Written by Alexandra Spirer | July 8, 2020 | In the News
Walk before you talk. Justice isn’t a marketing campaign or a way to check the box. Please do not release a diversity statement unless you are willing to do the work. Please do not over-publicize your efforts. Yes, a company that does good is attractive in the market,...
Written by Mohini Patel | June 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cruelty Free You and Me, a cruelty-free organization that aims to make plant-based meals accessible across Chicago partnered up with I Grow Chicago to conduct a plant-based food drive for Black fathers in celebration of Father’s Day. Read...
Written by Larry Mayer | June 22, 2020 | In the News
Bears Care recently donated $10,000 to I Grow Chicago to support COVID-19 relief efforts in the Englewood community. Last Wednesday, they also joined I Grow Chicago and Englewood community members in a virtual “Rookie Rally”. During the virtual meeting,...
Written by Zelda Mayer | June 19, 2020 | In the News
Director of Development, Zelda Mayer, writes about ways to engage with anti-racism work outside of social media. For CEOs, business leaders, white people and non-Black folk, an important message to constantly keep in mind is that even though the media cycle will move...
Written by Mike Kincaide | June 17, 2020 | Blog
There’s a song by a band called Five for Fighting called “Superman”, which has the lyrics “And it’s not easy to be me”. This statement is accurate on a normal day. (You remember a normal day, don’t you?) Now imagine what it feels like to be me these days. Some...
Written by Deniz Sahinturk | June 17, 2020 | In the News
“Nonprofits are constantly fundraising and looking for opportunities of support to survive. This means there’s energy that can be put into healing and creating a community that is being put into sustaining the work.” One crucial way to support racial...
Written by Cassie Bergman, Rita Carmona, and Zelda Mayer | Photos by Audrey Teo | June 13, 2020 | Blog
Our more intimate viewing and understanding of police brutality and inequality may be more widespread today, but our knowledge of this occurring is not new. And our opportunities to make change and educate ourselves are not novel either. Just as love is always a...
Written by Mike Kincaide | June 3, 2020 | Blog
Funny, I thought my childhood was normal… drug dealers as friendly neighbors who would come drink with my uncles as we sat on the front porch; gang-bangers were either your best friends or the kids you didn’t know and ran from; playing strikeout on the...
Written by Audrey Teo | May 28, 2020 | In the News
Chicago Bears and the Bears Care foundation are committed to supporting the local COVID-19 relief. They are providing $160,000 in total donations and matching grants to local organizations and and I Grow Chicago is one of them. The organization will receive $10,000...
Written by Jaclyn "Nurse Jackie" Camardo | May 22, 2020 | Blog
Hand sanitizer for 15 seconds. Gown. Booties. Hand sanitizer again. N95 mask and seal check. Surgical mask, secured with bobby pins to keep it tight. Hair net over my slicked back military bun. Face shield. First pair of gloves. Second pair of gloves. Ready. ...
