For each quarter of 2020, SCY will be highlighting a specific focus area for quarterly meetings and trainings. We invite partners to become familiar with each topic by exploring a list of relevant resources, such as the ones below.
Articles/Blog Posts
- Stanford Social Innovation Review article on collective impact: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/collective_impact
- Nonprofit AF: The urgency of making big funding bets on organizations led by marginalized communities https://nonprofitaf.com/2019/03/the-urgency-of-making-big-funding-bets-on-organizations-led-by-marginalized-communities/
- Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, A tale of three cities: The state of racial justice in Chicago report. http://stateofracialjusticechicago.com/
- Lightfoot planning anti-poverty summit to bring ‘transformational change’ to neglected neighborhoods: https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/1/20/21074233/lroi-lightfoot-chicago-anti-poverty-summit-south-west-side-neighborhoods
- Lightfoot alters Rahm Emanuel’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund to make it her own: https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/1/21/21075457/lightfoot-alters-rahm-emanuels-neighborhood-opportunity-fund-make-it-her-own
- Lightfoot’s planning chief vows to ‘finish the job’ started with Englewood Whole Foods – and rebuild 9 other neighborhoods: https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2020/1/16/21069034/maurice-cox-chicago-planning-commissioner-neighborhood-redevelopment-revitalization
- ICJIA Announces Statewide Areas Eligible for Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program Grants: https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/21029-ICJIA_Announces_Statewide_Areas_Eligible_for_R3_Program_Grants_.pdf
- Chicago’s low-income communities receiving a $20M investment: https://www.nwherald.com/2020/01/28/chicagos-low-income-communities-receiving-a-20m-investment/a7h2svv/
- In The Battle of Chicago’s Budget Deficit, Community Investment Takes The Hit: https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/in-the-battle-of-chicagos-budget-deficit-community-investment-takes-the-hit/
Local Funders
- LISC Chicago: https://www.lisc.org/chicago/
- Chicago Community Trust: https://www.cct.org/
- McCormick Foundation: https://donate.mccormickfoundation.org/
Community Development Organizations
- Brighton Park Neighborhood Council: https://www.bpncchicago.org/
- Enlace Chicago: https://www.enlacechicago.org/
- Logan Square Neighborhood Association: http://www.lsna.net/
- iGrow Chicago: https://www.igrowchicago.org/our-work/
Community-Based Advocacy
- Padres Angeles: https://www.enlacechicago.org/padresangeles
- Collaborative for Community Wellness: https://www.collaborativeforcommunitywellness.org/
- Southside Together Organizing for Power: http://www.stopchicago.org/
Videos
- The “opportunity gap” in US public education – and how to close it: https://www.ted.com/talks/anindya_kundu_the_opportunity_gap_in_us_public_education_and_how_to_close_it
- The Value of the Arts as a Community Investment – John Gerdy – TEDxWestChester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImO8U6tFlXU
