Lundbeck US Charitable Fund Donates $1 Million to Two Chicagoland Organizations Improving Community Access to Health Care
CommunityHealth and BUILD will use the funding to expand health care access, including mental and behavioral health care, for low-income adults and vulnerable youth DEERFIELD, Ill., October 25, 2023 –…
Read MoreNew Austin Mural Builds On Nonprofit’s Mission To Prevent Youth Violence
AUSTIN — A West Side youth center unveiled a new mural last week and invited children in its program to create their own art project as part of the celebration. …
Read MoreNew mural at BUILD showcases Austin youth’s passion and determination
When young people arrive at BUILD’s South Austin campus, they will see faces resembling theirs on the new mural at the northwest corner of its main building. “I wanted to…
Read MoreAs migrant populations increase and change, BUILD pivots to cope
An influx of new arrivals in Chicago has driven BUILD Chicago to aid dozens more asylum-seekers sheltered at local police stations. Last week, around 45 asylum-seekers, mostly single men, used…
Read MoreMomentum Coffee Opens Fifth Location In Austin
AUSTIN — A local Black-owned coffee chain has opened its fifth location in Austin. The newest branch of Momentum Coffee opened last week inside BUILD Inc.’s West Side headquarters, 5100 W. Harrison…
Read MoreFamily of 8, including 6 children, live out of a van in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood
For many families in the Chicago area, finding a permanent place to live can be a real struggle. Such is the case for Alicia, her partner and her six children…
Read MoreTriathlon training program aims to level playing field for young Chicagoans
Francisco Arenas, director of intervention for BUILD, partnered with Live Grit Soars this year as a part of a city violence prevention grant focused on helping kids who have either…
Read MoreChicago events get kids ready to go back to school as summer winds down
CHICAGO (WLS) — Events around the city of Chicago are trying to soften the blow of the end of summer by getting kids excited to go back to school. In Austin,…
Read MoreJoin movie screening on food justice at West Side farm
In “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” film director Shirah Dedman explores the Black food justice movement in a 60-minute documentary. On July 19, a collaborative group of community-based partners and organizations…
Read MoreChicagoans call for an end to gun violence on ‘Wear Orange Day’
More than 200 people have been shot and killed in Chicago, so far this year. Friday is Wear Orange Day, which supports “National Gun Violence Awareness Day.” It started after the…
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