News Release – Ex-cons for community and Social Changes “Community Servants”
On Saturday, February 12th, Ralph “Snoop” Edwards, a community Servants with Ex-Cons for Community and Social Changes (ECCSC), led a team of ECCSC Community Servants
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Assist “Restore. Reinvest. Renew.” (R3) Project Participants in Maywood Submit Their ‘Rap Sheets’ for “Relief Options” Review
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA), a non-profit legal advocacy organization, collaborated with the Monroe Foundation on Saturday, January 15th at the Kimberly A. Lightford Recreational Center, to assist 15 “Rap Sheet” Day participants who responded to a survey of “What Will It Take to Not Commit a Crime.”
CALL FOR R3 GRANT APPLICATION REVIEWERS
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority seeks individuals to participate in Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) grant program application review. Application reviewer responsibilities include:
Restore, Reinvest, Renew (R3)
Restore, Reinvest, Renew (R3) Collaborative Seeks to ” Break the Generational Cycle of Violence and Incarceration in the Village of Maywood
BULLETIN: VAX & PAKS…A SUCCESS FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN…AND VACCINATION!
On Saturday, August 28th, before Chicago Public School children in the Englewood/West Englewood communities begin school on Monday, August 30th, 40 parents came to “THE HUB” at Action Coalition of Englewood Back-to-School “paks” donated by 2nd District Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer and 16th Ward Alderman Stephanie D. Coleman.
Bulletin – Declaring Cook County Board of Commissioners, States Attorney Kim Foxx, Candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Office of the Chief Judge Timothy Evans as “Deaf ” on Court Reforms
Get Cleared, Illinois’ initiative P.O.W.E.R (Prisoners Organizing Winning Everything Right), facilitated an orientation for formerly incarcerated individuals to become Deputy Voter Registrars to mobilize a campaign to register 10,000 formerly incarcerated individuals and their families to have their issues and voices heard
Bulletin 49/50 – COVID-19 Response “HUB” Launched Successfully in Englewood Austin Community “HUB” Launches June 27th
Over 50 incarcerated impacted households came to the COVID-19 Response “HUB” launched on Saturday, June 13th by Get Cleared, Illinois and partners, Action Coalition of Englewood (ACE), the Black Star Project, Say “Yes” to Life, National Black Wall Street-Chicago, Be!@Community Initiatives’, Hands Across the Hundreds, People Empowering People and Virtue and Voilure.
Bulletin 49/17 – Gaining Readiness Opportunities that Work
Robin Aikens, President & CEO of Synergy Development LTD, a certifies MWDBE firm and recent cohort participant in the Monroe Foundation’s G.R.O.W. (Gaining Readiness Opportunities the Work)
Bulletin 49/3 – Barbershop-Beauty Shop Day Offers “Second Changes” at a neutral space!
Over two dozen young men and women between the ages of 17-24, got a free hair cut or styling for young women from Don Vic, owner of Don Vic’s Barbershop and Hair Emporium
Bulletin 48/51 – ‘Safe and Peaceful Chicago’ Starts with a “Rap Sheet” and Hair-Cut or Styling from Don Vic’s
Safe and Peaceful Chicago collaborates with ‘Say Yes to Life’, the Black Star Project