FOR RELEASE Monday, May 14, 2018 Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities Announces 2018 Grantees $850,000 in grants to 132 organizations for Summer and Fall programs CHICAGO — For the third year in a row, neighborhood organizations in Chicago working to reduce gun violence will receive grants to help reclaim parks, streets and public areas […]

Patrick Sisson, a writer for Curbed.com, takes readers inside a case study of how community groups on Chicago’s south side are tapping into their power and ingenuity, and using resources such as those of the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities, to design solutions to the problem of urban violence. Read the story here.

  This past August, the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) brought teenagers and police officers together for a barbecue event at the Humboldt Park beach. The officers (from the Puerto Rican Police Association and the Hispanic Illinois State Law Enforcement Association) and the students (from PRAA´s Latin Music Project and the Studio Arts Program) had […]

“Restoring hope and giving life to their dreams and aspirations.” –  Khadija Warfield   A space where women and girls can discuss their feelings and alleviate some of the stresses of living in a violent community. A space where they’re given the freedom to imagine what a positive future for themselves and their communities could […]

Keeping people inspired one workshop at a time. The Port Ministries of Chicago knows the importance of keeping its community inspired, and it did exactly that this summer with a grant from the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities.     Port Ministries is located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, and it […]

“I live here, I work here, I create a community here.” – Skyler Dees, Food Artist/Caterer       The menu was enticing: Grilled chicken with a sweet potato hash, served atop fresh roasted fennel with a side of green-bean salad (which had been infused with apple cider vinegar and garlic), finished off by a peach […]

  The big warehouse at 24th and Western could easily go unnoticed in the Pilsen neighborhood; there is no dominant signage, no colorful mural and no sweeping awning on the former furniture warehouse. Instead, like a great book with a mediocre cover, the good stuff is within this building’s plain façade: thousands of bicycles and […]

  Ladies of Virtue (LOV) Founder Jamila Trimuel instills virtuous characteristics in young women and prepares them for college, career and adulthood. However, for Summer 2017, Trimuel was determined to create a program that focused on arts, culture and job readiness for young women and men in underserved communities.   “We already had the partnerships […]

It was an active and busy summer for the Little Village teenagers who joined Chicago Run for a seven-week camp that provided training for the young men and women to run – and finish – the Lung Run 5K.   With funding from the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities and in partnership with […]