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Grant Awards: Chicago 1999
Three days before the Chicago book release party for "No More Prisons," Karl got a crazy idea: Let's stop the music at the party and hold a spontaneous SEF award ceremony to honor Chicago-based groups whose work simultaneously deals with self-education and keeping people out of prison. We invited people from six groups to the party, brought them onstage to talk about their work and then gave each group surprise $500 awards!
The Autonomous Zone Free Skool
2129 Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
mailing address:
1573 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60622
773-460-0237
azone@wwa.com
Free classes in a collectively-run library and community space. open: Mon-Fri 6-9pm, Sat-Sun 12-6pm.
Insight Arts
1545 W. Morse
Chicago, IL 60626
773-973-1521
A community-based youth arts organization.
The Prison Phone Project
Chicago, IL
Families of prisoners learned how to fight for their rights and sued phone companies that charge exprbitant rates for prisoner phone calls.
The Street Law Project
Chicago, IL
A youth-run program offering peer counseling on laws, rights and dealing with police.
UPAL
Chicago, IL
Did you know there is approximately an 8 to 1 correlation between lead poisoning and incarceration?
Youth Struggling for Survival
Chicago, IL
A peer-led Latino gang-truce, youth development, peer education and mentorship organization on the West side of Chicago.
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