Dear Community, Starting in 2019, Chicago Community Bond Fund decided to close for five days annually to give staff a chance to rest and rejuvenate. This year, CCBF will be closed August 1-5th [...]
CCBF is hiring for several internships for the fall semester with an anticipated start date of September 6, 2022 or shortly thereafter. All applicants must be committed to racial justice and [...]
More than 65 community, faith, legal and policy organizations from across Chicago have signed an open letter calling for the Mayor to address gun violence by focusing on addressing its root [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]