Our Insights Into Safety & Justice


Black Futures Month & Progress Through Service
This February, Heartland Alliance spoke with leaders from across all of our programs about not…
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We Are Courageous Champions of Human Rights
Heartland Alliance recently unveiled its new brand campaign that uplifts participants’ experiences at the center…
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Coalition Works Toward 20% Reduction in Chicago Gun Violence
The statistics are grim: Twenty-two people were shot, five of them fatally, in Chicago this…
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Statement: Governor’s 2021 Budget Sets Illinois on a Path to Stability
As a human rights organization dedicated to equity and opportunity for all, Heartland Alliance supports…
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Bears support innovative approach to decreasing violence
When Tarik Cohen visited participants in READI Chicago's program in April, he felt an instant…
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Bickerdike’s Aruguete has neighborly approach to affordable housing
In partnership with Related Midwest, Heartland Alliance and the Chicago Housing Authority, Bickerdike is involved…
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World Chicago: Connecting Human Rights Workers with Heartland Alliance
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights tells us that ALL people have the right to…
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The Biggest Challenges Facing Chicago Over the Next Decade
The last 10 years of Chicago news—and especially nationally—have been less than stellar. Our city's…
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READI Chicago mentors young men while beautifying communities
A group of men from Chicago's Austin neighborhood have found a brotherhood in an unlikely…
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Know the Facts: Heartland Human Care Services’ Program for Unaccompanied Children
A group of individuals has launched an active campaign to defund and disparage our work…
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Vol 29 No 3 (2019): Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture
Indicators likely to contribute to clinical and functional improvement among survivors of politically-sanctioned torture  …
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Indivisible Podcast: Eddie Bocanegra, READI Chicago
READI Chicago finds young men likely to be involved in violence, gets them therapy, a…
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