Our member congregations are being creative in managing their worship services and connecting with their members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Community Renewal Society is monitoring the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. CRS is following the guidance prepared by the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We will continue to update this blog article as resources are made available.

One of my favorite chants from the movement for Black Lives in Ferguson, MO was a call to “Get out of the house and into the streets!” or “Get out of the pews and into the streets!”

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.

During this pandemic, fair tax reform is needed now more than ever. According to Governor Pritzker, projections show a possible 2021 deficit of more than $7 billion.

CRS stands with our brothers and sisters at the Chicago Community Bond Fund in their fight to free people from their bonds. Click to read our full statement.

CRS made a major mark in history by creating the first federally enforced consent decree without the Department of Justice while ensuring that we have the power to directly file a motion with the court, should the police not maintain compliance with the decree.

Today, landmark legislation for people with records is effective, providing more opportunities to obtain fair housing throughout the state of Illinois and Cook County. Thanks to you, we are celebrating the implementation of two new laws to protect human rights!

The legislation is in place for the people of Illinois need to say YES to Fair Tax. 

CRS is creating an Anti-Racism Transformation Team. The transformation team will be committed to dismantling institutional racism within CRS in all of its forms.

A huge victory for over one million people in Cook County who will be protected by the Just Housing Amendment

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

Freedom fighter, Union spy, Underground Railroad Conductor and Social Justice Organizer, Harriet Tubman is commanding our attention even 100 years after her death.

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

Students are suffering because we are consistently placed in over-sized classrooms, where our teachers are overworked and underpaid.

CRS is in solidarity with the 23,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union and the 7,000 members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 in their efforts to improve the teaching and learning conditions of our schools.

Rev. Jason W. Coulter, Pastor of Ravenswood United Church of Christ, prepares for the CPS strike.

We passed the Just Housing Amendment in Cook County, now your action is needed to protect the spirit of the Amendment.

New Law Makes Housing Discrimination Illegal for Arrest, Expunged/Sealed, and Juvenille Records!