Thank you to Arnold Ventures for sharing this in-depth piece about our work to support system stakeholders in creating conditions where all people impacted by the carceral system can feel safe. Please read more at the link below: arnoldventures.org/stories/can-im…

We are honored to announce our new multiyear partner, Centro Sanar, as they work to provide bilingual and bicultural #mentalhealth services for #Latinx communities on the Southwest Side of #Chicago. Learn more about their work and our partnership here: chicagobeyond.org/2023/08/02/mul…

Our special webinar on our new book, "Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice” is only two weeks away! Join us and contributing authors Nneka Jones Tapia, @NGertner, and Katharine Huffman at 2pm ET on 8/16. eventbrite.com/e/healing-huma…

Don't miss our upcoming webinar on our recent book, "Parsimony & Other Radical Ideas About Justice”. The event will begin at 2pm ET on 8/16, & will feature contributing authors Nneka Jones Tapia, @NGertner, & Katharine Huffman. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/healing-huma…

Chicago Beyond's Holistic Safety Action Alliance (HSAA) is designed to create programs that improve the wellness of staff & people incarcerated, build on holistic safety policies, & inspire other institutions toward reform. Learn more about the HSAA here: bit.ly/44mxZYA

Our upcoming webinar on our recent book, "Parsimony & Other Radical Ideas About Justice” is less than one week away! Follow the link below to reserve your spot: eventbrite.com/e/healing-huma…

Join us for a special webinar on our new book, "Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice” with contributing authors Nneka Jones Tapia, @NGertner, and Katharine Huffman on Wednesday at 2pm ET. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/healing-huma…

Chicago Beyond has THREE live proposals w/ SXSW EDU & @SXSW! Until 8/20, you have the opportunity to vote for our sessions so audiences can hear from expert panelists on critical equity topics facing Chicago & communities nationwide. ow.ly/kYn450PyEsV

Cast your vote for our @SXSW #PanelPicker entry, "Empowering Communities & Transformative Criminal Justice," with Chicago Beyond's Managing Director of Justice Initiatives, Nneka Tapia (Nneka Jones Tapia). Click the link to vote today! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/141597

Check out our @SXSW #PanelPicker entry, "Reclaiming Birth: Black Midwives Transforming Maternal Care," with our Leader in Residence, Jeanine Valrie-Logan (Chicago South Side Birth Center Initiative), & Tonya Lewis Lee (Tonya Lewis Lee)! Learn more and cast your vote today! panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/141543

Our team is headed to #CGI2023 with the Clinton Global Initiative community and hundreds of changemakers from around the globe! Register to watch at the link below!   x.com/Chicago_Beyond…

The number of people in Cook County Jail "has dipped below 5,000 for only the second time in nearly four decades, a drop experts are linking to Illinois’ historic elimination of cash bail on Sept. 18." wbez.org/stories/cook-c…

We're honored to announce an investment in JustLeadershipUSA to support a pilot for people who have experienced incarceration. Read more about their Emerging Leaders Program, designed to support local leaders advocating for criminal justice reform: chicagobeyond.org/2023/10/11/chi…

The Stanford Social Innovation Review published Chicago Beyond’s perspective on how philanthropy can drive effective systems change through Healing-Centered Funding. The piece shares five shifts funders can make to widen perspective, do less harm, and have greater impact. ssir.org/articles/entry…

A powerful op-ed in USA TODAY by Jeanine Valrie Logan, Chicago Beyond's Leader in Residence & Founder of Chicago South Side Birth Center Initiative: "I'm a Black midwife who knows too many of us are dying during pregnancy. This must stop." bit.ly/3QEjuLk

.Nneka Jones Tapia: the stress is literally "killing people." She says correction officers live shorter lives, as do people who spend time in jail and prison.

"Jails and prisons are traumatizing in and of themselves" Nneka Jones Tapia explains the high toll that detention can take. CJA has done extensive research on the Collateral Consequences of jail, and the negative ripple effects at play nycja.org/publications/t…

Nneka Jones Tapia (Nneka Jones Tapia), Managing Director of Justice Initiatives, Chicago Beyond (Chicago Beyond) explains the "overwhelming amounts of trauma" that prison employees and inmates face. Hear more about the state of criminal justice reform at #TAF: youtube.com/live/N_P4B7dnD…

Gothamist WNYC 🎙 Jessy Edwards And former jail warden Nneka Jones Tapia from Chicago Beyond explains how the Chicago jails emerged from a consent decree by forging a consensus among administrators, staff and people incarcerated to improve conditions vitalcitynyc.org/articles/holis…

In a new Vital City piece, Nneka Jones Tapia writes how the issue of trauma in correctional facilities affects both staff & people incarcerated. Read about Chicago Beyond’s Holistic Safety Framework supports correctional administrators to address that trauma vitalcitynyc.org/articles/holis…