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About

Building the great city:
• To learn
• To live well
• To live healthy
• To participate in civil society

Vision, Mission,
Core Values

Through its partnerships,
Great Cities Institute advances:
• Education
• Economic equity
• Well-being
• Civic participation

Research

By harnessing the power of engaged research, Great Cities Institute:
• Advances conversations on key issues
• Implements community economic
  development strategies
• Provides data and technical assistance
• Facilitates collaboration and public
  engagement
• Produces policy analysis

NEWS

I want to hear Chicago’s West Side stories

on April 28, 2017
An aerial view of Jackson Park. Historically, Natalie Moore writes, Chicago's South Side has been much more a subject of the arts than the West Side. | Lee Hogan/Sun-Times library

Hull House Director Jennifer Scott who hosted a forum called West Side/South Side: Bridging the Divide with folks representing both sides of town is mentioned in a Chicago Sun-Times column.

RESEARCH

Wealthy blacks just as likely to be segregated as poor here

on May 23, 2017
Photo by Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

A Crain's article examines the finding from a IRRPP report that Cook County black households that earn $100,000 or more annually are nearly as likely as those earning under $25,000 to be segregated from whites.

BLOG

Partnering for the Common Good: The Humanities meets (Social) Science

on May 23, 2017
Freshwater Lab poster recording conversations from the biannual summit.

So many good things happen at UIC. Even as the Spring 2017 Semester came to an end, the campus was vibrant with activities sponsored by Freshwater Labs, and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.

MULTIMEDIA

Youth Employment Hearing

on February 8, 2017

Teens and young adults discuss with federal, state and local officials the correlation between the city's violence and the lack of youth employment opportunities.

EVENTS

Fri 09

Jobs for Climate and Justice: A Worker Alternative

June 9 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
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Free

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