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...
Written by J Woods | March 22, 2018 | Blog
Last month I went to Virginia to train with Shakta Khalsa at Radiant Child Yoga. I enjoyed the trip and am grateful for the opportunity. I feel we went deep into how to work with kids doing yoga and how we can reach them and also make it fun for them doing yoga. My...
Written by Robbin Carroll, founder and president | March 15, 2018 | Blog
Dear Quentin, You have so much to teach me, for I don’t understand why you don’t hate, why you don’t scream, why you don’t spend every waking moment in tears. It is you that will teach me not to hate. You, our Co-Executive Director, were arrested in front of the Peace...
Written by Jenn McAllister | Photos by Olivia Leigh Photographie | March 9, 2018 | Blog
“Wait, why are you going there? I’ve heard about that area. It’s not safe.” When I first ventured to Englewood, I was bombarded with statements like the one above. I was told that I, a young, white woman from suburban Maryland, would not be welcomed in the south side...
Written by Nick Saracino | February 22, 2018 | In the News
Francis Parker Day School’s service work and community connection with I Grow Chicago was recently featured in the school’s blog: Heart to Heart Connections “First grade teacher Bev ‘Greenie’ Greenberg is no stranger to fostering...
Written by Annabel Landaverde | Photos by Courtney Clinkery | February 22, 2018 | Blog
Sowing seeds of change How does a community make healthy food options a neighborhood norm? For Englewood, it’s meant growing your own food and supporting urban agriculture. For the past few years, Whole Cities Foundation has partnered with Englewood nonprofits that...
