Press Clips
Metropolitan Family Says Thanks!
- Publication: Downers Grove Township
- Date: January 14, 2021
New Life Centers Food Pantry Lends a Helping Hand to Little Village Residents
- Publication: Fox 32
- Date: January 14, 2021
70 CHA College Students Get Tips on How to “Stay the Course”
- Publication: Chicago Crusader
- Date: January 13, 2021
Op-Ed: ‘Fix the FOID Act’ Will Make Our Streets Safer
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: January 13, 2021
Those Who Did Not Die: Survivors of Chicago’s Gun Violence Episode Two
- Publication: WBEZ
- Date: January 5, 2021
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Lamar Taylor and Bill Curry – Chicago Show Up
- Publication: NBA/Chicago Bulls
- Date: January 5, 2021
Those Who Did Not Die
- Publication: WBEZ
- Date: January 3, 2021
As Chicagoans Continue To Face Hunger In Pandemic, New Little Village Food Pantry Aims To Help: ‘The Need Is Massive’
- Publication: Block Club Chicago
- Date: December 31, 2020
Community Groups Set 2021 Goal: Reduce Violence by 20%
- Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
- Date: December 29, 2020
Chicago Behind New York and L.A. in Focusing on Violence Prevention, Advocate Says
- Publication: WBBM AM
- Date: December 29, 2020
Here’s Why Chicago’s Gun Violence In 2020 Is Probably Not A Sign Of Things To Come
- Publication: WBEZ
- Date: December 28, 2020
Family Shelter Service of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage Emergency Shelter Needs
- Publication: NCTV 17
- Date: December 23, 2020
Un Nuevo Dia
- Publication: Telemundo Chicago
- Date: December 22, 2020
Op-ed: Vaccines Will Tame the Pandemic. And Chicago’s Other Scourge, Gun Violence? Just As Urgent.
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: December 16, 2020
Chicago’s West Side Gets The Vaccine First: ‘So Many People Have Died Here Because Of COVID In The Community’
- Publication: CBS 2 Chicago
- Date: December 15, 2020
Lights Out – How More Than 73,000 Illinois Homes Lost Electric Service During COVID-19
- Publication: South Side Weekly
- Date: December 14, 2020
MPI Executive Director Vaughn Bryant on WVON’s Buchanan and Seaton
- Publication: WVON
- Date: December 11, 2020
Downtown Remembrance Tree Honors Hundreds Lost To Gun Violence In 2020
- Publication: Block Club Chicago
- Date: December 10, 2020
Cook County Commissioners Urge Passage of Residential Tenant Landlord Law
- Publication: Suburban Chicagoland
- Date: December 9, 2020
Cook County commissioners urge passage of Residential Tenant Landlord law
- Publication: Suburban Chicagoland
- Date: December 8, 2020
‘If I Can’t Find Someone to Take Care of Them, How Would I Work to Provide for Them?’ U. of C. Study Highlights Child Care Barriers in Chicago’s Latino Communities
- Publication: Chicago Tribune
- Date: December 8, 2020
Blue Island Hot Rod Club Seeks Donations for Saturday Food, Toy Drive
- Publication: Daily Southtown
- Date: December 3, 2020
Free COVID-19 Testing Sites Open in Northern Illinois
- Publication: NBC Chicago
- Date: December 1, 2020
Firsthand Gun Violence: Prevention Programs Get Boost in Funding
- Publication: WTTW - Chicago Tonight
- Date: November 30, 2020
Holiday Treats in Downtown Glen Ellyn
- Publication: Patch
- Date: November 28, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services “Mpowers the Night”
- Publication: Candid Candace
- Date: November 27, 2020
The Pandemic Highlights Food Insecurity
- Publication: Chicago Defender
- Date: November 24, 2020
Northwest Side Shootings Starting To Drop After Months Of Outcry: ‘It’s Gotten So Much Better’
- Publication: Block Club Chicago
- Date: November 13, 2020
Youth Crisis Counselor Melissa Coleman Highlights Complications COVID-19 Has Posed to Her Work
- Publication: Medill Reports Chicago
- Date: November 12, 2020
‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: West Lawn
- Publication: WTTW
- Date: November 12, 2020
Mpower the Night Goes Virtual
- Publication: Politico Illinois Playbook
- Date: November 10, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services’ Mpower the Night Goes Virtual This Year
- Publication: ABC 7 Chicago
- Date: November 9, 2020
The Will Group and Tuskegee Next Fly in PPE for Metropolitan Family Services’ Southwest Center
- Publication: ABC 7
- Date: November 5, 2020
‘Know Your Rights’ Programs Highlight Fair Pay, Safety, Labor Exploitation
- Publication: Daily Herald
- Date: November 4, 2020
Not a Day Without Violence (Use Google Chrome to Translate from German to English)
- Publication: Taz
- Date: November 2, 2020
Here’s What Players Coalition Has Been Working on for Election Day
- Publication: Yahoo Sports
- Date: November 2, 2020
Players Coalition Is Chipping in $2000 to Help Get Chicago Voters to Their Polling Places on Election Day Through Free CTA Rides
- Publication: WBBM AM
- Date: October 28, 2020
‘Peace Academy’ Graduates Are Trained To Break Cycle Of Street Violence
- Publication: NPR National
- Date: October 25, 2020
Legal Aid Society Luncheon Honors Its Dedicated Pro Bono Volunteers
- Publication: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Date: October 22, 2020
State of Domestic Violence in Chicago Panel
- Publication: Jewish Women's International
- Date: October 20, 2020
Patterns of Behavior
- Publication: Comcast Newsmakers
- Date: October 19, 2020
Aldermen Push To Be More Involved in Street-Level Anti-Violence Programs Receiving City Funding
- Publication: The Daily Line
- Date: October 16, 2020
Chicago’s Gun Violence Plan Looks Good on Paper, Prevention Leaders Say. Can the City Pull It Off?
- Publication: The Trace
- Date: October 16, 2020
Domestic Violence Crimes Are Up In DuPage County
- Publication: NCTV 17
- Date: October 16, 2020
Non-Profit Offers Virtual Presentations and Workshops to Help Identify Abuse During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Publication: WBBM AM
- Date: October 15, 2020
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services Receives El Humanitario Award from Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberley M. Foxx
- Publication: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Date: October 14, 2020
After Months Of Shootings In Albany Park And Ravenswood Manor, City Sends More Cops, Violence Interrupters To 17th District
- Publication: Block Club Chicago
- Date: October 14, 2020
Center on Halsted’s Valle, Artist Sam Kirk Among Latinx Community Champions
- Publication: Windy City Times
- Date: October 14, 2020
Naperville Not Immune to Domestic Violence, So Learn How to Help If You Suspect Something, Educator Says
- Publication: The Naperville Sun
- Date: October 13, 2020
Metropolitan Family Services DuPage Executive Director Nicole Cameron Receives October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation from DuPage County Board
- Publication: DuPage County Board
- Date: October 13, 2020