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Woods Fund Chicago is a bold grant-maker that draws on the power of communities to fight the brutality of poverty and structural racism.
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What We're Reading: Legal advocates discuss possible causes of the public defender shortfall in IL and other states, citing research from the @northwesternlaw Bluhm Legal Clinic (home to WFC grantee partner CFJC Northwestern). Learn more from Courthouse News: courthousenews.com/a-state-of-tri…
Applications due Friday, August 30: Center for Story-based Strategy is holding an interactive Intro Training in Story-based Strategy this fall that focuses on in-depth analysis of story and power in the context of work for collective liberation. Learn more: storybasedstrategy.org/trainings-even…
What We're Reading: Center for Effective Philanthropy released a report compiling key challenges faced by nonprofits that grantmakers and funders should know about. Nonprofit leaders also note in the report how the philanthropic sector has shifted to address racial equity. ➡️ cep.org/report-backpac…
Join our grantee partner Chicago Workers' Collaborative this Friday!
Congratulations Lucy Parsons Labs 🍉!
WFC President Michelle Morales writes about increasing our payout, reflecting on #BlackPhilanthropyMonth and the obstacles Black-led nonprofits face. Plus: The DNC and the role of protest, a new look for our website, & more! Our August newsletter: t.e2ma.net/message/lorigj…
What We're Reading: Many organizations in Chicago address violence prevention; The TRiiBE covers 13 Black-led organizations leading the charge in providing community support, including WFC grantee partners GoodKidsMadCity and ChicagoFreedomSchool. Read more at: thetriibe.com/2024/07/13-bla…
What we're reading: Grantee partner Latino Union joined Raise The Floor Alliance and Peoples Law Office to file a federal lawsuit uncovering patterns of targeted violence and harassment against migrants and day laborers in search of work. More from City Bureau: citybureau.org/newswire/2024/…