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8th Day Center for Justice had a special consultative relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. [11] In April 2010, the center was named a Human Rights Champion by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America. [12] 8th Day Center for Justice closed in 2017. [13] [14]
Heartland Alliance is an anti-poverty organization based in Chicago, with a historical focus on serving American immigrant communities.Heartland Alliance devotes the bulk of its funding to initiatives that address poverty through health and housing, with further programs centered on jobs, justice, and international work. [1]
The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, also known simply as the Orthogenic School or informally as the O-School, is a therapeutic day school for children and adolescents typically classified as emotionally challenged. The O-School specializes in the treatment of youth and help them with their behavioral and emotional problems. [1]
When SPIN asks Hannibal Buress to spotlight a cause close to his heart, the comedian-rapper-actor immediately brings up the Chicago Torture Justice Center, founded in his home town in 2017.
Additionally, she and John Rolland co-founded the university-affiliated Chicago Center for Family Health (1991-current). [4] Under their co-direction, the award-winning institute has provided resilience-oriented family therapy training and community consultation, with a core commitment to diverse and underserved families. [citation needed]
The center's mission is to provide therapeutic services to bereaved children and their families; to make intervention more accessible; to heighten awareness of the potentially harmful short- and long-term effects of loss; and to provide training and consultation for teachers, clergy, mental health workers, and other involved community members.
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The Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR) is a research, demonstration and training center housed in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. The institute has more than 40 faculty members and 65 professional staff members.