This holiday season, READI Chicago community partners and supporters came together to ensure READI participants and their families were able to celebrate and give thanks over a traditional home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Catered by Design, a Chicagoland catering company celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, donated dozens of individual and family-style prepared meals to READI participants …
POWER—People Organizing for Work, Education, & Resources—is a collective of current and former READI Chicago participants focused on community organizing to create safer communities and more opportunities for the people most impacted by gun violence. Formed in the last year to address a desire among READI participants to be more actively involved in their communities, …
Earlier this month, READI Senior Director Eddie Bocanegra joined Gov. J.B. Pritzker as he deemed gun violence a public health crisis and committed $250 million over three years to help programs like READI Chicago reduce shootings and homicides. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and other elected officials joined Pritzker for the …
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