Do you know a young person in need?
As we begin 2021, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls is anticipating residential openings this winter for girls ages 11-14 and boys and girls 17 and up.
Community Highlights
INVEST South/West Auburn Gresham RFP Response.
The nearly 23,000-square-foot-site consists of six parcels of vacant land owned by the City.
Collins secures new location for Auburn Gresham COVID Testing Site
Collins secures new location for Auburn Gresham COVID Testing Site.
America’s Cities Were Designed to Oppress
How to Design Justice Into American Cities. Architects and planners have an obligation to protect health, safety and welfare through the spaces we design. As the George Floyd protests reveal, we’ve failed.
Hunger Among Families is Soaring
Hunger Among Families is Soaring during the pandemic. Please consider supporting our partner the Greater Chicago Food Depository!
ICC Approves ComEd’s Third Consecutive Rate Decrease for Customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission today approved ComEd’s request for a $14 million decrease in delivery service charges in 2021 compared to rates in effect this past January.
New Pisgah hosts a Successful 2020 Fall Festival for their children and families!
Every year, New Pisgah hosts a Fall Festival for their children and families. Due to this pandemic and social distancing restrictions, New Pisgah managed to move forward with the annual Fall Festival conducting it outdoor while following social distancing restrictions.
Thousands of languishing vacant and abandoned properties with unpaid taxes harm Black neighborhoods and suburbs. Cook County treasurer says program aimed at fixing the problem is not working.
Disinvestment in African American communities in the city dates back to at least the 1968 riots after the Rev. Martin Luther King’s assassination. Swaths of Black neighborhoods went up in smoke, and vacant lots and scarred buildings still remain. Even before then, the racist real estate practices of redlining and blockbusting took a toll.
Virtual Community Grand Rounds about African American Men’s Mental Health
On Thursday, December 10th, Join UChicago Medicine & Community Partners for a Virtual Community Grand Rounds about African American Men’s Mental Health. Come have a conversation about the effects of the pandemic, racism, trauma, and more.
The Minority and Rural Coronavirus Insights Study (MRCIS)
There is a groundbreaking and critically important research initiative currently underway to test for and study the impact of COVID-19 in disproportionately-affected communities of color.