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Community Partners |
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Near Northwest Neighborhood Network |
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Near Northwest
Neighborhood Network also known as (NNNN) became a community
organization in 1987 and grew out to the Neighborhood Housing
Services movement (NHS) which operated within the community from
1975 until 1983. During 1984-86, NHS put into place a loose
network of local community institutions to work beyond the
issues of housing. This changed the orientation of service to
issues.
Since 1992, the focus has been on developing the community
through institutional partnership, which work through issue
driven action teams. More than 80 institutions and organized
groups are involved in three organizing partnership representing
more than 15,000 people.
NNNN uses a progressive approach to organizing. We take into
account the social and political reality of the communities that
identified the fractured nature of relationships that separates
residents from their institutions. We have determined that in
order for our organizing efforts to be successful, they must be
led by the people affected by the problems. Our organizing
strategy must add to the local social and economic development
of the community. |
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West Humboldt Park Family & Community Development Council
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The West
Humboldt Park Family & Community Development Council is a
non-profit community revitalization organization located on the
Westside of Humboldt Park in Chicago, Illinois. WHPDC worked
with the community to develop the First Community Land Trust of
Chicago. In 1992, WHPDC was founded by the Orr School Network, a
federation of Orr High School and its ten feeder elementary
schools, together with the Continental Bank, to deal with issues
such as crime and safety and economic development in the
community. Although its mission has not changed since 1992,
today WHPDC works with community stakeholders to understand the
causes of recurring problems, to help the community formulate
appropriate responses, and to otherwise implement long-term
approaches designed to make the West Humboldt Park community a
better place. |
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Southwest Youth Collaborative |
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Southwest
Youth Collaborative (SWYC) is a network of youth and community
organizations working together in five diverse neighborhoods on
the Southwest Side of Chicago - namely in Chicago Lawn, West
Lawn, West Englewood, Gage Park and West Elsdon. |
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Centers for New Horizon |
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Centers for
New Horizons is a people-centered, culture-based organization.
Their partners are families that seek to strengthen themselves
by giving hope, education and health to their children and build
the communities in which they reside. Since 1971, they have been
on a journey to achieve a strong family-based self-reliant
community. Since its inception, Centers for New Horizons has
educated over 20,000 young children, helping them enter school
ready to read and able to achieve; Encouraged thousands of
school-aged children and youth to stay in school and achieve in
school and to find supportive friends, encouraging adults, and
compelling interests in life; Supported the employment of
thousands of parents, caring for children while parents work,
assisting parents in finding jobs or going back to school,
providing or finding services to overcome barriers to work, and
employing some of them directly. After 35 years of providing
excellent services, Centers for New Horizons has successfully
built communities of engaged residents, and it has successfully
prepared people from racial and ethnic minority groups to
succeed in life. In doing so, CNH provides important lessons for
a wider society struggling with problems of civic engagement and
diversity. |
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Latino Organization of the Southwest |
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The Latino
Organization of the Southwest (LOS) is the sole Latino
community-based organization in Southwest Chicago. LOS was
founded in 1992 by a group of Latino immigrants who saw a need
to work toward improving the lives and developing the leadership
skills of Latino residents. The mission of LOS is to create the
awareness of the social, political, economic, and cultural
reality of Latinos on the Southwest side in order to enable
Latinos to develop critical thinking and knowledge for further
growth as individuals. Through a variety of educational,
cultural and social programs LOS strives to complete its
mission. LOS serves community residents in four community areas
located in the southwest area of Chicago: Gage Park, Chicago
Lawn, West Lawn, West Englewood as well as the suburb of
Burbank. |
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Nobel Neighbors |
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Located in the
heart of West Humboldt Park, Nobel neighbors is a community
organization founded in 1985 that focuses on improving living
conditions for residents. They do this through various avenues
such as community organizing, educational opportunities,
leadership building, and encouraging residents to work towards
empowerment. Nobel Neighbors spotlights attention to six areas
in their community. These six areas of interest are Neighborhood
beautification, community safety, community development,
community reinvestment, capacity building and mobilization, and
the working on decreasing of abandoned buildings in the
neighborhood. |
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Block Club Federation |
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With its
beginnings in 1990, the Block Club Federation set out to help
the residents of Humboldt Park toward self- empowerment. They
concentrate on topics such as education, having regular progress
meetings within the community, and holding the politicians in
the area accountable for what they promise. Also, Block Club
Federation provides the youth in the community with leadership
opportunities. The Block Club Federation sponsors many events
such as movies in the park, back to school fairs, and
informational sessions at Humboldt Park library. They have a
junior leadership division that creates positive chances for
youth to showcase what it can do to improve its community they
sponsor a range of youth resource fairs, rummage sales, violence
prevention classes, computer workshops, and various craft
activities. |
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F.A.I.T.H Inc. |
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As a way to
provide social services and helpful information to the former
incarcerated inmates, FAITH INC. was established. F.A.I.T.H
stands for, FOR ACTION IN TOGETHERNESS, HOLDFAST. The
non-for-profit organization accommodates the adult population of
former inmates. Their main goal is to build resourceful networks
with agencies in the state of Illinois, with a focus in
providing the necessary assistance to attaining personal
identification records. In order to do this, FAITH INC.,
connects the former incarcerated with agencies that assist with
obtaining proper identification, housing, education, jobs and
job skills, family counseling, advocacy and prison issues, legal
information, reform, health, substance abuse, community and
economic development, family counseling, and spiritual guidance.
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Imagine Englewood |
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As a way
to improve the quality of life in Englewood, Jean Carter
Hill and Arnold Massey created Imagine Englewood. The
organization specializes in providing resources to the
residents in Englewood. They often collaborate with
surrounding community agencies to make a difference in
the community and create citizen leaders. Imagine
Englewood connects with many other non-for-profit
organizations to work on projects that benefit the
community such as, partnering with The Jewish council on
Urban Affairs to maintain a community garden, with
Englewood Community Culture Council/ Hamilton Park and
Nicholson Park to provide youth oriented culture
activities, and partnering with community residents to
conduct quarterly meetings and share resources and
ideas. |
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