Trusted Voices: Reimagining How We Meet Critical Needs
Across the region, households are struggling to make ends meet amid rising costs, changes in federal policies and social service programs, and funding…
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Spotlights on community issues, the people, and the organizations who contribute to effective philanthropy as well as a stronger Chicago region and world.
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Giving Insights: Caring for Chicago Over Generations
Narcissa Niblack Thorne is best known as the creator of the beloved Thorne Miniature Rooms—68 of which are housed at the Art Institute…
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Chicago’s Housing Future Is in Its Past: Look to the “Missing Middle"
Like the rest of the country, Chicago is facing an affordable housing crisis. Some neighborhoods boast houses that are too pricey for many…
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Learning from Chicago, to Design the City of the Future
On Wednesday, July 17, Generation All hosted a group of the students of Common Purpose from the University of Exeter in Devon, England for lunch.…
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How the Fierce, High-Flying Rivalries of Lucha Libre Unite a Neighborhood
Residents from across Logan Square and beyond streamed steadily into Unity Park, a one-acre green space and play lot in the heart of the neighborhood,…
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Our Great Rivers: Chicago’s Next Frontier
On August 17, at the Studio Gang-designed WMS Boathouse in Clark Park, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, The Chicago Community Trust’s president and CEO Terry Mazany…
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Building Empathy from Behind the Camera
“I do want to make films that entertain people—but I also want people to be in the know.” In the last video of this partnership…
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National Funders Boost Culture-Led Neighborhood Development in Chicago
Artists remind us what is most significant about being human: creativity. Creative minds have the power to re-envision our world, imagining equitable futures full of…
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In West Pullman, Art Provides Kids a Voice Against Violence
On the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, the children of West Pullman gathered to stop the violence. In the parking lot of St. Titus…
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Three Ideas to Make Your Social Media More Inclusive
Social media is something that I never really thought of as being exclusive, but it is. Unfortunately, a tweet or post is not experienced in…
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Building Up Chicago's Next Generation of Black Entrepreneurs
“Say it loud! I’m black and I’m proud!” In a small chapel on West 74th Street, across the street from a CTA bus garage, twenty…
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How Fair Funding to Public Schools Can Power Neighborhood Safety
As the first day of school approaches, Chicago Public Schools continues to grapple with large budget cuts to schools and central office, and it expects…
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A Synagogue-Turned-Church Unites Two Communities Against Violence
The civil rights movement has been a nexus for African Americans and Jewish Americans for more than half a century. Now a lovely old building…
