Press Clips
Exciting News…“I Grow Chicago” is now “We Grow”!
- Publication: Spark Ventures
- Date: December 7, 2021
Southeast Side Change Agents
- Publication: South Side Weekly
- Date: November 26, 2021
CDPH Launches Pilot Program for People in Harmful Partnerships
- Publication: Lawndale News
- Date: November 25, 2021
Civic & Community Development
- Publication: Chicago Reader
- Date: November 24, 2021
West Side Drivers Stopped by Cops Most in Chicago
- Publication: Austin Weekly News
- Date: November 23, 2021
City of Chicago: Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Department of Public Health and Partners Launch Pilot Program Providing Services for People Who Cause Harm in Intimate-Partner Relationships
- Publication: The Patch
- Date: November 19, 2021
The Second City Presents IT’S A WILD, WACKY, WONDERFUL LIFE Lights Up The MAC December 12
- Publication: Broadway World
- Date: November 19, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot Launches Program Aimed at Reducing Domestic Violence
- Publication: Chicago Defender
- Date: November 19, 2021
West Side Drivers Are Stopped By Cops The Most In Chicago. But 94% Of Stops Don’t Lead To Tickets
- Publication: Block Club Chicago
- Date: November 18, 2021
Mayor Lightfoot, Chicago Department of Public Health and Partners Launch Pilot Program Providing Services for People Who Cause Harm in Intimate-Partner Relationships
- Publication: News Break
- Date: November 18, 2021
Human Trafficking Legal Services
- Publication: Herald & Review
- Date: November 16, 2021
Column: State Sending Windfall from Taxes on Cannabis to Help People in South Suburbs
- Publication: Daily Southtown
- Date: November 12, 2021
Op-ed: With Violence Prevention, It’s Time for Chicago to Go All In
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: November 8, 2021
Metropolitan Family Services Helping Residents for 164 Years Through Chicago Violence, COVID, More
- Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
- Date: November 6, 2021
The State Invests $250 Million in Its Latest Public Health Crisis: Gun Violence.
- Publication: WTTW - Chicago Tonight Black Voices
- Date: November 6, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Declares Gun Violence A Public Health Crisis, Pledges $250 Million Investment For Hardest Hit Communities
- Publication: 95.9 The River
- Date: November 2, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis, Pledges $250 Million Investment for Hardest Hit Communities
- Publication: Illinois.gov
- Date: November 1, 2021
Anti-Violence Programs Are Working. But Can They Make a Dent in Chicago’s Gun Violence?
- Publication: WBEZ
- Date: November 1, 2021
Domestic Abuse is Pandemic Within COVID Crisis, Experts Say
- Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
- Date: October 31, 2021
Chicago’s Guaranteed Income Pilot Prepares to Take Flight in 2022
- Publication: WTTW - Chicago Tonight Latino Voices
- Date: October 30, 2021
7 Opportunities for Free and Low-Cost Mental Health Counseling in Chicagoland Area
- Publication: The Triibe
- Date: October 28, 2021
Realizing the Power of Fathers
- Publication: Children's Home and Aid Society
- Date: October 28, 2021
Community 411
- Publication: Comcast
- Date: October 26, 2021
Op-ed: What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Street Outreach and Gun Violence Prevention
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: October 25, 2021
Good News Sunday
- Publication: Daily Herald
- Date: October 24, 2021
Time Capsule Sealing Ceremony, October 27th
- Publication: Spotlight on Lake
- Date: October 24, 2021
What’s the ROI on All the Dollars Spent on CPD?
- Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
- Date: October 21, 2021
Local Representatives Join IOP to Discuss Gun Violence in Chicago
- Publication: The Chicago Maroon
- Date: October 21, 2021
Time Capsule Sealing Ceremony October 27 at Harold Washington Library
- Publication: ChiIL Mama
- Date: October 21, 2021
Patterns of Behavior
- Publication: Comcast Newsmakers
- Date: October 16, 2021
Equal Access to Justice Lunch
- Publication: Politico Illinois Playbook
- Date: October 13, 2021
Illinois Charity Spreads Love to Women in Need, One Purse At a Time
- Publication: Quad City Times
- Date: October 10, 2021
Chicago’s ‘Street Outreach’ Won’t Fix Gun Violence Alone
- Publication: WBEZ
- Date: October 6, 2021
Human Trafficking Has Long Haunted Agriculture. Experts Fear It Flourished During the Pandemic.
- Publication: The Counter
- Date: September 28, 2021
Love Purse Supports Those Facing Homelessness, Abuse
- Publication: NCTV 17
- Date: September 27, 2021
Finally, Something Business Leaders Can Actually Do About Crime
- Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
- Date: September 25, 2021
Workforce Training Recruits Candidates to Build Obama Presidential Center
- Publication: Citizen Newspapers
- Date: September 23, 2021
Jobs Stop Bullets Banner to Fly Around Downtown Chicago This Afternoon
- Publication: County Herald
- Date: September 22, 2021
Celebrating Mexican Independence Day, Chicago-style, with Car Caravans and Flag Waving: ‘It’s a Sense of Belonging’
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: September 15, 2021
How the Police Stand to Benefit from Abolition
- Publication: Waging Nonviolence
- Date: September 13, 2021
An Evening of Excellence
- Publication: Chicago Defender
- Date: August 30, 2021
WVON Midday Show Interview with Ric Estrada and Vaughn Bryant
- Publication: WVON
- Date: August 25, 2021
‘Back to School’ Event Brings Together 50+ Community Organizations
- Publication: Evanston Roundtable
- Date: August 25, 2021
Durbin, Duckworth Lead Members Of Chicago Delegation In Letter To Head Start Community To Encourage Continuing Services Amid New Funding Process
- Publication: Public Now
- Date: August 19, 2021
Chicago Defender Honors 2021 Men of Excellence
- Publication: Chicago Defender
- Date: August 18, 2021
Op-ed: To Move Forward After Ella French’s Death, Chicago Must Address Root Causes of Gun Violence
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: August 16, 2021
Interactive Chicagotlan Project Marks 500 Years Since the Fall of Tenochtitlan, Highlights Aztec History and Contributions in the City
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: August 14, 2021
Jason Eliason Is Now Chief of Staff at Metropolitan Family Services
- Publication: Illinois Playbook
- Date: August 5, 2021
Nearly a year into Lightfoot’s Anti-Violence Plan, Many of Chicago’s Most Dangerous Neighborhoods Are Doing Worse
- Publication: Fox 32
- Date: July 26, 2021
Nearly a Year into Lightfoot’s Anti-Violence Plan, Many of Chicago’s Most Dangerous Neighborhoods Are Doing Worse
- Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
- Date: July 26, 2021