Cuts in Spending Don’t Mean Cuts in Demand for Nonprofits
The last five years of economic turmoil have rattled America’s nonprofits. While funding for these organizations has been slashed, the demand for them has been steadily growing, advocates said Wednesday. “Cuts in spending do not mean cuts in demand for social services,” said Delia Coleman, Donors Forum executive director of public policy. “These cuts affect […]
Navigating Community News in a Digital Age
The LION Summit being held at Columbia College Chicago ended today. Leaders in community and hyper-local online reporting gathered to exchange ideas and information. In this short, mobile podcast, some attendees give advice about how to produce and consume community news online. Here are the individuals interviewed in order of appearance and links to their […]
Streetwise vendor reaches for ‘hand up, not hand out’
Donald Morris was given a chance to get off the streets and end his struggle with chronic homelessness when he signed up to be a vendor for Streetwise, a not-for-profit organization helping the homeless in Chicago get back on their feet. Morris described Streetwise as being “a hand-up not a hand-out,” because profits made from […]
Humboldt Park Shop Creates Opportunities for Underprivileged Youth
Rowan Richards, owner of the street apparel shop King Lizzy in the 2500 block of Division Street, finds solutions to poverty in the community by creating internships and jobs for underprivileged youth. Richards was originally the executive director of the non-profit organization, The Stewards Market, which opened four years ago in Cabrini Green. He was looking […]
Social Media Used for Social Good in Uptown
Income disparities seem to appear less distinct when it comes to communicating through social media. “I can always reach my clients by facebook which they keep active even if their phone is inactive,” said Sol Anderson, the regional program manager for LIFT-Chicago, an Uptown-based nonprofit that partners college student volunteers with its low-income clients to […]
