Social Justice Resources
BELOW YOU’LL FIND A LIST OF RESOURCES TO NON-PROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS SOLVING VARIOUS SOCIAL INJUSTICES. tHEY ARE ORGANIZED BY THE CHICAGO-LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
CHICAGO- LOCAL LEVEL
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 neighborhood. We take students on explorations focused on STEM, Arts & Culture, Citizenry & Volunteerism, Health, Community Development, Culinary Arts, and Entrepreneurism.
A Just Harvest
The Genesis Project, the community and economic development work of A Just Harvest, seeks to create meaningful opportunities for the community through WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS.
Rebuilding Together- Metro Chicago
In the spirit of volunteerism and community partnership, Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago improves the homes and neighborhoods of people in need so they may continue to live in warmth, safety and comfort.
GoFundMe Pages for Small Business Relief
Chicago Black and Brown Business Relief
Small Family Mexican Business Repair Fund
Chicagoland Small Business Recovery Fund
Sarah's Circle
Sarah's Circle is a non-profit organization with a mission of serving women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. Located in Chicago's Uptown Community, Sarah's Circle has provided support for thousands of women since 1979.
A Long Walk Home
A Long Walk Home empowers young artists and activists to end violence against all girls and women. We advocate for racial and gender equity in schools, communities, and our country-at-large.
I Grow Chicago
The mission of I Grow Chicago is to grow Englewood from surviving to thriving through community connection, skill building, and opportunity.
Chicago Community Bond Fund
The Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) pays bond for people charged with crimes in Cook County, Illinois. Through a revolving fund, CCBF supports individuals whose communities cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence.
Chicago Justice Project
Through targeted advocacy campaigns and strategic litigation we seek to open justice system data from the Chicago justice system to drive innovation, the adoption of best practices through policy change, and implementation of evidence based decision making.
STATE LEVEL
Land of Lincoln
Our mission is to provide eligible low-income and senior residents of central and southern Illinois with high quality civil legal services in order to obtain and maintain their basic needs.
Project Compassion
Project Compassion (PC-NFP)’s mission is to enhance the lives of low-income and homeless individuals in the community through education, compassion, and empowerment.
Rebuilding Together- Peoria
Spreading the spirit of volunteerism through home repair and rehabilitation by helping low-income elderly homeowners in Peoria, Peoria County, East Peoria, and Richwoods Township.
NATIONAL LEVEL
black lives matter
BLM’S mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.
know your rights camp
Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.
national bail out
National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.
last prisoner project
Through intervention, advocacy, and awareness campaigns the Last Prisoner Project will work to redress the past and continuing harms of unjust cannabis crime laws and policies.