CRS is creating an Anti-Racism Transformation Team. The transformation team will be committed to dismantling institutional racism within CRS in all of its forms.

A huge victory for over one million people in Cook County who will be protected by the Just Housing Amendment

Superintendent Eddie Johnson accepted the mantle of leadership during one of Chicago’s most tumultuous moments in recent history.

Freedom fighter, Union spy, Underground Railroad Conductor and Social Justice Organizer, Harriet Tubman is commanding our attention even 100 years after her death.

Community Renewal Society is in solidarity with the Justice 4 Laquan collective. Join us by taking action!

Students are suffering because we are consistently placed in over-sized classrooms, where our teachers are overworked and underpaid.

CRS is in solidarity with the 23,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union and the 7,000 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 in their efforts to improve the teaching and learning conditions of our schools.

Rev. Jason W. Coulter, Pastor of Ravenswood United Church of Christ, prepares for the CPS strike.

We passed the Just Housing Amendment in Cook County, now your action is needed to protect the spirit of the Amendment.

New Law Makes Housing Discrimination Illegal for Arrest, Expunged/Sealed, and Juvenille Records!

In the hidden crevices of the city and deeply embedded in the shadows of Chicago's remarkable skyline, there is an unforgivable narrative.

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg.

"Pastor, what do you think about everything that happened last week; those four kids trying to rob the house then going on that chase to Chicago?"

The woes we once again endure in the wake of 31 killed in Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX this past weekend by gun violence remains an unbearable burden. The same weekend in Chicago left seven people dead by gun violence with 46 wounded. It is unacceptable and we must reject this as a norm.

How does “It takes a village” apply to a community experiencing trauma? We can no longer afford to inadvertently lead future generations blindly onto a pathway of engulfing racist policies/practices.

David Walker’s Appeal: To the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in particular, and very expressly, to those of the United States of America

During the most productive session in a generation, legislators balanced the state budget and passed the largest capital program in Illinois history: legalizing adult cannabis, establishing the Reproductive Health Act, expanding gambling and legalizing sports betting. CRS is excited to share two significant victories.

I'd wager that amidst the parades, days off from work (for many but not all), countless cookouts, and, of course, fireworks, most Americans don't think about how complex and complicated our Independence Day can be for many Americans to whom it never applied.

These new rates will go into effect if voters approve the constitutional amendment on the fall 2020 ballot.

Housing as a Human Right, SB 1780 (HFA3), passed the Illinois General Assembly on May 31 with significant bipartisan support!