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For Powerful Social Media Campaigns, Find Your Ambassadors

One of the most powerful ways nonprofits can harness social media is through influencer marketing—enlisting people with social capital to join a campaign that raises…

Growing A Healthy Food System for Englewood: “We Could Be Doing This Together”

Many neighborhoods and communities throughout the region are underresourced and underserved. Nonprofit organizations, churches, community groups and government agencies support when and where they can.…

A Son’s Struggle Inspires a Movement for Mental Health Parity

Peter O’Brien’s only son died long before his time, felled at 32 by schizophrenia and health problems that resulted from medicating himself with alcohol. O’Brien…

A Death Across the Street Inspires a Movement to Reclaim South Shore

After living for 40 years in South Shore/South Chicago—two adjacent lakefront neighborhoods that have gone from middle-class haven to gang stronghold—Laura Morgan didn’t have much…

Protecting Oak Tree Ecosystems, One Partnership at a Time

Catherine Game is the director of communications and engagement for Chicago Wilderness, a 200-plus-member alliance of conservation groups, government agencies, businesses and faith groups. Founded…

Think Good, It's Friday! 9.18.15

September is National Family Meals Month. Whether you’re discussing the toughest issues facing your community or what happened that day on the playground, bringing family,…

Think Good, It's Friday! 8.7.15

What does it mean to be a citizen? I enjoyed reading this article in the Atlantic about Harvard’s Project Zero program, which is exploring how…

Think Good, It's Friday! 7.24.15

The Trust is committed to supporting efforts to build stronger communities throughout the Chicagoland region—as demonstrated by On the Table, our work to convene residents…

Think Good, It’s Friday! 6.26.15

This week, the fifth annual MCON conference produced by the Millennial Impact Project convened participants from across the country here in Chicago and online to discover how…

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The Chicago Community Trust Calls for Stories of Philanthropy

Media Contact: Katelyn Yoshimoto katelyn_yoshimoto@jtpr.com 312-573-5492 Centennial storytelling campaign will highlight civic engagement and service across the region CHICAGO – June 10, 2015 – Inspired…