SWOP

We are concerned with the direction in which Twitter has been heading and will be taking a step back from this platform. To keep up with us, feel free to follow us on our Facebook page (facebook.com/swopchicago.org) or Instagram (instagram.com/swoporg/).

Our PHAs (Public Health Ambassadors) got together with GKMC (Good Kids Mad City) Englewood to bring our career pathways opportunities to the community at Evening Star M.B. Church during a food depository event that saw around 80 families coming through its doors.

Are you interested in making anywhere between $33,000- $63,000 a year? Manufacturing offers certificates in Welding, CNC machining, Mechatronics, Industrial Supervision, Computer Aided Design. To sign up, scan the QR code and for more info contact our organizers!

Congratulations to Anthony Driver, the new President and Oswaldo Gomez, the first Vice President of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability ✊🏾🥳

Join @ChicagoEcps and @CAARPRNow on Thurs., 9/29/22 at 6:30 PM at Malcolm X College for the first public meeting of the Interim Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability.

We love seeing our community come out to enjoy the Light In the Night events hosted by @CP4PPartners . Keep up the great work and we hope to see everyone at the next one!

We believe that our communities of color MUST have access to opportunities, livable wage paying jobs and to advance in a career of their choice. If interested, we ask that you register with the QR code provided on the flyer by 9/29/2022. Any questions? Contact our organizers!

SWOP supports healing work. Join us at the City of Chicago’s Year of Healing Virtual Summit, hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice on Thursday, September 22 from 9am – 11:30am. Registration is free: chi.gov/HealingSummit #TogetherWeHeal #letstalkhealingChicago

@CP4PPartners celebration of Hispanic heritage was truly a treat to be a part of and we were so happy to see so many members of the community come out to have a great time. Special thanks to Alta Sociedad for coming out to perform!

SWOP is working alongside GKMC Englewood and @TGiMovement to create a safe, fun and welcoming space for kids and teens to come out and participate in. Every Friday we will continue having these Kickbacks for the youth at 5pm.

Our Parent Mentors are headed back to the schools and to get them pumped for the upcoming fall semester, they had a kickoff event to show off their school spirit! Let’s go @ParentMentorsIL! 🥳

Hosting a VAX-A-THON with our partners this friday! @RushMedical @SaintAnthonyHos @howardbrownhc @mobilevaxusa

We wanted to focus on some of the people that help make the work at SWOP possible, so here’s a Behind the Organizing story on Leslie Carrillo, a young organizer who works closely with our parent mentors, a hard worker, and an irreplaceable part of our team swopchicago.org/stories/leslie…

Our anti-violence team has been working hard to build community and provide restorative and refreshing activities within our community. On Saturday they hosted a block party style Light in the Night, and we couldn’t have been happier to see members of our community having fun.

Our Parent Mentors participated in a Canva training hosted at our SWOP office where they learned how to do photo collages, flyers and invitations that will help highlight the amazing work they already do!

Our organizers partnered with GoodKids MadCity – Englewood to hold a youth leadership development training on the importance and power of One to Ones.

SWOP hosts Healthy Southwest Regional Collaborative meetings at the SWOP office with leaders from southwest system of care to evaluate current practices, events and next steps for collaborative events, the Medicaid enrollment initiative and the expansion of the IRIS system.

We want to share out again that there will be weekly open gym opportunities at St. Clare Gym on 2629 W 55th St, Chicago, IL 60632. Open gym will occur every Tuesday (7pm – 8:30pm) and every Saturday (1pm –2:30pm).

Yesterday marks one year since the ECPS ordinance passed! Check out this video to learn about the ECPS Coalition - youtube.com/watch?v=GwkNQ7… #ECPSNow

Our SWOP organizers partnered with Good Kids Mad City Englewood to provide leadership development and ECPS training to some of the youth interns.