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  • Community Renewal Society 2009 Annual Report The work of seeking social justice never ends. In these difficult times — with banks and the economy falling apart around us —it is important to remember those whose voices need amplification. Community Renewal Society has risen to that challenge. Read the Community Renewal Society's 2009 Annual Report.

  • Save The Date: Catalyst Chicago 20th Anniversary honored at Annual Gala Join Community Renewal Society in celebrating our successes this past year in our fight to eradicate the effects of racism and poverty. We will be honoring Catalyst Chicago on its 20th Anniversary as a resource and watchdog for school improvement in Chicago.

  • The Chicago Reporter Awarded a $75,000 Challenge Grant We are very pleased to announce that The Chicago Reporter has been awarded a $75,000 challenge grant through the Challenge Fund for Journalism VI. The Challenge Fund for Journalism is a program of the Ford Foundation, the McCormick Foundation, and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. The initiative is designed to help journalism organizations improve their long-term financial health and sustainability by expanding and diversifying their earned and contributed income sources. DONATE today!

  • Take 2 Steps To Join People Of Faith In Calling for Justice This week the Illinois General Assembly begins its 2010 session. On the first full day of session, Wednesday January 13, we need to tell them that WE CAN'T WAIT for a responsible budget that provides adequate revenue to fund essential education, health care, public safety and human services.

  • Civic Action Wins Change for Children of the Incarcerated On Thursday November 12, 250 leaders from Civic Action Network member congregations and allied organizations turned out to a public meeting for children of the incarcerated with the Illinois Department of Corrections Director Michael Randle. Randle had agreed to...

  • Be a Catalyst! Join Catalyst! Catalyst Chicago is now offering memberships with benefits that include a free subscription to Catalyst In Depth, recognition on our web site and an environmentally friendly shopping bag and more.

  • The Chicago Reporter Wins Numerous Awards In May, Chicago Reporter won the Chicago Headline Club's 2008 Watchdog Award for Excellence in Public Interest Reporting for the series "Missed Signals," which appeared in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of The Chicago Reporter. The Chicago Reporter's Kimbriell Kelly and Alden Loury also captured a Lisagor Award for business reporting in a trade or specialty magazine, newspaper or newsletter for "The High Price of Home Ownership," and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Angelica Herrera and Kimbriell Kelly won a Lisagor Award for in-depth reporting. The Chicago Reporter was also nominated for a 2008 Midwest Light of Human Rights Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Award through Heartland Alliance.

  • Catalyst wins national award Catalyst Chicago has won an award from the Education Writers Association for its special report “The Class of 2011,” which examined the Chicago Public Schools’ High School Transformation initiative through the life of Marshall High School. Editor in Chief Veronica Anderson was the editor, and Sarah Karp and John Myers were the reporters. Their package of stories placed second in the trade and special interest publication category.


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