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28 Prayer Vigil for 13 year-old Rape Survivor: 6 pm - Intersection of 59th and Wood St., Chicago, IL 60636

27 Steppin' Into Englewood's Future: 3 pm - 730 W. 69th St, Chicago, IL 60621

6 Englewood Votes! Meeting 12/6: 1 pm - 5814 S Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60636

Community summit brings together Mayor Lightfoot and Chicagoland leaders seeking solutions to the effects of violence and trauma: Southland RISE, Mar 5, 2020; Violence and trauma recovery collaborative powered by UChicago Medicine and Advocate Health Care hosts “Healing to RISE” event to highlight the South Side’s top health priority
Southland RISE awards $100,000 to 14 grassroots violence prevention programs, including in Englewood: UChicago Medicine, Jul 18, 2019; Collaborative powered by University of Chicago Medicine and Advocate Christ Medical Center increases, extends grant funding to provide safe spaces this summer, including to five organizations serving Englewood.
New UChicago Medicine report outlines top health priorities for Englewood and other South Side communities: UChicago Medicine, Jul 11, 2019; UChicago Medicine's 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment emphasizes diabetes, asthma and trauma resiliency, as well as importance of addressing underlying contributors to health concerns and chronic disease; residents on the South Side are twice as likely to be unemployed and living in poverty as statewide population.

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