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1 | Organization Name | Description | Website | Facebook Link | Facebook Handle | Instagram Handle | Twitter Link | Twitter Handle | ||
2 | Brave Space Alliance | Brave Space Alliance is the first black-led, trans-led, LGTBQ org in the southside Chicago who provides support for the black LGBTQ community. | https://www.bravespacealliance.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/BraveSpaceAlliance/ | @BraveSpaceAlliance | https://www.instagram.com/bravespacealliance/ | bravespacealliance | https://twitter.com/BSAllianceChi | @BSAllianceChi | |
3 | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless | Chicago Coalition for the Homeless organizes and advocates for prevention of homelessness in Chicago. | https://www.chicagohomeless.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoHomeless/ | @ChicagoHomeless | https://www.instagram.com/chicagohomeless/ | chicagohomeless | https://twitter.com/chihomeless | @ChiHomeless | |
4 | Good Kids, Mad City | Good Kids, Mad City provides support and emergency funds for youth in Chicago. | https://www.gkmcenglewood.com/?fbclid=IwAR1WkWNtvEgyJxu_bJiNQpyp4cUI-p6ht9kgl0OmHXA3IjU4K4vsEWv13P8 | https://www.facebook.com/GKMC2018/ | @GKMC2018 | https://www.instagram.com/gkmc_englewood/ | gkmc_englewood | https://twitter.com/GKMC18 | @GKMC18 | |
5 | My Block, My Hood, My City | My Block, My Hood, My City provides underprivileged youth with an awareness of the world and opportunities beyond their neighborhoods. Their mission states that "We take students on explorations focused on STEM, Arts & Culture, Citizenry & Volunteerism, Health, Community Development, Culinary Arts, and Entrepreneurism." | https://www.formyblock.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/myblockmyhoodmycity | @myblockmyhoodmycity | https://www.instagram.com/myblockmyhoodmycity/ | myblockmyhoodmycity | https://twitter.com/mbmhmc | @mbmhmc | |
6 | Assata's Daughters | Assata's Daughters teaches youth how to organize in the spirit of black tradition, gardening, and politically educating each other. Unfortunately, their building was destroyed in a fire, but they are still hosting events and giving back to the youth without a physical space. | https://www.assatasdaughters.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/AssatasDaughters | @AssatasDaughters | https://www.instagram.com/assatasdaughtersig/?hl=en | assatasdaughtersig | https://twitter.com/AssataDaughters | @AssataDaughters | |
7 | Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration | Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration provides supports for incarcerated moms. They provide resources and a community for moms who have been separated from their children due to impact caused by social injustice. | https://momsunitedagainstviolenceandincarceration.wordpress.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/MomsUnitedChi/ | @MomsUnitedCh | N/A | N/A | https://twitter.com/MomsUnitedChi | @MomsUnitedChi | |
8 | A Long Walk Home | A Long Walk Home trains people to become advocates against sexual violence and gender violence. | http://www.alongwalkhome.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/alongwalkhomeinc | @alongwalkhomeinc | https://www.instagram.com/alongwalkhome/ | alongwalkhome | https://twitter.com/alongwalkhome | @ALongWalkHome | |
9 | Chicago Community Bond Fund | Chicago Community Bond Fund helps pay bond for people who cannot afford bail in the Cook county in Illinois. | https://chicagobond.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoCommunityBondFund/ | @ChicagoCommunityBondFund | https://www.instagram.com/chibondfund/ | chibondfund | https://twitter.com/ChiBondFund | @ChiBondFund | |
10 | Erase Racism | Erase Racism is a New York based organization that leads public policy advocacy campaigns and other related initiatives to promote racial equity in areas such as housing, public school education, and community development. | http://www.eraseracismny.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/ERNY2003/ | @ERNY2003 | https://www.instagram.com/eraseracismny/?hl=en | eraseracismny | https://twitter.com/EraseRacism | @EraseRacism | |
11 | Chicago Torture Justice Center | Chicago Torture Justice Center is the first and only center in the United States that is dedicated to survivors who experienced violence and tortures. They provide resources, healing services, and progams for survivors who have experienced police torture and brutality. | https://chicagotorturejustice.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/chicagotorturejustice/ | @chicagotorturejustice | https://www.instagram.com/chitorture/ | chitorture | https://twitter.com/chitorture | @chitorture | |
