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Our 8th Annual Women’s Leadership Event is off to a wonderful start, featuring a fireside chat with Ellen-Blair Chube (William Blair) and Alyssa Rapp.

“We can’t change the weather, nor the small lot sizes found in the city, but we can work to deliver the basic things that will retain and attract Black Chicagoans…”

We are proud to partner with our 2021 Grant Recipient LINK Unlimited Scholars and their fearless leader, Jonathan Swain, who wrote this piece on Chicago’s Black migration trend, its cultural and economic costs, and what we can do to reverse it.

Op-ed: Reversing Chicago’s Black migration trend requires honesty and intentionality Hidden behind this Black migration from Chicago are heavy cultural and economic costs. For years, Chicago’s Black community birthed trends that impacted the entire world.