For this pantry, Christmas Eve marks 31 years of feeding HIV/AIDS-impacted LGBTQ community

According to the United Nations, of the nearly 300 million international migrants today, about half are women and girls. Although more and more women are crossing borders in long and dangerous journeys, we rarely hear about their stories and what it’s like to migrate when you’re a woman. In this story, Heartland Alliance International (HAI) …

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, …