Access, Equity, Opportunity: Building a Moral Economy
How can communities access full employment, fair credit, early childhood education and an increased health and life expectancy in the American heartland? These were the…
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The Chicago Community Trust Announces 'Acting Up' Award Recipients
Following On the Table, more than 60 Chicagoland residents receive $1,000 to implement creative, actionable ideas CHICAGO – July 21, 2016 – Today, The Chicago…
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When Neighbors "Act Up," Communities Are Transformed
Each year following On the Table, the Trust hears from community members who are eager to share insights and ideas to better their community—all stemming…
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Philanthropic Kids Set the Agenda to "Make Our City Great"
How can we engage our children in service so compellingly that they’ll make it a lifelong habit? The Honeycomb Project has been addressing that question…
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After Reparations, Police Torture Survivors Seek Justice and Healing
On May 10, as the sun fell, 13 people sat down at the Arts Incubator on East Garfield Boulevard to talk about the trauma of…
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Inside a Supercharged Celebration of Teen Philanthropy
On April 29th, more than 15,000 young people gathered in Allstate Arena for a massive interactive stage event, featuring concerts, activities, and world-renowned speakers—all to…
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High-Risk Kids Race Towards STEM Careers
On a rainy spring evening, a group of young people are busily chopping vegetables, whisking olive oil and spices into salad dressing and cutting bread…
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Designing Tools for Urgent Community Conversations
E pluribus unum: One out of many. Our unofficial national motto until the mid-1950’s, it still appears on the Great Seal of the United States.…
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Healing LGBTQ Youth Homelessness by Connecting Across Generations
A trained psychotherapist and artist, Bonsai Bermudez fully integrates his time and talent to promote art as an agent for social change. Bermudez is the…
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‘Invisible Privilege,’ Racism and Chicago’s Struggle for Reconciliation
When the Trust held its first On the Table, we heard loud and clear from the community that race and segregation is the biggest issue…
