In 1996, The Commercial Club of Chicago—a membership organization of leading area business and civic leaders—undertook the Metropolis Project, an effort to ensure the preeminence of the Chicago Metropolitan Region in the 21st century.
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Metropolis Strategies proudly provided staff support for this effort, involving hundreds of projects and thousands of people, demonstrated that we care about our future and take inspiration from our past.
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Finding Solutions to Illinois’ Prison Overcrowding Crisis
On Friday April 20, the Coalition for Prison Reform will be convening advocates, systems stakeholders and media representatives to discuss, “Solutions to Illinois’ Prison Over-Crowding Crisis”. The focus of this meeting will be to highlight the current situation in Illinois and promising solutions to reduce prison populations, ensure community safety and save taxpayer dollars.
In January of this year, a group of advocates met to discuss the problem and its implications for Illinois’ prisons. Since then, we have engaged in research and policy development. Grassroots efforts have taken place to shed light on this matter and to ensure that our state leadership focuses on comprehensive prison reform that will serve to control crime and increase public safety.
Information on the April 20th meeting follows. SEATING IS LIMITED. Please join us:
Friday, April 20, 2012
10:00am – noon
Northwestern University School of Law, Strawn Memorial Hall
McCormick Building 195, 1st Floor
(Building entrance: 350 E. Superior Street)
Those interested in attending, should contact Maria Veljkovic at 312.332.8157 or maria@metrostrat.org with your name, organization, phone number and email.
About Metropolis Strategies
After 12 years of civic leadership, Chicago Metropolis 2020 has become Metropolis Strategies, a supporting organization of The Chicago Community Trust. The move sustains the vital regional leadership of Chicago Metropolis 2020 and brings to bear the resources of both nonprofit organizations to address the economic challenges posed to the seven-county region by increased global competition.
As a supporting organization of The Chicago Community Trust, Metropolis Strategies will leverage its civic leadership and program expertise to further implementation of the Trust’s new strategic plan – a plan which includes a bold agenda for sustainable economic development. The Trust, which has seven supporting organizations, is the Chicago region’s community foundation with a 95-year history of working with donors, civic leaders, nonprofits and public institutions to improve the quality of life for Chicago area residents.
To read more about our transition, click here.
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