Mobilizing a Victory for “Systems Change: HB 2500 Petition Challenge Reduction Bill sponsored by 7th District State Representative Chris Welch, Vote out of Judiciary – Criminal Justice Committee – Headed to House Floor.
Ms. Aurie Pennick, JD – Civil Rights Activist, Attorney, Lecturer, Retired Foundation Executive – Joins Get Cleared, Chicago as Consulting Attorney
Advocates of the re-entry advocacy consortium, Get Cleared, Chicago, will hold a Q & A session with City of Chicago Chief Procurement Officer Shannon Andrews to announce the launch of a series of bid readiness sessions called G.R.O.W (Gaining Readiness Opportunities That Work), and urge certified minority/women/disadvantaged business enterprise firms to engage more in bidding on Target Market and Airport procurement opportunities and hire individuals with past records or convictions.
Over 50 individuals, including 23 individuals preparing for “RapSheet Day” at the Chicago Police Department, received CityKey I.D. cards at the collaborative outreach event with 006th District CAPS, “CityKey Re Entry and Workforce Opportunity Day”. Collaborative partners included: North Lawndale Employment Network, lead agency partner, coordinated by Pauline Sylvain-Lewis; Teamwork Englewood (Mark Mitchell); The Black Star Project (Gloria Smith); the Center For Community Development Initiatives (Rev, Anibal Vega); and The Employment Resource Center of St. Sabina (Sharon Miles).
Over two dozen young men and women between the ages of 17-24, got a free hair cut or styling for young women from Don Vic, owner of Don Vic’s Barbershop and Hair Emporium
Safe and Peaceful Chicago collaborates with ‘Say Yes to Life’, the Black Star Project
Get Cleared, Chicago, the campaign led by the Monroe Foundation that seeks to “Break the Generational Cycle of Recidivism”, held its second “Rap Sheet Day” session in coordination with the Chicago Police Department on April 17th.