Latest From The Fight

A Conversation On Art & Healing With Fantasía Ariel and Edo Santana
https://youtu.be/LdvNbUwzWK4 Fantasía Ariel and Edo Santana came together for a panel discussion about the power of healing through visual arts. The conversation was moderated by

Jeanine Valrie Logan fights for maternal equality and reproductive justice – Vocalo Radio
This article by Ari Mejia, was published on December 1, 2022 on Vocalo Radio. Through her work at Chicago South Side Birth Center, founder, activist

Illinois keeping the spotlight on uplifting the wrongfully convicted – Chicago Sun-Times
Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA: https://www.pexels.com/photo/judge-signing-on-the-papers-6077447/ This editorial by The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, was published on December 3, 2022 in the Chicago Sun-Times. Wrongful convictions

Philanthropic group to invest $3.2 million to overturn unjust convictions, support exonerees – Chicago Sun Times
Attorney Jarrett Adams, co-founder of Life After Justice. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times This article by David Struett, was published on November 30, 2022 in The Chicago Sun-Times.

Chicago Beyond Invests $3.2 Million in Life After Justice, an Innocence Organization Founded and Led by Exonerees of Color
The Life After Justice team welcomed to Chicago Beyond. October 10, 2022. Roger Morales | Chicago Beyond Chicago Beyond, an impact investor that works to

The Rise of Black-Owned Birth Centers – Word In Black
Chicago-based certified nurse midwife Jeanine Valrie Logan and doula Shaquan Dupart are opening a birth center on the city’s south side. Photo courtesy of Chicago

New Ms. Foundation initiative funds birth justice nonprofits – U.S. News
This article was written by Glenn Gamboa and was published in the Associated Press on October 13, 2022. When Jeanine Valrie Logan moved to Chicago

Nneka Jones Tapia: Holistic safety strategies will improve jail conditions for everybody – The Daily Herald
This op-ed by Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, Chicago Beyond’s Managing Director of Justice Initiatives, was published on October 13, 2022 in Daily Herald. Every day,

Myron Laban and Mayes Immersive Art Experience “Feel”
Myron Laban and Maurice Mayes hosted an immersive art experience in Chicago Beyond to release their collaborative six song EP “Feel.”

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance? – Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-bvIEnaCcM This conversation with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia was released on September 29, 2022. How would our world look if we truly loved Black people?

Inside the System: The Impact of Incarceration – Defy Venture
This conversation with Defy Ventures was released on September 29, 2022. This virtual panel discussion focuses on the context for Defy’s work. “Inside the System:

The radical power of one: Liz Dozier opens the 2022 Cradle to Career Network Convening
When change seems daunting, Dozier reminded the Cradle to Career Network that change starts with all of us.