LISC Chicago

Our Senior Program Officer, Sarai Garza, joined the Illinois Community College Board's WEI Symposium for a panel on "Cross-Sector Partnerships That Drive Workforce and Financial Stability," hosted by our newest Central Illinois Financial Opportunity Center® partner, Illinois Central College (ICC).

Sarai was joined by Brittany Strickland, Vice President and Community Manager at JPMorganChase, and Janice Parker, Workforce Manager at ICC. The panel, moderated by Amy Dennison, Director of Workforce Operations at ICC, discussed the value of a bundled service approach — integrating one-on-one financial coaching and income supports directly into workforce programming.

Our CNDA pre-event panel, “Closing the Distance Between Community and Capital,” brought together CDFI leaders to talk about how community development finance actually works: where investment comes from, where it goes, and why partnerships with institutions like JPMorganChase matter.

Thank you to our moderator Phylicia Manley of JPMorganChase and to our panelists: Terrence Johnson of Greenwood Archer Capital, Raul Raymundo of The Resurrection Project, Bob Tucker of Chicago Community Loan Fund, and Stacie Young of Community Investment Corporation, IFF, Allies for Community Business, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, NCIF.

Walking is self care. And to celebrate Juneteenth, we walked together.

LISC and Peloton Community in Motion initiative joined GirlTREK: Healthy Black Women and Girls for a Sisterhood Saturday Walk at XS Tennis Village, which is now home to free Peloton bikes for the community!

GirlTrek is a global movement of Black women leveraging the historic legacy of walking as a pathway to heal and transform our lives.

Just THREE DAYS until we at the 32nd Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards.

We’ll see you at Radius Chicago on June 25th for an unforgettable night of unity and celebration.