Stories of Hope

The people of these neighborhoods are the ones who change them.

Family story · Warrenville · Film

Maribel had 11 days to find a new home. She found a neighbor first.

An eviction notice brought Maribel to the Warrenville center. A housing plan, a bus pass and a phone call to her landlord changed the month, and then the year.

8 min · Captions and transcript available.

Youth story · Lombard

Deshawn came for the gym. He stayed for the people who remembered his name.

Four years of after-school programs, one mentor who never missed a Thursday, and a welding credential at nineteen.

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Neighborhood story · Carol Stream

The morning shift: what opportunity looks like at 6am in Carol Stream

Inside the job-readiness cohort where twelve adults trade shift work for careers, and a coach shows up before the sun does.

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