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Grantees
New Blue: Repairing Trust and Rebuilding Public Safety
New Blue – a collaborative created by police and community designed to foster collective change.
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New Blue
“Tarell Makes Man”
Joyce Awards Honoree Tarell Alvin McCraney Reflects on Artistic Growth in Chicago
Mobilizing the Community College Student Vote
Joyce Democracy Grantees Campus Vote Project and Students Learn Students Vote are mobilizing community college student voters through targeted education and engagement designed to meet the needs of a diverse and nontraditional student population.
Democracy Desk: “Unlock Civics” Advocates Expanding Voting Rights and Civic Education for Incarcerated Community Members
Two Joyce Democracy grantees, Chicago Votes and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, discuss their inspiring voting rights work in Illinois.
Collective Engagement for Community Peace: Understanding the Black & Brown Researchers Collective
We caught up recently with Dr. Buggs, one of the nation’s leading experts on community violence intervention and using anti-racist methods to reduce gun violence, about the status of the Collective and what’s to come.
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Black & Brown Researchers Collective
Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Reflect on “Aspirational” Work During 11th Annual Vigil
In December 2023, Joyce grantee Newtown Action Alliance held it's 11th annual vigil. Hundreds of survivors, many carrying pictures of fallen loved ones, packed St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.
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Newtown Action Alliance
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2023 Joyce Awards Announcement
We’re thrilled to announce the 2023 winners of our Joyce Awards, which support the creation of community-driven new works by artists of color in partnership with organizations in the Great Lakes region.
Reclaiming Reform: Policing, Public Safety & Public Trust
Joyce and Crain's Business Chicago hosted a public forum to discuss national best practices in police reform and assess how they could be applied to Chicago as the City works to implement it’s consent decree and selects a new leader of CPD.
New Responses To Illegal Gun Possession: Prosecutor Led Gun Diversion Program Evaluation Results From Minneapolis, Mn And Brooklyn, Ny
During this webinar, researchers from The Marron Institute and the Smart Decarceration Project housed at the University of Chicago present new findings from evaluations of two prosecutor led gun diversion programs
Joyce Mourns The Passing Of Founding Board Member Jack Anderson
Anderson was co-chair of the Board of Directors from '84-'87, Board Chair from '87-2011, and then emeritus director. He is largely responsible for establishing the vision of the organization and building it into one of Illinois’ largest philanthropies...
Presenting A New Dashboard On Violent Deaths In Michigan
The new tool visualizes information on violent deaths in the state to help communities better develop prevention strategies and policies.
Sean Decatur And Russell Kavalhuna Join Joyce Foundation Board
The Joyce Foundation is pleased to welcome to its Board of Directors American Museum of Natural History President Sean M. Decatur and Henry Ford College President Russell A. Kavalhuna.
Opinion: Lake Erie is a test for Northeast Ohio and its neighbors; we can ace it
Op-ed by the Foundation's Environment Co-director Elizabeth Cisar, Stephen Love of the Cleveland Foundation, and John Mitterholzer of the George Gund Foundation.
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Crain's Cleveland Business
The Top 50 Women Leaders of Illinois for 2023
Women We Admire features Joyce's Kayce Ataiyero as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Illinois for 2023. Ataiyero has extensive experience in communications, journalism and politics.
Former CPD Chief Charlie Beck offers suggestions for Chicago’s next top cop
Charlie Beck, who retired after running LAPD, served five months as CPD boss, implementing some key changes — most of which were rolled back by successor David Brown.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Opinion: For those recently released from prison, a job is more than a second chance
Op-ed by Joyce's Quintin Williams. "April is Second Chance Month in Michigan and nationwide. It signifies the importance of jurisdictions reintegrating people with criminal records into community life."
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Crain's Detroit Business
Upcoming Event - Reclaiming Reform: Policing, Public Safety & Public Trust
We invite you to join us for Reclaiming Reform: Policing, Public Safety & Public Trust on May 3, 2023.
New National Polling Data On Different Approaches To Public Safety In America
Lunch & Learn webinar presenting findings of new nationwide public opinion poll of likely voters on their views of various approaches to addressing public safety issues. April 2023
“Not Your Father’s Doj”: The Emergence Of Community Violence Intervention
Louisa Aviles, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform's senior program officer, talks about her longtime experience in Community Violence Intervention (CVI).
Looking Back To Look Ahead: Leveraging Federal Stimulus Investments & Advancing Equitable Recovery
Since 2020, Joyce has invested nearly $8 million across 40 grants in federal economic stimulus-related efforts. Learn more about them here.
We the People of Detroit
We the People of Detroit is a grantee partner of Joyce’s Environment Program. Learn more about the organization here.
Environmental Advocates Celebrate As Minnesota Pledges To Become 100% Carbon-Free
Minnesota becomes the 22nd state nationwide to commit to 100 percent carbon-free electricity—a victory for Great Lakes region environmental and environmental justice organizations that, for many years, advocated for such policy.