Latino Policy Forum: Leadership Academy Community Project Sign-Up

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Each year, the Latino Policy Forum's Leadership Academy oversees the creation and continuation of community projects in collaboration with alumni. The purpose of these projects is to address equity issues in Chicago by working toward social, economic, and criminal justice and reform in our Black and brown communities.

If you're interested in joining a community project, please view the descriptions below and complete this form.

More information, as well as event fliers, can be found at latinopolicyforum.org/issues/leadership/community-projects.

For any questions or concerns, please email NiCole Ward, MLA Coordinator, at nward@latinopolicyforum.org.

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What community projects are you interested in joining? Please select all that apply.

BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) SAFE SPACE CAFES: Formed in 2020, the purpose of this project is to provide opportunities to engage in a wide range of topics specific to BIPOC communities. By creating a conversational environment that is safe, multicultural, and cross-community, we aim to make spaces for people to discuss their beliefs free of fear, judgement, or retaliation.

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY / COMMUNITY POLICING: This project began in 2020 with the objective to create opportunities and strengthen the relationships and trust between our Black and Brown communities and law enforcement in the Chicagoland area. Since its creation, we’ve hosted activities to create safe environments of conversation between police officers, teens, and other community members.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (PSA) PROJECT: Beginning in 2020, this project aims to create resources that combat anti-Blackness in the Latino community. In collaboration with Univision, the Latino Policy Forum will produce a PSA, in English and Spanish, that describes common examples of anti-Black rhetoric. Project members have completed a request for proposal to have people work on anti-Blackness research.

HEALING EVERY YOUTH (H.E.Y.): In 2018, Leadership Academy alumni partnered with Healing Every Youth (HEY) to further the organization’s mission to promote peace, healing, and unity in the African-American, Afro-Latinx and Latinx communities through programming and events that destigmatize the issue of mental health. HEY collaborates with local artists and mental health professionals to increase mental health awareness through music and art.

ACHIEVING ECONOMIC EQUITY GROUP: To combat the hardships that COVID-19 and civil unrest have brought upon Black and Brown businesses, this project was created in 2020 to support the economic development of Chicago’s South and West Sides. The project creates opportunities for businesses to connect with nonprofit organizations and increase their consumer base in their local community and across the Chicagoland area.

If you would like to collaborate or partner with the Latino Policy Forum on a new community project to address a local issue, please share your idea(s) and suggestion(s) below.

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