Written by Zelda Mayer | Photos by Courtney Clinkert, lululemon Chicago | June 11, 2018 | Peace Campus Updates
During the summer, our Peace Garden can feel like a garden of Eden, a beautiful oasis amidst the concrete. Our children will run through the garden, picking raspberries right off the bush and popping them in their mouth. We love our garden and have felt the healing...
Written by Julie Schumacher | June 4, 2018 | In the News
Chicagoland Television (CLTV) invited Quentin and Erin on air to talk about I Grow’s mission, success stories and ongoing needs. Watch to hear how growing food, yoga and mindfulness, creative expression, building community and more can transform lives and create hope....
Written by Zelda Mayer | May 9, 2018 | Peace Campus Updates
Our Peace House was built by our community for our community to provide space for healing from trauma. Over the last four years, we’ve seen the impact one house can have. As we look towards our future, we’re looking to expand the footprint of peace we started with the...
Written by Mark Beier | May 2, 2018 | Blog
Mark Beier is an I Grow Chicago Associate Board member and Director of Training at Shred415. He is the lead organizer of our first annual Gather in Sweat fundraising week. Mark shares his reflections on his time with I Grow Chicago, and how he has been inspired to...
Written by Zelda Mayer | April 30, 2018 | In the News
“If people want peace, they have to invest in peace,” Erin told the reporter for the Chicago Reader. As we celebrated our fourth anniversary, we were happy to share our history, present and collective, more peaceful future with the local paper. The candid...
Written by Ashley La Fleur | Photos by Olivia Leigh Photographie | April 18, 2018 | Press Releases
Partnership with Ashley Furniture Homestore Hope to Dream Initiative Believes Every Child should have a Bed to Call Their Own I Grow Chicago, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the Englewood neighborhood through community connection, skill building, and...
Written by Julie Schumacher | Photos by Connor Sullivan | April 10, 2018 | In the News
Cliff Kelley of WVON invited I Grow Chicago onto the air to talk about the March for Our Lives, the importance of gun reform and why it matters to the residents of Englewood. Co-executive director Erin Vogel and student leader Eldridge Brown shared how I Grow Chicago...
Written by Eric Mills | Photos by Zelda Mayer | April 5, 2018 | Blog
In my short time with I Grow, I’ve gotten to know so many great people at the Peace House. The wonderful neighbors have shared with me their stories, joys, and even pains with me in these community walls. I can’t put in words how moved I’ve been by the people I’ve...
Written by Zelda Mayer | Photos by Connor Sullivan | March 26, 2018 | Blog
Why are our children dying? How could we let this happen to our children, our most precious resource? These are questions I kept asking my boyfriend, with tears in my eyes, last week after a particularly hard day at work. Last Sunday night, one of the young men I...
Written by Quentin Mables | Photos by lululemon | March 22, 2018 | Blog
How can one feel so acknowledged in one space but yet feel so dehumanized in another space? At the beginning of February, I traveled to Atlanta to participate in Lululemon’s Annual “Here to Be” summit. I joined nonprofit and community leaders from across the world in...