12 | Circles and Ciphers | Circles and Ciphers provides food drop-offs, social distancing art challenges, and financial literacy workshops. They also coordinate housing for homeless youth. This is a project of the Illinois Humanities, providing a space through hip-hop and dancing for young adults who have been impacted by social injustice and violence. | http://www.circlesandciphers.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/CirclesAndCiphers/ | @CirclesAndCiphers | https://www.instagram.com/circles_ciphers/?hl=en | circles_ciphers | https://twitter.com/Circles_Ciphers | @Circles_Ciphers | |
13 | EAT (Equity and Transformation) | EAT provides emergency assistance to people in Chicago. They also host events to advocate for voter registration and share resources via podcast and social media posts on social injustice and policy development. | https://www.eatchicago.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/EquityAndTransformation/ | @EquityAndTransformation | https://www.instagram.com/eatorgchicago/ | eatorgchicago | https://twitter.com/ChicagoEat | @ChicagoEat | |
14 | Global Girls | Global Girls provides an extensive selection of creative art programs for young women in the community. They aim to utilize art and performance as a medium to discuss and raise awareness of issues in the world, and teach life skills to young women. | https://globalgirlsinc.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/GlobalGirlsInc/ | @GlobalGirlsInc | https://www.instagram.com/globalgirlsinc/ | globalgirlsinc | https://twitter.com/globalgirlsinc1 | @globalgirlsinc1 | |
15 | IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network) | IMAN provides transitional housing and job training for formerly incarcerated men and youth through its Green Re-Entry Initiative. They also have a health center for those in need of accessible healthcare. | https://www.imancentral.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/imancentral/ | @imancentral | https://www.instagram.com/imancentral/ | imancentral | https://twitter.com/imancentral | @imancentral | |
16 | Injustice Watch | Injustice Watch is an online news source who shares breaking investigations and provides support for those who are wrongly convicted. They are also a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News. | https://www.injusticewatch.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/injusticewatch | @injusticewatch | https://www.instagram.com/_injusticewatch/ | _injusticewatch | https://twitter.com/injusticewatch | @injusticewatch | |
17 | KOCO (Kenwood Oakland Community Organization) | KOCO coordinates housing efforts and delivers care packages to seniors. They also organizes programs in areas such as housing and education for low-income and working families. | https://kocoonline.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/KOCOConnect/ | @KOCOConnect | https://www.instagram.com/kocommunity/ | kocommunity | https://twitter.com/kocommunity | @KOCOmmunity | |
18 | KUUMBA Lynx | KUUMBA Lync helps youth express their artistic side in a safe space. They aim to create a culture free of violence. | https://www.kuumbalynx.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/kuumbalynx20/ | @kuumbalynx20 | https://www.instagram.com/kuumbalynx/ | kuumbalynx | https://twitter.com/kuumbalynx | @kuumbalynx | |
19 | Liberation Library | Liberation library sends books to incarcerated youth. They are sponsored by the Chicago Freedom School. | https://www.liberationlib.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/LiberationLibrary | @LiberationLibrary | https://www.instagram.com/liberationlib/ | liberationlib | https://twitter.com/liberationlib | @liberationlib | |
20 | OCAD (Organized Communities Against Deportation) | OCAD is "a group of undocumented, unapologetic, and unafraid organizers building a resistance movement against deportations and the criminalization of immigrants and people of color in Chicago and surrounding areas." They organize protests and rallies to raise awareness to issues in the community and run campaigns on policy changes. | https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/OCADCHI/ | @OCADCHI | https://www.instagram.com/ocad_chi/ | ocad_chi | https://twitter.com/OCAD_CHI | @OCAD_CHI | |
21 | Prison/Neighborhood Arts Project | Prison+Neighborhood Arts Project provides cleaning supplies for prisoners due to COVID, supports incarcerated individuals with medical supplies, books, etc. Their main goal is to educate prisoners through art classes by partnering them up with faculty members from a university. | https://p-nap.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/pnapchi/ | @pnapchi | https://www.instagram.com/pnap_il/ | pnap_il | https://twitter.com/ArtsPrison | @ArtsPrison | |
22 | NEC (New Era Chicago) | NEC providers wellness checks and food for people in Chicago. | http://chicago.neweradetroit.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/newerachicago/ | @newerachicago | https://www.instagram.com/new_era_chicago/ | new_era_chicago | https://twitter.com/new_era_chicago | @New_Era_Chicago | |
