The Sociological Initiatives Foundation has named Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) of Chicago, Illinois the 2010 recipient of the Leo P. Chall Award. The Chall award recognizes exemplary research projects funded by the foundation. It honors organizations that successfully link research with social action, thereby strengthening community organizations and influencing public policy. Continue Reading »
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: Shelterforce Magazine
The work of Greater Boston community development corporations to improve transit access and spur local development is discussed in this article appearing in Shelterforce magazine. Specifically highlighted are Somerville Community Corporation and the community development corporations making up the Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative.
To read the article, click here.
Featuring Somerville Community Corporation and Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative, grantees of the Herman & Frieda L. Miller Foundation.
Our movement is not just about changing laws. It’s about changing hearts and minds.
–Deivid Ribiero.
Young people have helped shape all of the major struggles for social justice of the modern era. As in the past, young people are starting to figure more prominently in recent efforts to reform immigration and increase access to higher education. Continue Reading »
