common connections foundation
Oil painting by Je Hlobik via Etsy
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CFW Annual LuncheonChicago Foundation for Women’s 34th Annual Luncheon - #FliptheScript to empower our Chicago women and girls! #MakingtheConnection #CFWLuncheon
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Open Ears for ReparationsFour months after #Juneteenth and the hearing on #HR40 - Scholars for Social Justice hosted a discussion on #reparations with author and journalist Ta-Nahesi Coates. Listening, learning and preparing for #JUSTICE. And the truth shall set you free. #MakingtheConnection |
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DV Awareness MonthBringing #DomesticViolenceAwareness to the community with 22nd Distict CAPS at their Annual DV Dog Walk on this beautiful October morning! Event partners included an incredible network of DV awareness advocates such as The Branch Family Institute, SSFS, A New Direction, Cook County State’s Attorney Community Justice Center - South, and many more along with #community resources, blessings on our furry friends and raffle prizes!
50 Purple Balloons were released lifting up our 50 Chicago Community Wards in prayer and all the work being done to #breakthecycle! #MakingtheConnection |
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Chicago Sky Community Outing 2019Labor Day weekend Common Connections Foundation made the connection with The Branch Family Institute, South Shore UMC, CPD's 4th District Faith Based subcommittee, and Concerned Neighbors Organized (CNO)-uniting for WNBA Chicago Sky #Community Outing!
#GOSKY! #SKYTown |
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Gun Violence Awareness MonthJune is #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth. Over 1100 shootings have occurred this year and our 2019 summer season has just begun with much work to be done to cease gun violence in our communities. Faith, prayer and spirituality is a pathway to peace and freedom from gun violence in our Chicago communities.
On the last day of June, Common Connections Foundation joined with South Shore UMC to pray for peace and to celebrate their Juneteenth Revivify Freedom in Christ wrap up Celebration. 50 orange gun violence awareness balloons were prayed over and released for peace and healing across our 50 Chicago community wards. #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth #Juneteenth #FaithandCommunity #MakingtheConnection
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Mental Health Awareness Month50 green balloons representing the strengthening of
our #mentalhealthawareness across our 50 #Chicago community wards were prayed over and released @ChicagoCAPS04 #FaithinAction event in Rowan Park! When we are fed spiritually and take our inner wellness seriously, we raise the bar for healthier and safer communities... #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MakingtheConnection |
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