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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. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION
CCC seeks funding to continue movement and momentum for the “Championing Equity Initiative,” an ambitious effort to achieve a universal 4-Year Outcomes Measure success rate of 55% by 2032. By FY25, we plan to be a third of the way to this universal goal, by focusing on the significant equity gaps in outcomes for Black and Brown students. With an investment of $750,000 over 12 months, CCC will complete the infrastructure, strategies, and tools to achieve unprecedented and equitable student outcomes, putting CCC on-track to close its equity gaps by 2032. Specific activities include improving existing and developing new dashboards to harness equity data and student voice, an aggressive approach to improving first-year success rates of the fall 2022 Black student cohort, a plan to expand the Equity Partners and continuous improvement program across CCC, and the launch of an Anti-Racism Taskforce will create the framework necessary to institutionalize practices, policies and procedures that affirm our goals for an anti-racist culture at CCC.
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Alianza Leadership Institute
The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) launched “We Will Chicago,” the City’s first citywide planning initiative in more than 50 years. Alianza Leadership Institute DBA Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE) (aka “Community Partner”) is among the groups selected to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research reports or the initiative’s Advisory Committee. ASE is committed to engaging community residents and new constituencies from Chicago’s southeast side in the We Will Chicago process. ASE will hold 2 community meetings, and ensure community residents have a voice in the City Plan, esp. when it comes to policies to address racial equity and community decision-making on the 7 pillar/ priorities in the We Will Process, including economic development, environment & climate, transportation, and housing. ASE will also participate in regular strategy sessions with the City of Chicago, other community partners and stakeholders, and consultants (MUSE, Rudd Resources).
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Change Illinois
We aim to educate residents in Chicago and Illinois about redistricting, organize support for redistricting reform, conduct election education and work to ensure proper implementation of the law ending prison gerrymandering.
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The Chicago Community Trust
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DEVCORP NORTH
We are participating as a community partner in the We Will’s Community Partner program to assist the citywide planning process, which is being led by staff from the Department of Planning and Development, the Office of the Mayor, and other City departments, public agencies and stakeholders. Community Partners will contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillars.
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Big NFP
Background and Purpose The City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) launched “We Will Chicago,” the City’s first citywide planning initiative in more than 50 years. BIG, NFP (termed “Community Partner” through this MOU) is among the groups selected to assist with the citywide planning process and contribute to one of the plan’s seven pillar research reports or the initiative’s Advisory Committee. The We Will Chicago Phase II timeline has been extended to June 2022 and includes five (5) additional pillar research team meetings and three (3) additional Advisory Committee meetings, two (2) reconvenings in the fall of 2022 and two (2) Community Partner-led engagement events.
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Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
This is an application to request support to fund the extension of We Will Chicago activities through June 2022 and also to participate in the Fall 2022 We Will Chicago convening.
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CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION
CCC seeks funding to ensure continuity of leadership in the next phase of Championing Equity, an ambitious effort to achieve a universal 4-Year Outcomes Measure success rate of 55% by 2032. With an investment of $2,000,000 over 3 years, CCC will retain the skills and leadership necessary for driving equity work across the seven colleges and district office, putting CCC on-track to be a third of the way to this universal goal of 55% by 2025, by focusing on the significant equity gaps in outcomes for Black and Brown students. This team will increase stakeholder engagement in the Championing Equity efforts to ensure an Anti-Racist and Equity-focused culture, momentum, sustainability, and unprecedented and equitable student outcomes. In collaboration with colleges and district office colleagues, they will improve existing and develop new dashboards and tools to harness equity data, expand the reach of the Equity Partners and Microgrants Program, elevate student voice and feedback, and promote the dissemination of scalable equity solutions across the district and beyond.