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DAQUAN FORD: WE YOUTHS NEED CHICAGO LEADERS TO ENGAGE, LISTEN AND ACT

In an Op-ed recently published by the Chicago Tribune, Communities United youth leader Daquan Ford discusses the urgency for mental health support for youth in Chicago. He says that elected officials need to involve young people in the conversations. They need to invest in youth-led initiatives to address the gaps in mental health resources, rather than make unilateral decisions that implement punitive and policing policies. When utilizing healing-centered approaches led by those most impacted by the issues, the vision for a healing-centered city becomes clearer.

RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Mental health summit convenes youth and community organizations to create plan for next generation

Communities United youth will share their opinions and thoughts on mental health at a summit at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the El Centro Library and Learning Center at Northeastern Illinois University. The youth-led event will bring together community organizations, hospital leaders, policymakers and funders to begin designing a citywide mental health plan for young adults.

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO

How A Custom Lowrider Bike Workshop Is Bringing Together Teens Impacted By ICE Raids

Teens at nonprofit Bikes & Roses, many children of immigrants or immigrants themselves, are creating unique bikes to help heal after the violence their communities experienced during operations Midway Blitz and At Large.

WTTW

Development of CPS Safety Plan Can Serve as Model for Other School Districts: Study

Nearly two years after Chicago Public Schools removed police officers from campuses and implemented a new holistic approach to school safety, officials believe that shift could serve as a replicable model for school districts across the country.

Those findings come from a new study from the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research and the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital, which examined the CPS process for removing school resource officers in 2024 and replacing them with a new Whole School Safety plan.