in more detail below, in the coming year we will connect immigrants to resources, including new arrivals, and support a culture of belonging/placekeeping.