March 2025, Narrative Change Community News
March 2025, Issue 25
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What’s Happening?
See what’s happening this month.
March 10: Critical Conversation Series // Invisible Institute
March 13: Legacy Lounge (Live Edition): March General Body Meeting // Metropolitan Board of the Chicago Urban League
March 13: Chicago Journalists Wellness and Resource Forum // Chicago Headline Club, The Field Foundation, and other journalist associations
March 19: Second Annual Live Panel on Youth Workforce Development // Youth Job Center
March 22: Elevate Your Path: Strategies for Career Growth // Metropolitan Board of the Chicago Urban League
Resources and Tools
Check out some community resources and learning opportunities.
Self-Help Community Scholarships // Federal Credit Union
Brownlee Scholarship // The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Headline Club Foundation
Grants Open For Non-profit Media Internships // Chicago Headline Club Foundation
Civics 101
Enhance your civics and media literacy with helpful resources and guides.
How to File a Discrimination Complaint // Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Leadership Gaps in Chicago Government // City Cast Chicago
Comment Your Thoughts on Chicago's Co-Governance Framework // Co-governance Steering Committee, the Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ), Chicago United for Equity (CUE)
Know Rights for Chicago Public Schools - Virtual Presentation // Indo-American Center, The Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
FOIA Fest 2025 // Chicago Headline Club
Opportunities in Narrative Change
Explore some of Chicago's media/storytelling and community organization opportunities.
Deputy Director of Communications
City Bureau
Apply by March 27, 2025
Documenters Site Success Director
City Bureau
Apply by March 30, 2025
Communications, Legislation, National Facilitation and Development Internships
Muslim Civic Coalition
Rolling applications
Greater Chicago Food Depository
Rolling applications
CAIR Chicago
Rolling applications
Supervisor, Job Readiness and Civic Engagement
Heartland Human Care Services
Rolling applications
Community Stories
See some of what's being published this month.
Photo by: Max Herman for Borderless Magazine
Chicago Small Businesses Rise Up In Protest Against Trump’s Deportation Threats // Borderless Magazine
CPS Budget Amendment Targets CTU Contract, Disputed City Pension Payment// WBEZ Chicago
Chicago’s School Board Saves Charter Schools From Closing // City Bureau - Newswire
Pilsen Scrapper Still Lacks Emissions Controls 4 Years After Pollution Suit // Block Club Chicago
Wicker Park, Logan Square Neighbors Can Vote On How To Spend $1 Million In Ward Projects // Block Club Chicago
Cook County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Repeatedly Denied Freedom to Incarcerated People Who Were Later Cleared // Injustice Watch
Traveling Exhibit at Chicago Public Libraries Honors History of Black Steelworkers // South Side Weekly
Mayor Johnson Is Taking His Message Straight to Black Chicagoans // The TRiiBE
Meet Community News Sources
Get to know some additional community news sources. Click on their logos to visit their sites.
Meet Community Organizations
Get to know some additional community organizations. Click on their logos to visit their sites.
Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
Our Narrative Change Community Newsletter aims to spotlight the different worlds that make up our narrative change ecosystem. We'll share some events, call-to-actions, news stories and even people working towards shifting narratives that impact us all.
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