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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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Partnership for College Completion
The Partnership for College Completion (PCC) champions policies, practices, and systems that increase college completion and eliminate degree completion disparities for low-income, first generation, and students of color in Illinois – particularly Black and Latinx students. Since its launch five years ago, the PCC has successfully deployed its unique, three-part approach in service of its mission, to lay the groundwork to improve college graduation outcomes and eliminate inequities in college access, persistence, and completion for these target student populations in Illinois. This proposed grant would support PCC’s work in the area of College & University Partnerships, supporting the Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative and our efforts to accelerate institutional changes that will advance racial and socioeconomic equity in student outcomes.
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Endeleo Institute Inc
The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) launched “We Will Chicago,” the City’s first citywide planning initiative in more than 50 years. Endeleo Institute is among the groups selected to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research reports or the initiative’s Advisory Committee.
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TERRITORY NFP
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between MUSE Community + Design (MUSE), Rudd Resources and Territory NFP. The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) launched “We Will Chicago,” the City’s first citywide planning initiative in more than 50 years. Territory is among the groups selected to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research reports. MUSE and Rudd Resources are part of the consulting team supporting DPD in developing research reports on seven pillars. As part of its role, MUSE and Rudd Resources is overseeing the Community Partners and making stipends available to selected organizations to participate on a pillar topic research team or the advisory committee. Roles and responsibilities This MOU memorializes the Community Partner’s commitment to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research teams or advisory committee. More specifically, the Community Partner agrees to: • Select a representative from their organization to attend meetings, to be held approximately once per month for nine months on a virtual basis, via a device that allows audio and video participation. • Actively participate in work generated from meetings which may include research, review of drafts and providing comments on planning materials. • Host at least two community meetings, virtual or in-person, by December 31, 2021 and provide up to $1,000 of its We Will compensation to meeting participants in the form of stipends (gift cards, check or electronic funds). Community Partners must invite their constituents and others to participate, moderate and facilitate the meetings, and produce meeting summaries that include thorough and detailed notes. Meetings should be reflective of the community you serve. Meetings should adhere to the accessibility guidelines for We Will Chicago. Meetings held in languages other than English or with translation are strongly encouraged as appropriate for your community. • Attend up to three meetings with other Community Partner organizations to share experiences, suggest changes and improvements, and engage in Partner-to-Partner peer exchange and relationship-building. • Publicize We Will Chicago events and updates through social media, newsletters, and similar communications. • Host other informal meetings or discussions as may be necessary to fulfill Community Partner responsibilities. • Document and communicate We Will Chicago Community Partner activities with Rudd Resources. Examples of documents may include photos, sign in sheets, attendance list, meeting notes/take-aways. o Gather contact information from attendees for DPD to keep participants looped into plan updates and send event follow-up surveys. • Communicate to Rudd Resources in a timely manner if there are any concerns regarding the above-stated commitments. We Will Chicago Community Partner MOU For its part, Rudd Resources agrees to communicate transparently and openly with the Community Partner and, to the best of its ability, track and report an accurate summary of the Community Partner’s contributions to We Will Chicago. Rudd Resources will provide information for the Pillar research team meetings and suggestions for community engagement activities. Rudd Resources will submit invoices for payment provided a representative from the Community Partner attends meetings and fulfills the other responsibilities outlined in this agreement. Schedule The Community Partner’s involvement will take place between July 2021 and March 2022. Partners may be provided with additional grant resources and asked to continue their terms beyond the aforementioned period, depending on individual work plans and funding availability. Stipend The Community Partner will receive a stipend of $15,000 in exchange for these commitments. Upon meeting benchmarks specified in this agreement, stipend payments will be distributed in three equal payments of $5,000 each. The payments are scheduled to be made by September 30, October 31, December 31, 2021.
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Alianza Leadership Institute
The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) launched “We Will Chicago,” the City’s first citywide planning initiative in more than 50 years. Alianza Leadership Institute DBA Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) (aka “Community Partner”) is among the groups selected to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research reports or the initiative’s Advisory Committee. ASE is committed to engaging community residents and new constituencies from Chicago’s southeast side in the We Will Chicago process. ASE will hold 2 community meetings, and ensure community residents have a voice in the City Plan, esp. when it comes to policies to address racial equity and community decision-making on the 7 pillar/ priorities in the We Will Process, including economic development, environment & climate, transportation, and housing. ASE will also participate in regular strategy sessions with the City of Chicago, other community partners and stakeholders, and consultants (MUSE, Rudd Resources).
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CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION
CCC seeks funding to continue movement and momentum for the “Championing Equity Initiative,” an ambitious effort to achieve a universal 4-Year Outcomes Measure success rate of 55% by 2032. By FY25, we plan to be a third of the way to this universal goal, by focusing on the significant equity gaps in outcomes for Black and Brown students. With an investment of $750,000 over 12 months, CCC will complete the infrastructure, strategies, and tools to achieve unprecedented and equitable student outcomes, putting CCC on-track to close its equity gaps by 2032. Specific activities include improving existing and developing new dashboards to harness equity data and student voice, an aggressive approach to improving first-year success rates of the fall 2022 Black student cohort, a plan to expand the Equity Partners and continuous improvement program across CCC, and the launch of an Anti-Racism Taskforce will create the framework necessary to institutionalize practices, policies and procedures that affirm our goals for an anti-racist culture at CCC.
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Change Illinois
We aim to educate residents in Chicago and Illinois about redistricting, organize support for redistricting reform, conduct election education and work to ensure proper implementation of the law ending prison gerrymandering.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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DEVCORP NORTH
We are participating as a community partner in the We Will’s Community Partner program to assist the citywide planning process, which is being led by staff from the Department of Planning and Development, the Office of the Mayor, and other City departments, public agencies and stakeholders. Community Partners will contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillars.