Not All Poor Youth are Violent
Toni Irving 2019-09-22T23:36:19+00:00This post originally appeared in The Chronicle of Social Change on July 19, 2018. You wouldn’t bring in a brain surgeon to treat a head [...]
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07, 2018
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05, 2017
Chicago’s Youth are a Bellwether
Cited 2019-09-22T23:48:35+00:00Our youth in Chicago are a bellwether for our city as a whole. Their high unemployment rates reflect our need for workforce development; their [...]
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03, 2017
Moving the Needle on Youth Violence
Cited 2019-09-22T23:54:14+00:00According to the Giving USA Foundation and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Americans gave as generously as ever in 2015, setting a [...]
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12, 2016
Get IN Chicago Newsletter: DECEMBER 2016
Cited 2019-09-23T00:01:42+00:00(Archive) View the full December 2016 Get IN Chicago Newsletter HERE.
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08, 2016
Tech Skills Bring Hope to Chicago’s At-Risk Youth
Cited 2019-09-22T23:58:05+00:00Summer Program Puts Kids on a Positive Trajectory by Robin White Goode Posted: August 31, 2016 (Image: Courtesy of Get IN Chicago) This [...]
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04, 2014
Every Week is Youth Violence Prevention Week
Cited 2019-09-23T23:50:35+00:00While this is officially National Youth Violence Prevention Week (April 7-11), the truth is, we need 52 such weeks a year — not one. [...]
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02, 2014
A Fresh Approach to Tackling Juvenile Violence
Cited 2019-09-26T21:56:44+00:00Here’s the stark reality. We have spent incalculable dollars on well-intentioned projects to curb juvenile violence. But we can’t say what works best. We [...]
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06, 2012
The Debate over Police and Race
Cited 2019-09-23T23:49:01+00:00In the continuing debate over law enforcement and race, we mustn’t lose sight of the most critical issue - one that the Rev. Martin Luther [...]