Our Insights Into Safety & Justice


Look Inside: Jennifer Miller, Longtime Friend and Supporter of Heartland Alliance
Jennifer Miller has been part of the Heartland Alliance family for nearly 30 years. Her…
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Maye’s Story of Migration
According to the United Nations, of the nearly 300 million international migrants today, about half…
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HAI Commemorates the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence!
On Nov 25, 2021, Heartland Alliance International (HAI) and the United Nations High Commission for…
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READI Celebrates Thanksgiving
This holiday season, READI Chicago community partners and supporters came together to ensure READI participants…
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Meet the READI Chicago POWER Team
POWER—People Organizing for Work, Education, & Resources—is a collective of current and former READI Chicago…
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Illinois Prioritizes Gun Violence Reduction With Funding, New Office
Earlier this month, READI Senior Director Eddie Bocanegra joined Gov. J.B. Pritzker as he deemed…
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Working Together to Increase Supports for Unaccompanied Afghan Youth
November 2, 2021 We fully support Senator Dick Durbin’s call for an investigation of Afghan…
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Responding to Internal Displacement in Iraq
This is the first story in a series following HAI’s staff in Iraq as they…
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Northwestern Partnership Addresses Trauma, Burnout in Front-Line Staff
This month, the National Institutes of Health awarded a grant to pilot a new program…
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NIH Funds Research to Support READI Staff
Earlier this month, Sen. Dick Durbin visited READI Chicago to announce new funding from the…
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Look Inside: Shannon Ericson
Heartland Alliance's refugee resettlement teams are working overtime as new arrivals continue to come from…
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Heartland Housing: New Affordable Housing, New Community
37th Street Apartments was born out of the idea that we must adapt to meet…
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