Tag: Mutual Aid Collaborative

By: Zeki Salah, Communications Associate A global grassroots robotics initiative, One Team Two Continents, brought thirteen South African students to Chicago in March to participate in a FIRST robotics competition. The project was a joint collaboration between 2019 Chicago Peace Fellow Jackie Moore and 2018 Global Fellow Dieudonne Anumbosi Allo. Funding from the Chicago Peace… Continue reading Teaching the Importance of Pluralism and Social Inclusion through Robotics

By: Zeki Salah, Communications Associate On Saturday, February 11th, 400 self-care boxes were distributed to 400 girls across the neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Englewood, North Lawndale, and Austin areas. The boxes were distributed by Ladies of Virtue as part of their 3rd annual celebration of LOV Day. LOV Day was sponsored by the Chicago Peace Fellows… Continue reading LOV Day 2023 Instills Purpose, Passion, and Perseverance

By Michael Henderson, Director, Mutual Aid Collaborative Juliet Jones, a 2021 Chicago Peace Fellow Alumni and the Co-Founder and Director of  The Original Sixty Fourth Street Drummers, Inc. “wanted to bring children back to play” due to the set back and effects COVID-19 had on kids during the holidays. She thought holding a toy drive… Continue reading A December To Remember: Mutual Aid Collaborative Organizes a Toy Drive

By Zeki Salah, Mutual Aid Collaborative Facilitator On April 14 at 6:15 am, Juliet Jones received a call from her son and was surprised to hear a police officer on the other end of the line. He asked if she knew a man named Julien Jones. When she replied that Julien was her son, the officer notified… Continue reading Mutual Aid Collaborative Launches Safe Cycling Project

By Zeki Salah, Facilitator, Mutual Aid Collaborative Chicago Peace Fellows are working to address an increased demand for blood from Black and Brown donors through holding a Mutual Aid Collaborative Blood Drive. The Blood Drive is part of an ongoing Safety Net project by the Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative, a group of 60 Black and Brown… Continue reading Safety Net Launches Blood Drive

The Chicago Peace Fellows Mutual Aid Collaborative held a press conference on the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X to amplify the themes of their open letter, A Pathway to Anti-Racist Philanthropy. The Mutual Aid Collaborative members are all Alumni of the Chicago Peace Fellows program — now 60 members strong across the South and West Sides — who… Continue reading Illuminating the Pathway to Racial Justice in Philanthropy

By Cree Noble, Team Coordinator Last summer, our 22 Chicago Peace Fellows collaboratively designed and supported a wide range of peace building projects using a dedicated pooled fund for violence prevention. When creating projects, Annette Kelly noticed many of these projects dealt with youth, health, and well-being, but not with crime prevention directly. During the summer, she… Continue reading Crime Stoppers Microgrant Awarded to StickTalk

by Frank Latin, 2019 Chicago Peace Fellow My name is Frank Latin and first and foremost I’m a black man. I am also the founding Executive Director of Westside Media Project, a small non-profit organization on Chicago’s West side that works to provide exposure to students (and now adults) in media/technology related fields. I’ve been wanting to get… Continue reading Dear White Funders: I Can’t Breathe Either