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Improve the performance and perception of our neighborhood high schools

Chicago, Illinois
Our neighborhood high schools are resources that have served our community for generations. As strong proponents of our neighborhood public schools, we are committed to supporting our high schools and ensuring they have the capabilities to offer o...

Civic ArtWorks

Plainfield, Illinois
We are a neighborhood building company made up of planners, designers, educators & technologists that create tools that empower citizens to play an active role in making positive change happen in the places they love. We do this by improving the w...

Increase community education on health care

Chicago, Illinois
With a diverse community comes the responsibility to widen the scope of health care outreach for residents from a variety of backgrounds and languages. By partnering with major institutions such as schools, churches and nonprofit organizations, lo...

Support the Lunch N Learn Initiative

Chicago, Illinois
Lunch N Learn is a proposed initiative in which Circle Urban Ministry would send inspiring and caring adults to speak with pre-teen and teen boys in Austin during their lunch hour. Our goal would be to reach 250-300 students per month at local mi...
education mentorship youth

Add a street mural to Augusta & Harvey to make drivers more aware

Oak Park, Illinois
When a driver sees artwork on the roadway, it will make them more aware of their surroundings, focusing on where they are, not just where they are going. This increases the likelihood that conflicts with pedestrians and bicyclists are avoided. The...
education community-building traffic-calming civic-art street-mural intersection-mural walking street public-space infrastructure bicycling

Feeding the Community the Healthy Way

Chicago, Illinois
Educating the Community about Growing and Eating Naturally Grown Foods
land-use park public-space water

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Chicago, Illinois
Using mural art to influence and educate community members about sustainability and alternative energy sources.
land-use park public-space preservation street walking sustainability mural-art

Historic Self-Guided Tour

Chicago, Illinois
We want to get people out to the historic boulevards on a self-guided historical/architectural tour. A signed tour will help to educate the members of our community about our neighborhood. Signs explaining specific sites, their historical signific...
boulevards architecture history tour walking preservation

Gather Usable Data on Social Determinants of Health

Peoria, Illinois
The conditions into which people are born, grow, and age are widely regarded as playing a fundamental role in our health and well-being. Yet, there is an insufficient level of collaboration or monitoring of social determinants and health outcomes....
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Help People from Other Countries Learn

Chicago, Illinois
Logan square is peaceful, it has a police department, and fire department. there is also the illinois centennial monument in the green space with a monument to statehood, and the logan theatre. the issue that i want to discuss is education and imm...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods

Support the Bilingual Peer Connect of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
High school students would like to create a mentorship program for English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Newly enrolled elementary ESL students would be matched with a CPS high school students with a similar background, home language, and i...
youth education english-as-a-second-language tutoring mentorship

Create a Pullman Tech Hub

Chicago, Illinois
The creation of a tech hub in the Pullman Porter Museum would address the digital divide in Pullman by increasing residents' access to technology and by offering education and development events, workshops, and much more.
digital-divide workshops development education technology land-use building

Oak Park Public Library

Chicago, Illinois
Our community is the driver for everything we do. Our vision is to empower every voice in our community, and our mission is to share the information, services, and opportunities that fulfill Oak Park's aspirations of literacy, education, diversity...

Lindblom Executive Boulevard Team

Chicago, Illinois
This project will beautify, educate, and bring members of the community together at the boulevards.

More Assistance for Those Suffering from Mental Illness

Buffalo Grove, Illinois
This is has two changes that go hand in hand and need to be changed. I believe the first step is education. Education not only for the residents, but almost more importantly, our first responders. In addition to providing people with ACCURATE, ...

Education

Chicago, Illinois
the things that are changing is the education of children .
land-use public-space preservation schools

Increase education and training programs and resources for parents

Chicago, Illinois
Education is not only for youth. Our community needs increased access to ESL classes, GED classes, educational workshops, and technical training/bridge programs for adults, which we will achieve by building partnerships between local community org...

Get Global!

Chicago, Illinois
There is a lack of globalization education in Chicago high schools. We want to connect youth with experienced professionals across the city to provide an atmosphere where students can learn about and form their own opinion on global issues. We pla...
community-center library workshop youth schools curriculum educations global-affairs globalization

Provide counseling, education, and training to renters

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: SCH, NWSHC | City of Chicago, Community Investment Corporation (CIC), National Council of La Raza, Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Project Timeframe: Short-term"
housing building

Improve education on nutrition and safety

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: Prosser Culinary Arts Project Timeframe: Mid-term
health

Develop a Financial Literacy Tutoring Program

Chicago, Illinois
Develop a tutoring program where CPS high school students can provide financial literacy guidance to Chicago middle school students.
financial-literacy tutoring education

Small Business Program(s)

Peoria, Illinois
Undertake a Small Business Needs Assessment and use the results to develop a targeted Small Business Program to provide business training, educational events, and coaching to empower small business owners and entrepreneurs to grow existing and new...
business-education economic-opportunity small-business entrepreneurship

Bike Walk Oak Park

Chicago, Illinois
We advocate for the fair and safe use of friendly streets by all our neighbors who walk, roll, ride and drive Bike Walk Oak Park advocates on behalf of all Oak Park residents to ensure the safety and accessibility of pedestrian and cycling infr...

Preservation Oak Park

This group is devoted to education about the built environment in Oak Park, Illinois. It celebrates the community's rich architectural and planning heritage and the many ways it has been preserved and restored. Photos, stories and commentary about...