On May 24, 2022, Chicago Beyond hosted a virtual conversation with national leaders in criminal legal reform on instilling safety within corrections.
Our correctional institutions are unsafe for the communities inside and outside their walls. Do I Have the Right to Feel Safe? combines the perspectives of current and former correctional administrators as well as people with lived experience of the carceral system in order to provide a unifying vision that shifts our concept of safety from one predicated on control to one that creates the conditions for all community members – inside and outside of correctional walls – to be and feel protected, resilient, and whole. That is holistic safety.
September 18, 2024
Chicago Beyond, a national philanthropic organization that addresses systemic inequity by backing solutions led by people closest to the issues, is wor
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September 9, 2024
In the first three years of Chicago Beyond's existence, only 14 percent of our multi-year grants were directed toward BIPOC-led organizations and only 4 pe
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August 12, 2024
Our Leader in Residence Jeanine Valrie Logan was invited to speak on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight alongside Sen. Lakesia Collins (D-Chicago). — Black women h
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