“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde 

Join CRS in celebrating pioneers this March for Women’s History Month. Let us uplift the passionate and pivotal work of breaking gender and race barriers, empowering communities to strive for equality, and liberating the oppressed. 

Community Renewal Society (CRS) continues to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris, a past CRS Executive Director. We are grateful to those who gathered in community with us on April 20 to honor Rev. Morris’ leadership, service, and civil and human rights activism and to those who joined us at his celebration of life in Chicago in March 2024.

To carry out Rev. Morris’ commitment to education and community service, CRS aims to support the Morris Family Memorial Scholarship. Please consider making a gift toward this scholarship. Contributions will offer financial assistance to deserving students.

Community Renewal Society is a faith-based, community organizing and public policy organization that works with congregations in and around Chicago to address issues of racism and poverty.

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The Chicago Reporter was founded in 1972 by John A. McDermott to measure Chicago’s progress toward racial equality as the civil rights era ended. Since its inception, it has been housed at Community Renewal Society.

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