Communities United

06/10/2026

When young people have their voices heard with supportive adults there to listen, then create the change they want to see- youth are able to grow and heal themselves by healing their community.

Now is the time to invest in the young people's wisdom to shape solutions to issues impacting mental health!

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https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(26)00104-8/fulltext

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- Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
- LohengrinFoundation
- Square One Foundation
- W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

06/02/2026

As we conclude Mental Health Awareness Month, CU leaders traveled to Springfield to uplift our communities' solutions for a healing-centered Illinois. “...We need to be at the forefront of movements, policies, and decisions that directly affect us!.. Our ancestors cultivated the power of storytelling so that harm would not be repeated.” -Merced

06/01/2026

We cannot continue to sacrifice our families! Billionaires need to pay their fair share of taxes! IL families need affordable health, quality education, affordable housing, youth programs, and resources on Mental Health.

05/28/2026

Today, Chicago leaders are lifting up their voices in Springfield calling for investments to support and heal our communities.

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https://www.communitiesunited.org/_files/ugd/7de017_25b98e73d2f342fcb309e1830d38ccd0.pdf

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

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Chicago teens will share their ideas at a mental health summit at the El Centro Library and Learning Center at Northeastern Illinois University.

05/15/2026

Breaking News: Young people are creating a plan for how the city and institutions can support youth mental health; a process that calls for institutions to listen and support young people's vision.

Thank you to Darcel Rockett for this illuminating article that digs deep on why it is so important to engage youth in the decisions that affect them most deeply and how their engagement in the Healing Through Justice model can be life changing and affirming.








Lohengrin Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Lumpkin Family Foundation

05/15/2026

Breaking News: Young people are creating a plan for how the city and institutions can support youth mental health; a process that calls for institutions to listen and support young people's vision.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
All Stars Project of Chicago
The Kedzie Center
Tides foundations
Grand Victoria Foundation
Woods Fund Chicago
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Lohengrin Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Lumpkin Family Foundation

Chicago teens will share their ideas at a mental health summit at the El Centro Library and Learning Center at Northeastern Illinois University.

05/08/2026