Press Clips
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
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