Do you plan on joining us tomorrow? 🤔 RSVP: cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/3591/c… #WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety #chicagopublicschools Communities United Mikva Challenge BUILD Chicago CPS - Chicago Public Schools COFI @CityClubChicago

Read Chalkbeat Chicago article "Is Chicago’s shift to restorative justice and fewer school police working? Some say yes." to learn about how folks in Chicago are advocating for the implementation of restorative justice practices throughout CPS. Read: chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/28/2389…

Can't join the Chicago’s Blueprint for Safe Schools: A Community-Led Process panel discussion in person? No problem! Watch live: cityclub-chicago.org/live #WholeSchoolSafety #RethinkingSafety #SROs #ChicagoPublicSchools #WSSxCityClubofChicago

Our partner VOYCE spoke to Chalkbeat Chicago about shifting to restorative justice practices in CPS. Research shows it's working! The University of Chicago Education Lab found that student arrests in-school fell by 35% in schools that implemented RJ. chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/28/2389…

Join us at this year's A Gathering of Communities: Strategizing for a Healing-Centered City conference as we strive to collectively strategize for a healing-centered city. Learn more: communitiesunited.org/goc2023 #GOC2023 #AGatheringofCommunities #HealingThroughJustice

🚨🚨Leader Takeover 🚨🚨 For those of you who don’t know me — my name is Electa Bey and I have been organizing with Communities United for nearly 9 years. Throughout the years, my organizing efforts have been informed by my own experience with housing insecurity.

NOW: Over 100 community members from Austin, Albany Park, Roseland, West Ridge, and Belmont Cragin are traveling to Springfield, IL., to call on state legislators to support the Grounded in Community: An Agenda For Creating a Healing-Centered State platform. #AdvocacyDay

Yesterday, we convened over 100 community members and partners from Chicago to advocate for statewide investment in strategies rooted in healing, wellness, and safety in support of the Grounded in Community: An Agenda For Creating a Healing-Centered State platform. 🌟

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🚨 Today, COFI and POWER-PAC IL parent leaders in Chicago are celebrating a transformational shift in education! The Chicago Board of Education approved an expanded Whole School Safety policy!