Press Clips

M.A.D.E. Celebrates 20 Years of Making a Difference in the Lives of Chicago Youth

• Publication: Chicago Crusader
• Date: July 14, 2021

Aurora Playful Learning Landscape at Marie Wilkinson Community Garden

• Publication: The Voice
• Date: July 13, 2021

Brown Touts Federal Aid in Combatting Violence, but Activists Call for Different Tactics

• Publication: NBC Chicago
• Date: July 12, 2021

At Issue: Curbing Gun Violence

• Publication: WBBM AM
• Date: July 11, 2021

WGN People to People – Community Partners Working to Solve Chicago’s Gun Violence (1 OF 2)

• Publication: WGN TV
• Date: July 10, 2021

WGN People to People – Community Partners Working to Solve Chicago’s Gun Violence (2 OF 2)

• Publication: WGN TV
• Date: July 10, 2021

Community Leaders Try To Get Ahead Of Violence With New Tool Targeting Hotspots

• Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
• Date: July 9, 2021

Are You — or Is Someone You Know — a Survivor of a Shooting in Illinois? This Program Can Help Cover Expenses.

• Publication: The Trace
• Date: July 9, 2021

A Little Village Laundromat Brings Math Out Of Classrooms And Into Everyday Life For Young Learners

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: July 7, 2021

UCAN Violence Preventers Step In After Violent Holiday Weekend, And They’re Always Around In Chicago Communities

• Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
• Date: July 6, 2021

Welcome Back Chicago, We’re Ready to Party

• Publication: Candid Candace
• Date: June 29, 2021

Chicago Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Anthony Alvarez in March Is Stripped of Police Powers

• Publication: Herald & Review
• Date: June 28, 2021

Kids Start Your Time Capsules

• Publication: Spotlight on Lake
• Date: June 24, 2021

Anti-Violence Groups Partner To Curb Chicago Shootings

• Publication: WBEZ Reset
• Date: June 23, 2021

US Department of Labor awards YouthBuild grant to LCCC

• Publication: Greene Prairie Express
• Date: June 23, 2021

Facing Down Racism and Violence — The Tribune Exodus — Yarbrough’s In for ’22

• Publication: Politico Illinois Playbook
• Date: June 21, 2021

City of Chicago and Olive-Harvey College Launch a Unique Cannabis Training and Violence Prevention Program: Still I Rise, a Scholarship Initiative

• Publication: Olive-Harvey College
• Date: June 18, 2021

After Mass Shooting Rocks Englewood, Neighbors Focus On Mental Health And Healing: ‘You’re Not Alone. We Care About You’

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: June 17, 2021

City Organizations Try To Fight Spike In Chicago Gun Violence Following 4 Recent Mass Shootings

• Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
• Date: June 16, 2021

Street Outreach Groups Join Forces In Lawndale To ‘Interrupt Violence Deep In The Trenches’

• Publication: Block Club Chicago
• Date: June 16, 2021

Gun Violence Prevention Rally Calls for Collaboration

• Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
• Date: June 15, 2021

Heartland Forward Launches Statewide Campaign to Help Illinois Families Access Federal Broadband Assistance Program

• Publication: El Dia Newspaper
• Date: June 15, 2021

CPD Supt. Brown Announces New Community Policing Initiative

• Publication: Yahoo News
• Date: June 4, 2021

Metropolitan Family Services Calumet

• Publication: WVON
• Date: June 3, 2021

More Than 120 Kids Under 18 Have Been Shot In Chicago So Far This Year, In A Crisis With Wide-Ranging Effects

• Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
• Date: June 2, 2021

3 Killed, 32 Shot in Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend

• Publication: WTTW - Chicago Tonight
• Date: June 1, 2021

Chicago Murders, Shooting Victims Down Last Month Compared to 2020

• Publication: Yahoo News
• Date: June 1, 2021

Chicago Shooting Victims, Murders Down Last Month Compared to 2020

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: June 1, 2021

In Chicago, There Were Fewer Homicides Over the Past Three Days Than During Any Memorial Day Weekend in the Past Decade

• Publication: Market Watch (AP)
• Date: June 1, 2021

Policeless Policing

• Publication: Vice News
• Date: June 1, 2021

Chicago Shooting Victims, Murders Down Last Month Compared to 2020

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: June 1, 2021

Praying, Marching and Cooking Out: Violence Prevention Workers Fan Out for Memorial Day as Shootings Continue to Rise in Chicago

• Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
• Date: May 28, 2021

Dale v. Bennett

• Publication: Justia Law
• Date: May 27, 2021

YC2 Teen Participants Find Fun in Giving

• Publication: The Hinsdalean
• Date: May 26, 2021

Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Victory President Biden Signs Historic Hate Crimes Bill Into Law

• Publication: Targeted News Service
• Date: May 21, 2021

CME Group Foundation Awards Nearly $3 Million in Grants to Support Kindergarten Readiness and K-12 Programming in Chicago and Illinois

• Publication: WFMZ-TV
• Date: May 20, 2021

At the 2 Year Mark, This May Be Lori Lightfoot’s Biggest Obstacle

• Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
• Date: May 14, 2021

Chicago Launches Massive ‘Once Upon Our Time Capsule’ Public Art Project

• Publication: Broadway World
• Date: May 13, 2021

Our Chicago: Town Hall Focuses on Mental Health Issues in Children, Adolescents

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: May 13, 2021

Column: Lovely New Program Invites Kids to Make Pandemic Time Capsules to be ‘Buried’ for 5 Years at Iconic Chicago Spots

• Publication: Chicago Tribune
• Date: May 13, 2021

DeMoon Family $50,000 Grant Approved by Aurora Council

• Publication: The Voice
• Date: May 11, 2021

NFL Renews 9 Social Justice Grants Totaling $2.5 Million

• Publication: ABC News
• Date: May 10, 2021

Metropolitan Family Services Celebrates the Passing of the Predatory Loan Prevention Act

• Publication: PLSR
• Date: May 9, 2021

Community Leaders Brainstorm Ways to Prevent Summer Surge in Violence

• Publication: Austin Weekly News
• Date: May 7, 2021

Organization Looks to Donate Educational Monument to City of Aurora

• Publication: The Beacon News
• Date: May 6, 2021

Mental Health Awareness Month: Mental health resources in the Chicago area, Illinois

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: May 5, 2021

Making Sure the Law Listens to Domestic Abuse Survivors in Illinois

• Publication: ACLU Illinois
• Date: April 22, 2021

Our Chicago: Town Hall on Keeping Latino Youth Safe, Demands for Investment in Wake of Adam Toledo Shooting

• Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
• Date: April 22, 2021

Lightfoot taps attorney Lester Barclay to head CTA board

• Publication: Crain's Chicago Business
• Date: April 21, 2021

Chicago Teen’s Death Puts Focus on Split-Second Police Decisions

• Publication: Northwest Indiana Times
• Date: April 20, 2021