By: Zeki Salah, Communications Associate In August of 2023, Chicago Beyond, a philanthropic organization that invests in organizations working to ensure that young people and community members are free to live full lives, announced a $1.6 million investment in Centro Sanar. Centro Sanar, co-founded by 2022 Chicago Peace Fellow, Edwin Martinez, provides free mental health… Continue reading Chicago Peace Fellow partners with Chicago Beyond to provide Mental Health Services on the Southwest Side
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Peace Fellows Visit Telpochcalli in Little Village
On Friday, June 14, Chicago Peace Fellow Maria Velazquez invited her peers to the Telpochcalli Elementary School, an institution in the Little Village neighborhood that the community organization she leads, called the Telpochcalli Community Education Project, helped to create. Maria hosted a street festival for members of the community to enjoy time together to start… Continue reading Peace Fellows Visit Telpochcalli in Little Village