Revitalizing North Lawndale
North Lawndale on Chicago’s West Side was the first corporate home of Sears, Roebuck and Co., the Amazon.com of the
Launching ‘Democracy’s Rebirth’
America’s democracy suffered a direct hit on Jan. 6, 2021, not from a foreign enemy but from home-grown entities acting
Ketanji Brown Jackson and the GOP’s antics
Just when you thought the Republican Party couldn't go any lower… If Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson were white, her Senate
$2M gift to turn parents into leaders
All politics is local, and no one knows more about identifying local challenges and creating solutions than parents. Rearing a
Communities United & Lurie Children’s Partnership
In February 2022, a youth-led organization in Chicago released a research report in which young men of color surveyed their
Destroy the school-to-prison pipeline
Thinkinc. stands with Journey 4 Justice and their Equity or Else campaign that seeks to purge racism from the United
Art & the environment
E(art)h Chicago is a simple and exciting idea: Give artists $300,000 in grants to work in communities across the city
Equity or Else!
In fall 2021, the Journey for Justice Alliance debuted its national “Equity or Else” campaign aimed at building a national
CU a finalist in $90 million Racial Equity 2020 Challenge
Thinkinc. congratulates Communities United on being the only Chicago finalist in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's $90 million Racial Equity 2030
J4J’s Hurricane Ida relief effort
In August 2021, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida -- the strongest storm to hit Louisiana since Katrina in 2005