CCBF Welcomes Two Interns
In 2021, Chicago Community Bond Fund created two new internships for advocacy and communications. We are excited to announce the first interns to fill these positions: Chase Leito and Valentina [...]
Keisa Reynolds Renews Contract as Transitional Executive Director
Dear Community, We are pleased to announce that Keisa Reynolds has accepted our offer to continue as CCBF’s Transitional Executive Director through the 2022 calendar year. In Keisa’s time as [...]
Black Lives Matter Protesters Join Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Detention of People in the Winnebago County Jail
On Sunday, August 2, 2020, five people incarcerated in the Winnebago County Jail filed a class action lawsuit alleging widespread and systemic violations of the Fourth Amendment rights of people [...]
Superintendent Brown Doubles Down on Failed Strategies to Combat Gun Violence
Chicago’s new police superintendent David Brown recently announced that he is planning a surge of arrests leading up to the July 4th weekend as a way to “prevent” violence. Brown also called on [...]
Community Groups Pay $400,000 Bond to Free Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer in Kenosha, WI
Chrystul Kizer is a Black 19-year-old survivor of sexual violence currently facing criminal prosecution for actions taken in self-defense. For almost two years, Chrystul has been incarcerated in [...]
Federal Court of Appeals Orders Cook County Sheriff to Continue Most COVID-19 Protections in Cook County Jail
On Monday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Cook County Sheriff’s Office must continue to adhere to a majority of the lower court’s orders regarding conditions inside [...]
CCBF Tells the County Board to Defund Cook County Jail!
Today, hundreds of people rallied outside Cook County Jail calling for the County Board of Commissioners to divest from the jail and invest in the Black communities most harmed by [...]
Communities Call on Cook County Commissioners to Defund the Cook County Jail
In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movements call to defund the police and invest money in Black and Brown communities, people are coming together this morning for a car caravan and rally [...]
Over 2,500 People Call on Cook County State’s Attorney Foxx to Enact Policies to Prevent Increased Admissions to Cook County Jail
Today, Chicago Community Bond Fund delivered a petition signed by more than 2,500 people calling on Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx to implement four specific policies in response to [...]
CCBF Stands with Black Lives Matter: 115 People Freed During Uprisings Across Illinois
On May 29th, the latest wave of Black Lives Matter protests reached Chicago. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets, sometimes at multiple actions spread across the city, to demand [...]