View the trailer for Pastor Otis Moss’ sermonic video, Letter To My Son, which premiered on August 9, 2020.

OIG Finds That the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Is Not in Compliance with the City’s Video Release Policy for Use-of-Force Incidents.

Let us lament in the face of languishing injustices, hatred, racism and brokenness that are part of our lives and part of our world.

“We must breathe” is a prophetic proclamation affirming self-worth and a righteous charge in the face of violence against Black and Brown bodies and lives.

I joined CRS’ Police Accountability issue team because a police officer profiled and assaulted my son outside our home in Northlake, Illinois.

God, you are the light of my life and the lover of my soul. You are the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. You know all, see all, and care for all.

Rev. Damon Smith offers a poem in reaction to the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Each and every one of God’s children has been endowed with the divine. This divine blessing is what connects all of humanity and when one of us is oppressed and suffers, all of us are oppressed. The Englewood shooting on Sunday, August 9, and the ensuing riots speak powerfully to this.

It is the truth that to be a person of faith in America today is to recognize that America desires Jesus slogans over morally grounded Jesus-inspired action.

Chicago police shot someone on the South Side last night. By looting downtown, protesters are addressing the root cause of police violence.

Community Renewal Society, as a member of the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability coalition, continues to fight for the GAPA Ordinance developed by community members and coalition allies.

The Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ writes to express our acknowledgement of the communal pain, outrage and lament felt by so many of our citizens.

It has been a year since Lori Lightfoot took office and she has yet to fulfill a critical promise to communities of color to establish a civilian oversight board over the Chicago Police Department.

Read a press release issued by the GAPA coalition denouncing May Lori Lightfoot’s inaction in police reform. GAPA will continue the fight for police accountability and civilian oversight and we will keep you updated on how you can support our work.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson accepted the mantle of leadership during one of Chicago’s most tumultuous moments in recent history.

Community Renewal Society is in solidarity with the Justice 4 Laquan collective. Join us by taking action!

In 2017, CRS, alongside Communities United, One Northside, Next Steps, Equity for Equality and the ACLU of Illinois, launched a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and we officially settled that lawsuit on May 17, 2019.

On Thursday, January 31, 2019, history was made in Chicago. Never before has a court-enforced consent decree to reform a city's police department been filed without the support of the U.S. Department of Justice. Here in Chicago, with the final approval of Federal Court Judge Robert Dow, the first measure of this kind became a reality.

Our coalition, and CRS specifically, showed significant representation at the Federal Building to testify on the consent decree that could change the way Chicago police interact with the public.

Fundamental to navigating the staircase is understanding racism, or perhaps better stated, "racialization.”