Devoureaux Wolf, better known as King Detro, is Chicago’s footwork king. Reigning from Chicago’s West Side, Devoureaux has won countless dance competitions, hosted WalaCam, and [...]
We so greatly appreciate every one that came out to join us for our fourth annual end of year party! We had a wonderful time and hope you did as well! By the night’s end, we raised more [...]
We are so happy to tell you that we’ll be joined by Akenya at our 4th Annual Party! Get your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-community-bond-fund-en… Akenya is a multi-genre [...]
This morning, CCBF gave testimony about the Sheriff’s jail budget at a County Board hearing. We argued that Cook County should divest from pretrial incarceration and invest in criminalized [...]
Last night, we joined textile artist Rachel Wallis for a community quilting circle for Inheritance: Quilting Across Prison Walls. Inheritance is a collaboration with a group of women in Cook [...]
This morning, we were at the County Board hearing on the Chief Judge’s budget. We shared fact sheets on how bail reform has saved the thousands of dollars by reducing the number of people [...]
Today, Chicago Community Bond Fund is proud to release “Communities, Not Cages,” a new report documenting why Cook County should reduce the sheriff’s bloated jail budget. In [...]
We are excited to announce our newest staff person: Ruby Pinto! Starting today, Ruby will be serving as the Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. Since 2014, Ruby has had the [...]
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of visiting Urbana-Champaign to talk about the fight to End Money Bail and pretrial incarceration in Illinois! CCBF is excited to be taking this fight statewide in [...]
On September 19, 2018, Edward Robinson died in the Lake County Jail. He was just 32 years old. Mr. Robinson’s death was publicly announced on September 21st, but Lake County Sheriff Mark [...]
