Written by Robbin Carroll | April 30, 2020 | In the News
In early April, WBEZ-FM reported that 70 percent of deaths in Chicago from COVID-19 are Black residents, despite the Black population making up only 29 percent in Chicago. This statistic, while brutal, underscored a reality that is Carroll is already aware of. There...
Written by Rita Carmona and Zelda Mayer | April 25, 2020 | Blog
Fund the Frontlines The area where we are based, West Englewood, is a food desert because of the lack of accessible fresh and nutritional food. Staying healthy is more than just staying distant right now; health requires giving your body what it needs to be at its...
Written by Audrey Teo | April 20, 2020 | In the News
Gwen Johnson has lived in her home on 64th and Wood for more than 50 years. Affectionately known as Ms. Gwen, she is an unfailing source of wisdom for I Grow Chicago, always updating the nonprofit on what is happening in the community and who needs help. Ms Gwen...
Written by Rita Carmona and Zelda Mayer | Photos by Jim Vondruska/Reuters (New York Times) | April 18, 2020 | Blog
At I Grow Chicago, we do work on the ground and get to witness some of the barriers to wellness and ways we prevent all of us from thriving. When we see injustice, we must share so we can create a world we all deserve to live in: where love lives in public and no life...
Written by Rita Carmona | April 11, 2020 | Blog
Within a crisis, everything becomes limited: limited resources, limited time, limited energy. For our community, the limited resources and access they had are even further diminished in this crisis. One of the most important things revealed within this pandemic are...
