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What Inspires Us

Our staff was recently posed the following question: “What’s inspiring you these days?” We’re all fortunate enough to be able to carry out our work from home, but many of our partners and colleagues are at the frontlines. We’re thinking…

Protecting the Community Reinvestment Act: A Letter from BPI

This month BPI, along with a number of local and statewide housing justice organizations, filed comments with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in response to proposed changes to the rules…

Get to Know Cara Hendrickson

In late February, BPI was thrilled to welcome Cara Hendrickson as our new Executive Director. Little did we know that less than one month later we would be forced to transform into an organization working from home, re-examining our work…

Ways to Take Action During COVID-19

As the reality of the COVID-19 crisis became clear to the staff at BPI, we quickly pivoted to working from home for the health and safety of our team. Like many of you, we were unsure at first how that…

Freedom to Learn Campaign IL Calls for the Need to #DecarcerateCOVID19

The Freedom to Learn Campaign IL (FTL) formed in March 2019 in response to Danville Correctional Center’s staff removing over 200 titles from the Education Justice Project’s library at the prison. Although the books have since been returned, FTL remains…

Trauma Counseling Offers Support for Pre-K and Kindergarten Students in Altgeld-Riverdale

This post is the second in our series of highlights from BPI’s 50th Anniversary Report and highlights the expansion of trauma support services to Pre-K and Kindergarten students in the Altgeld-Riverdale community, part of an ongoing partnership between BPI and…

Cara Hendrickson Named BPI’s New Executive Director

A special message from BPI Board President Jonathan Kaden: On behalf of BPI’s Board of Directors and staff, I am honored to announce that Cara Hendrickson has been chosen as our next Executive Director. As you’ll read in the press…

BPI Welcomes New Directors Annette Guzman, Julie Kennedy, and Quinn Rallins

Join BPI in welcoming three outstanding individuals to our Board of Directors: Annette Guzman, Julie Kennedy, and Quinn Rallins. Annette Guzman Deputy Assessor – Chief Administrative Officer Cook County Government Annette Guzman received her JD from The University of Chicago…

Reentry Housing and the Cook County Drug Court

As BPI looks ahead to our next 50 years, we’d like to share a few highlights from our 50th Anniversary Report over the next few weeks. First up, a look at our efforts to reform Illinois’ justice system by addressing…

Meet Ashton Hoselton, BPI’s Newest Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow

Hometown: Waukegan, IL Education: JD 2019, Georgetown University Law Center, BA in Neuropsychology and Holistic Healing, Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges Why BPI: BPI’s versatility and commitment to the constantly evolving issues of social justice drew me to…

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