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CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
For years, Bezaleia “Bezzy” Reed watched her brother Caleb advocate for racial and social justice issue, his life was cut short when he was shot in July 2020, Bezzy joined Communities United to honor her brother, who had been a youth leader at the grassroots organization. The activism helped her heal from her brother’s death. Now, thanks to a $10 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the racial justice organization will be able to help thousands more Black and Latino youth in partnership with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Over the past year, Communities United and Lurie Children’s moved through a process of multiple levels of review and feedback involving peer applicants and multi-disciplined experts from across the world to bring their plan to scale with a $1 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The duo are now the recipients of $10 million by the foundation to turn their plan to practice. The money will be paid out over eight years to coincide with W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s 100th anniversary in 2030.
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
The six-story building, named Maria Elena Sifuentes, will include 50 apartments aimed at helping neighbors who might have been priced out of the neighborhood otherwise due to gentrification.