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This month the Chicago Foundation for Women held their annual IMPACT Awards event honoring leaders who have dedicated their lives to ensure we live in an equitable society and celebrating the power and perseverance of women and girls. The honorees include Madeleine A....

On March 12th, the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition hosted a virtual panel focused on how employers can make salary transparency work. The panel discussion included practical tips and inspiration in fostering transparency and pay equity in their organizations, and how...

Illinois Partners is proud to have supported the Bring Chicago Home campaign in an inspirational push to create housing opportunities for people experiencing houselessness in Chicago. With only about an 8-percent margin, Chicago voters rejected the ballot referendum...

THANK YOU to our Health and Human Service Coalition Partners who joined us for our Legislative Breakfast on March 7th! We met with 15 legislators and shared information on the Community Partner Fair Contracting Act, The Human Service Professional Loan Repayment...

The March 19 primary elections are less than one month away and early voting has begun! We’re urging you and your community members to support Bring Chicago Home on the ballot. Illinois Partners for Human Service believes that housing is a human right and that...

Last week, Governor Pritzker gave his 2024 State of the State and FY25 Budget Address. While we commend the Governor and his administration for celebrating the importance of health and human service work and the workers employed by the state, we are disappointed in...

Join us in congratulating the Healthy Illinois Campaign for the 2024 Justice and Equity Award from the American Society on Aging Advisory Council. This award is presented to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions to promoting equity and...

On February 20th, our coalition partner HANA Center celebrated the Lunar New Year and welcomed the Year of the Blue Dragon. More than 100 community members of all ages took part in the festivities and enjoyed activities like Saebae (intergenerational New Year’s...

On February 13, Governor JB Pritzker announced the appointment of Mary Killough, a lifelong advocate for older adults, as the next director of the Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA). She will assume the position in March, pending Senate confirmation. Killough...

This free exhibit is inspired by Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City It will be staffed by museum educators who bring their cultural expertise and lived experience. No reservations or tickets are required,...