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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BERNIES BOOK BANK
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Chicago Desi Youth Rising
CDYR is deepening our youth-centered organizing work in 2021, through our summer/fall convening of a new year-long cohort of youth for our annual retreat, and through supporting year-round youth-led campaign work through our action grants model in its most robust incarnation yet. This year’s cohort will participate in a thoughtfully crafted series of small and large online community-building activities, systems analysis workshops, and organizing trainings, all led by local and national leaders and peers in the organizing space who we admire and regularly build with. On the weekend following the retreat, we are tentatively planning an in-person community activation in Chicago.
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MEDICAL ORGANIZATION FOR LATINO ADVANCEMENT
This virtual symposium provides a forum for medical experts, physicians, health professionals, and students to engage in evidence-based and culturally humble discussions of issues that impact Latinx health disparities, public health, and policy.
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GIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC
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NORTHWEST COMMUNITY MUSIC ACADEMY
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Options & Advocacy for Mchenry County Inc
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IL Muslim Civic Coalition
IL Muslim Civic Coalition (The Coalition) seeks to expand its discussions on racial equity. Originally implemented in DuPage County thanks to the Healing Illinois grant, the goal is to expand the number of organizations to educate and address structural racism towards achieving Civic Justice for vulnerable communities. Through these discussions we aim to build and strengthen racial equity practices for community organizations and networks. It will strengthen participants' collective analysis of power while providing useful tools and a framework to shift power within groups, institutions and other formations seeking to advance racial justice.
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LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SHELTER
Metamorphosis is Lincoln park Community Services' largest annual fundraising event. With a goal of raising $180,000 in net revenue, this event supports the organization's mission with imperative general operating support.