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Fully Free Campaign: Directly impacted individuals changing laws and creating opportunities
Interview with Marlon Chamberlain, Fully Free Campaign manager with Heartland Alliance. What is the Fully…
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New report shows need for affordable housing Southeastern Wisconsin
Two trends are converging in Southeastern Wisconsin that are raising the specter of housing instability…
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Organization make plea for help as more Afghan refugees expected in Illinois
Illinois is preparing for hundreds of Afghan refugees to arrive in the coming weeks. Democratic…
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Sen. Duckworth issues plea to help Afghan refugees: ‘If you can help, please help’
More than 800 Afghans are expected to make Illinois their home in the coming months,…
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Refugee Advocacy Groups Prepare For Influx Of Children And Families Fleeing From Afghanistan
Thousands of adults and kids from Afghanistan could be in Illinois soon, and U.S. immigration…
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Chicago To Welcome More Than 500 Afghan Refugees This Fall
President Biden is eyeing billions in emergency funding to help tens of thousands Afghan allies…
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Over 500 Afghan refugees to settle in Chicago
How to help Afghan refugees: 17 aldermen sent President Biden letter welcoming Afghans Read the…
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Marlon Chamberlain & Lisa Solomon
Marlon Chamberlain from Fully Free joins Lisa Soloman to talk about restorative justice. Listen to…
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Reality Lovett
Richard Lovett, who prefers to go by the name Reality Allah, is the Reentry Coordinator…
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Prison after prison: Advocates seek to remove barriers for the formerly incarcerated
A coalition of advocates have launched a campaign to dismantle systems they say lead to…
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New Quad-Cities group wants to remove barriers faced by the previously incarcerated
An Illinois human rights advocacy group whose goal is to end "permanent punishments" for formerly…
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Community Violence and Permanent Punishments
READI Chicago and the Fully Free campaign work to reduce gun violence in Chicago’s most…
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