23 | SOUL | SOUL fight against mass incarceration, prison systems, and social justice through fundraisers, campaigns, protests, and other rallies. | https://www.soulinchicago.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/soulinchicago | @soulinchicago | https://www.instagram.com/soulinchicago/ | soulinchicago | https://twitter.com/SOULInChicago | @SOULInChicago | |
24 | STOP (Southside Together Organizing for Power) | STOP focuses on housing, mental health treatment, and reducing policing in Chicago. Their accomplishments includes but not limited to securing an accessible Level 1 trauma center to the SS of Chicago. | https://www.stopchicago.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/stopchicago/ | @stopchicago | N/A | N/A | https://twitter.com/STOPchicago | @StopChicago | |
25 | Triibe | Triibe is an online news and media source, focusing on black and local news in Chicago. | https://thetriibe.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/thetriibe/ | @thetriibe | https://www.instagram.com/thetriibechicago/ | thetriibechicago | https://twitter.com/TheTriibe | @TheTRiiBE | |
26 | Westside Justice Center | Westside Justice Center partners with practicing attorneys and law firms to provide legal aid, workshops, youth employment, re-entry support for the low income communities. | https://www.westsidejustice.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/WestsideJusticeCenter/ | @WestsideJusticeCenter | https://www.instagram.com/westside_justice_center/ | westside_justice_center | https://twitter.com/westside_jc | @Westside_JC | |
27 | Urban Growers Collective | Ubran Growers Collective aims to improve food access and increase substainability within the community through education and mobile farmer markets. They have their own farm in the city. | https://urbangrowerscollective.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/urbangrowerscollective | @urbangrowerscollective | https://www.instagram.com/urbangrowerscollective/ | urbangrowerscollective | https://twitter.com/ugrowcollective?lang=en | @ugrowcollective | |
28 | American Indian Center | The American Indian Center (AIC) represents a diverse group of Native Americans in the Chicago area. They provide resources such as short-term relief services and cultural education for the community. | https://aicchicago.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/AmericanIndianCenter/ | @AmericanIndianCenter | https://www.instagram.com/americanindiancenter/ | americanindiancenter | https://twitter.com/aicchicago | @aicchicago | |
29 | The Audre Lorde Project | The Audre Lorde Project is "a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organization, focusing on the New York City area." They have several programs and support groups for the LGBTQ+ community in New York City. | https://alp.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/AudreLordeProject | @AudreLordeProject | https://www.instagram.com/audrelordeproject/ | audrelordeproject | https://twitter.com/audrelorde | @audrelorde | |
30 | Black Lives Matter of Greater New York | Black Lives Matter of Greater New York focuses on education, civic engagement, and direction action in the Greater New York area for the black community. | https://www.blacklivesmattergreaterny.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/blmgreaterny/ | @blmgreaterny | https://www.instagram.com/BLMGreaterNY/ | blmgreaterny | https://twitter.com/BLMGreaterNY | @BLMGreaterNY | |
31 | Action Bail Fund | Action Bail Fund is the main protest bail support fund for NYC. The collective Free them All 2020 that was holding the initial protest bail fund for NYC has merged its work into the Action Bail Fund. This project was created by the Alliance for Global Justice. | https://afgj.salsalabs.org/actionbailfund/index.html https://afgj.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/Alliance4GlobalJustice/ | @Alliance4GlobalJustice | https://www.instagram.com/all4globaljust/ | all4globaljust | https://twitter.com/all4globaljust | @All4GlobalJust | |
32 | The Okra Project | The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, health, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them. This project was created by the Arts Business Collaborative. | https://www.theokraproject.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/The-Okra-Project-882988962034764/ | https://www.instagram.com/theokraproject/?hl=en | theokraproject | https://twitter.com/TheOkraProject | @TheOkraProject | ||
33 | I Grow Chicago | I Grow Chicago supports individuals with everything from financial support to workforce training. They work with both individual and families, aiming to improve the Chicago community as a whole. | https://www.igrowchicago.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/IGrowChicago/ | @IGrowChicago | https://www.instagram.com/igrowchicago/ | igrowchicago | https://twitter.com/igrowchi | @iGrowChi |