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AmeriCorps and Social Innovation Fund Are “Impact” Players 8 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The top U.S. official in charge of community service and innovative social funding was in Chicago recently looking for additional proof that carefully targeted federal investments are making enormous ...
Bikes Deliver as Vehicle for Community Development 30 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
Chicago teenagers Jean Carlos Diaz of Humboldt Park and Shirmyia Ward of Washington Park might not seem to have much in common. Shirmyia Ward, 16, is pumped about Bronzeville Bikes. John McCarron ....
Up the Financial Ladder, One Step at a Time 24 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
By his own admission, Marcellous Riley was no choir boy. As a kid growing up on Chicago’s South Side, near Wendell Phillips High School, he got in trouble - gangbanging, drinking, drugs. The usual. Sp...
West Humboldt Park Women Read for Their Health 17 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
When organizations have a problem to solve, there may be no better path than collaboration. As the New Communities Program (NCP) Director for Humboldt Park, I had a riddle on my hands: How to get mor...
Buying In to SSAs 1 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
“This stuff doesn’t happen overnight,” said Cheryl Johnson … and she should know. Auburn Gresham's 79th Street Special Service Area has helped leverage $2.5 million in neighborhood improvements since...
Knight Foundation funds 'bilingual bridges' for open gov 24 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
LISC Chicago and its neighborhood partners were among the winners of new grants from the Knight Foundation on June 24 as it announced its News Challenge Open Gov awards. The Chicago work will provide ...
College Planning Starts in Middle School 24 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
Middle school isn’t too soon to start thinking about college. That was the message of Ames Middle School’s first annual College and Career Day, open to all Logan Square parents and students. These co...
Volunteers Dig In on NeighborWorks Day 18 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
A little rain didn’t stop about 500 volunteers from painting, planting and mowing on Saturday, June 1, when several of LISC Chicago’s local partners pitched in at the annual NeighborWorks Day. By the ...
Volunteers Dig In on NeighborWorks Day 18 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
A little rain didn’t stop about 500 volunteers from painting, planting and mowing on Saturday, June 1, when several of LISC Chicago’s local partners pitched in at the annual NeighborWorks Day. By the ...
Health Disparities in Chicago: A Call to Action 11 Jun 2013 | 11:00 pm
Leaders from 11 New Communities Program (NCP) organizations and four partner agencies gathered at the LISC Chicago offices in early June for a frank conversation about health disparities in Chicago. D...
