OUR HISTORY
Our Guiding Principles:
The principles that guide our work are trust, integrity, honesty, transparency, accountability, and solidarity for our community, coalescing members, and our collective efforts.
Our service area:
We focus our efforts in the following community areas Lawndale, Garfield Park, Austin, and Humboldt Park.
WESTSIDE RISING started as a pilot project in 2017 and was later formed as a coalition in 2018 by a group of organizations and individuals. This collective of individuals and organizations are committed to working together to build an own-grown base of trained and informed leaders to represent the best interest of the Westside of Chicago, Il. In 2021, WESTSIDE RISING formed a nonprofit organization.
OUR WORK
We provide capacity building, leadership development, organizing, and civic engagement training to amplify the voices and enhance the capacity, skill set, and knowledgebase of residents and leaders to better understand, navigate, and participate in organizing campaigns, the political process, and other efforts that support systemic change within Westside communities.
Community Voices Campaign: Each year we conduct intensive Boots-on-the-ground campaigns to hear directly from the community.
Youth Ambassadors: We provide SEL (social emotion training), leadership development, work readiness, civic engagement trainings and other opportunities.
Issue Areas: We work on issues that focus on equitable investments for Westside communities, violence prevention, park utilization, affordable housing and homelessness, opioid efforts, and amplifying community voices and abilities.
Partners in the WORK!
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WESTSIDE RISING’s SPONSORS
