#HopeChicago in the news! Janice K. Jackson and Scholar Nafisat chatted with Brian Jackson and Natalie Bomke on FOX 32 News to chat about our debt-free tuition program model, which is now being offered at 29 unique partner institutions across Illinois! 🎓 fox32chicago.com/video/1403206

🐻⬇️ Thank you, Chicago Bears, for supporting two Chicago generations rising together. #bearscare #hopechicago

A #LeadWithHope MOVEMENT💪🏾🔥 Our leaders, institutions, & communities want to see #highered in IL evolve to support all students & families. So proud of @HopeChicagoEDU’s Day of Action to keep the momentum ⬆️. Collectively, we can and will reach our fullest potential.🎓 (1/2)

More than 200 of the #HopeChicago family showed up to the Capitol today for our Day of Action! 🏛️ When we #LeadWithHope, we can make higher-ed completion more accessible for all—growing the IL workforce by #2gen and contributing to the economic prosperity of our state. 💪🏾🔥

Thank you, Senator Dick Durbin for talking with our Scholars and your support! #Hopechicago #LeadwithHope

Barriers to opportunity in Chicago are not unlike the barriers for many HS graduates and adult learners throughout Illinois and America. Thank you, @senduckworth and @senatordurbin, for meeting with Hope Scholars and @JaniceJackson to discuss #HopeChicago’s work and progress.

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Check out this feature on HC Parent Scholars! Happy Mother’s Day!💕 For these Chicago moms, college scholarships for their kids meant a scholarship for them too: ‘It’s never too late’ chicagotribune.com/2024/05/12/for….

Hope Parent Scholar Moms are next level 💪🏾 Read about their #HopeChicago journeys in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune !

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"Education is the best way to disrupt cycles of poverty." - Janice K. Jackson #HopeChicago is proving how debt-free higher education can transform Illinois. In our partner high schools alone, we saw college enrollment rates soar to 74%! 🚀 #LeadWithHope shorturl.at/alKO7

With debt-free tuition in hand, Logan and James Garcia can have a fresh start. When we take away the cost of higher ed, Illinois families like the Garcias can pursue their dreams and spur change for generations. 💪🏽#LeadWithHope #HopeChicago in WBEZ: shorturl.at/cmGIM

"My first thought, I was just excited to tell my dad. I know he always wanted to go back," said Scholar Malichai on CBS Chicago Jamaica Ponder That debt-free college feeling 🙌🏿 #LeadWithHope Learn about Lee and Malichai’s two-gen #HopeChicago story: shorturl.at/EqNcp

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! 🚨#HopeChicago needs you to help us secure a partnership with the State of Illinois. 📣Access our digital toolkit and find your reps: hopechicago.org/advocacy

🎓 From starting high school on screens… to debt-free higher ed. It’s not how you start, but how you finish. 🎓🔥 Let’s keep it going, Class of 2024. 💙

GoalGetters Day 1⃣ was one for the 📚! Who's ready to do it all again today?! #GoalGetters2024

Twice is nice, ALDI USA. Your $2 million commitment and support for #HopeChicago families and renewed leadership investment is extraordinary. We are thankful for your partnership in this work.

This afternoon, The Chicago Community Trust welcomed University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda and Hope Chicago CEO Dr. Janice Jackson for a conversation exploring debt-free postsecondary success and emerging solutions to postsecondary challenges. Thanks to all who joined! #Chicago #Philanthropy