Latest From The Fight
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020
On December 15, 2020 Liz Dozier talked with Comcast’s Dalila Wilson-Scott at The Philadelphia Citizen’s third annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival™ presented by Comcast
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Hyperlocal Giving to Black-Led Nonprofits Cannot Simply Be a Trend
This op-ed ran on December 14, 2020 in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Liz Dozier, Founder & CEO of Chicago Beyond and Candice C.
TEDx: Decolonizing the mind to change lives with Liz Dozier
In her TEDx talk, Liz Dozier describes how “decolonizing” her mind from others’ ideas about culture and behavior allowed her to bring positive change to
Why I Believe Violence Is A Public Health Concern That Requires A Public Health Approach
This op-ed ran on October 29, 2020 on Blavity by Steve Gates, Growth Director at Chicago Beyond and Chicago CRED Roseland Site Manager. As a
Comes A Time podcast: Liz Dozier
This podcast episode was published on Comes A Time on October 16, 2020. Our Founder and CEO, Liz Dozier, joined the hosts of Comes A
Data Day Keynote 2020: Liz Dozier
Data Day, hosted by Data You Can Use, provides an opportunity for leaders, from neighborhoods to universities, to better understand what data are available, the
Recap: Unpacking Race, Wealth, and Individual Power
On Wednesday, September 23, Chicago Beyond hosted the third session of our Unpacking series titled, “Unpacking Race, Wealth, and Individual Power.” We were joined by
How To Citizen with Barantunde: How to Use Your Voice on Social Justice
On Thursday, September 3rd, 2020, our Leader in Residence Nneka Jones Tapia interviewed comedian and author Baratunde Thurston for Chief’s Election 2020 series. The topic of the conversation was ‘How
TIME: ‘We Don’t Need More Cops; We Need Better Cops.’ Why Chicagoans Are Skeptical of Federal Agents in the Fight Against Gun Violence
This article ran in the August 2020 issue of TIME. By Tessa Berenson, Leslie Dickstein and Mariah Espada The trouble began, as too often it does in
How to Achieve The Just Treatment of Blacks – and All People of Color
Photo by Life Matters from Pexels See below for a statement from women of color leaders in philanthropy on how to achieve just treatment of Blacks – and
Recap: So, You Want to Be Antiracist. Now What?
On August 10, Chicago Beyond hosted the second session of our antiracism series titled, “So, You Want to Be Antiracist. Now What?” During the hourlong
Injecting Humanity into the Justice System
On August 11th, 2020, our Leader in Residence Nneka Jones Tapia joined JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) for their Live with #JustUs discussion series. She was virtually joined
