Paving the Path to Homeownership for Housing Choice Voucher Holders
Since the mid-20th century, homeownership has been one of the most important vehicles for building wealth in the United States. According to research from the…
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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc
The Chicago Reader respectfully requests $75,000 in support of our mission to create and curate political and cultural coverage by and for Chicago, including highlighting underrepresented communities and stories. As the first free weekly newspaper in the U.S. and now a nonprofit organization, we aim to be a model for independent nonprofit media in our coverage, collaboration, corporate responsibility, and community partnership. Our editorial strategy is focused on community-driven journalism through which we engage in dialogue with communities to assess their needs and respond appropriately, and we support the local media ecosystem through our project, the Chicago Independent Media Alliance (CIMA).
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The Chicago Community Trust
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Chicago Community Foundation
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Mujeres Latinas En Accion, Inc.
Since our early days, Mujeres Latinas en Acción saw how cultural, and systems of oppression can be challenged through community engagement, mobilization, and collective leadership. With our unique position as a place of healing within the Latina immigrant community, Mujeres’ early founders and staff saw how women became emboldened as they recognized their own strength, and together worked to lift the voices and power of other women. This request will allow a growth and reinforcement of our efforts to connect more Latina immigrants with grassroots organizing & leadership, both within Mujeres and with our external partners. And finally, Mujeres wants to be an effective institutional leader on key issues and grassroots movements that are most vital to the immigrant communities of Chicago, especially those that impact immigrant survivors of violence. Mujeres, in partnership with UIC’s Greater Cities Institute, will facilitate focus groups and interviews with immigrant community members to engage in deep conversations about key issues facing the Latina immigrant and survivor community. We will develop a Position Paper with policy and advocacy recommendations and through a community centered engagement process, select campaigns based on the recommendations. In late Spring 2022, Mujeres understood that the our unique position that we occupy could address the deepening concern about national legislative and cultural pressure to limit contraceptive and reproductive access, and the disproportionate impact it has on Latina/x/e bodies. In 2018, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (NLIRJ) commissioned PerryUndem and worked with the University of Chicago to better gauge Latina views and experiences regarding reproductive health. Here are some key findings: •Four in ten Latina/o voters under age 45 (41%) have gone without the birth control method they wanted in the past two years because of access issues. •One in three respondents (37%) says the political environment around immigration and race is having a negative impact on their health or wellbeing. •One in four respondents (24%) says they have a close family member or friend who has put off getting health care because of fear around immigration issues, and one in five (19%) says the same about reproductive health care. Mujeres will educate our communities on their reproductive rights options and will empower Latina leader who want to support grassroots support for body autonomy.
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Crossroads Fund
Cultivate: Women of Color Leadership, organized in cooperation with The Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Foundation for Women, Walder Foundation, & Woods Fund Chicago, is designed for women of color in social justice advocacy organizations to strengthen their individual leadership, their organizations, and the fields in which they work. Cultivate brings together women working on women’s rights, labor rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, gender-based violence, & more. The program was initiated to equip women leaders of local social justice groups with the tools to consider their work through a gender lens. The collaborative nature encourages participants to learn & grow from each others professional and personal experience.
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Chicago Community Foundation
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The Monroe Foundation
The Get Cleared Chicago initiative continues to advocate for public policy issues that result in meaningful changes for justice-impacted individuals. Since our campaign launch in 2018, the Get Cleared focus has remained on engaging all facets of the criminal court system to dismantle prejudicial and discriminatory practices that prevent justice-impacted individuals from successfully reintegrating into society. Justice Matters When Budgets Matters promote changes in policies for the betterment of those who are facing systemic barriers resulting from incarceration.