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Chicago nonprofits got $1 million in unrestricted funding. Here’s how some used it.
Kimberly Britt, right, delivers meals to Alfredo Garcia at Hope House, a transitional living home, on Oct. 12, 2021, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago
For Steve Gates, Violence Prevention Is Personal
This article by Matt Rosenberg, was published in Chicago Skooled on October 11, 2021. Steve Gates left for college at Jackson State in Mississippi sooner
Rikers Island In Crisis – The Choice MSNBC
https://youtu.be/j30myXNAZ-0 Our Founder & CEO Liz Doizer spoke with Zerlina Maxwell of The Choice on MSNBC about the latest push to close the correctional facility. Watch
Must Prison Be Traumatic?
This podcast episode of Shades of Freedom with Dr. Douglas E. Wood, Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Initiative was published on September 7, 2021.
A Former Jail Warden Says Our Criminal Justice System Is Too Fixated on Punishment
Our Managing Director of Justice Initiatives Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia spoke with NBC LX. Dr. Nneka Tapia was warden of the Cook County Jail in
We need to address students’ trauma heading into the next school year
This op-ed by Liz Dozier, Chicago Beyond’s Found and CEO, was published online on August 25,2021 on k12dive.com “She really saw something in me. It
Do 911 calls ensure public safety? Experts reimagine crisis responses in UChicago event
This article appeared on UChicago News on August 27, 2021. As cities across the country try to ensure that a 911 call summons the right
Decarceration Nation podcast with Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia
This podcast episode of Decarceration Nation with Joshua B. Hoe on August 23, 2021. Our Managing Director of Justice Initiatives, Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, discussed
1 in 7 CPS Students Experiences Homelessness, Study Finds – WTTW Chicago Tonight
Our Founder & CEO Liz Doizer spoke with Brandis Friedman on Chicago Tonight’s Black Voices segment about a recent study by the University of Chicago’s Inclusive
Throwing Money At Law Enforcement Isn’t The Solution To Gun Violence – Blavity
Roger Morales / Chicago Beyond This op-ed by Liz Dozier, Founder & CEO of Chicago Beyond, ran on August 10, 2021 in Blavity News. Every
‘A Different Kind of Trauma’: How the Carceral System Impacts Black Women in the US: Chicago Tonight
Our Managing Director of Justice Initiatives Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia spoke with Brandis Friedman on Chicago Tonight’s Black Voices segment about the rising rates of
Trauma on top of trauma: why more women are dying in jails
(ILLUSTRATION BY CLARICE BAJKOWSKI) In Candice Norwood’s latest article for 19th News, she writes about how jails, especially small and rural facilities, struggle to provide
