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Join the Chicago Community Bond Fund for a night of discussion and exploration around the concepts of risk and dangerousness. As we work to abolish monetary bond and end pretrial incarceration, [...]

This past Friday, Chicago Black Lives Matter activist Jared Steverson was arrested in court; he was there for his first appearance following the large July 9th protests for Alton [...]

This morning, Ron’s case was dismissed. By posting a mere $1,000 on his behalf, CCBF was able to prevent Ron from spending the last 9 days in Cook County Jail. Thank you for making this [...]

We apologize for the delayed accounting of our last specific fundraising effort in support of the #BlackLivesMatter protesters arrested on Saturday, July 9th. We have now updated the fundraising [...]

Per National Lawyers Guild Chicago: Both activists charged with felonies from Saturday’s protests were in bond court today. The judge set Ja’Mal Green’s bond at $350,000 [...]

Join us in two weeks for a community dinner with our friends at Black and Pink: Chicago! We’ll be breaking bread, hearing from formerly incarcerated members of Black & Pink and clients [...]

On July 9th, 2016 hundreds of Chicagoans came together to honor the memories of Alton Sterling & Philando Castile and to declare, unambiguously, the Black Live Matter. The Chicago police, in [...]

Last night, CCBF posted $5,000 to bond 24 year-old Fabian off of electronic monitoring (“EM”). For the past four months that he has been on EM, the Cook County Sheriff’s office [...]

Join us for an amazing night of dancing and fun with Sidewalk Chalk and J.Kwest on June 3rd, hosted at City Point Loft! Tickets are $10-$20 sliding scale, with all proceeds getting more people [...]

Happy Friday, friends of CCBF! This morning, Leon’s case was dismissed when a judge found there was no probable cause for his arrest! Even though his case was dropped, Leon would have spent [...]