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into sleeping bags for homeless people in
Chicago. Incentives such as tickets to games or shows were used to encourage people to donate and sponsor the cost of a coat for the initiative, which was initially only planned to run until 2016. SocialWorks took over the initiative after their creation in 2016 and has continued Warmest Winter after re-branding it to offer different services, experiences and donations. Efforts by the initiative in its current state include clothing drives and events such as the "Night at the Museum", where families bring in items to build Warmth Kits for the homeless while also participating in exhibits and activities.
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Essence Smith further commented that a central goal of the initiative is to create a guidebook filled with "a comprehensive collection of mental health resources." The guidebook is designed to include all mental health services, both direct care and referral-based; as well as, educational services within Cook county. Through this initiative the organization plans to donate $ 100,000 to six mental health providers in the city.
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the Rapper and
Malcolm London but was later incorporated into SocialWorks. Because Brother Mike was a poet and mentor with Harold Washington Library's YouMedia Center, OpenMike incorporated coordinates programs that encourages teen artists to perform and connect with other artists in attendance. OpenMike also has celebrity guest performances, like
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At the end of March 2019, Bennett announced, via
Instagram, Mahalia Jackson Elementary School as a new beneficiary of SocialWorks, New Chance Arts and Literature fund. The South side school was deemed needy after a prolonged lack of funding for the art programs. The grant allowed the school to finish
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is a series of free monthly events hosted in
Chicago, for high school students that could provide their school ID. OpenMike was officially hosted in February 2015 at the Chicago Cultural Center, as an event to honor the passing of poet Mike Hawkins, Brother Mike. It was first started between Chance
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FM 107.5. The initiative was created through a partnership with The
Empowerment Plan to help raise $ 100,000 U.S. dollars for winter coats through donations. These donations would be used to fund the employment of homeless people from Detroit, who would create coats that were capable of being turned
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SocialWorks became a registered public charity in August, 2016. The non-profit charity was announced
September 24, 2016, at Bennett's music festival, Magnificent Coloring Day, on the South Side of Chicago. The inception of this non-profit began in 2015 with OpenMike, an event which is hosted monthly
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initiative was introduced in
September 2018 to increase awareness and visibility for mental health services in Chicago, Illinois. The initiative began with a $ 1 million donation from Bennett, with the intention to establish a modern resource for obtaining information about mental health services.
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is a program created in 2017 by Social Works and LANDR Music to provide additional audio mastering classes after school for students in the
Chicago metropolitan area. Starting in June 2017, 75 Chicago kids participated in this program through the Kids of the Kingdom Summer Music Academy. The idea
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to raise money for new arts and literature programs for CPS. Donations would be gathered by riders opting in to round up their fares and since its launch, the initiative has raised over $ 100,000. SocialWorks has also raised funding for CPS by partnering with UNITY to host the #SupportCPS fashion
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in order to raise $ 100,000 for technological equipment for CPS. This was a precedent for SocialWorks’ Support CPS Initiative. As a result of this fundraising, SocialWorks came into formation, under the partnership of
Bennett, Cunningham and their friend Essence Smith. The initial funding for the
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History Month Film Festival was launched in 2018 and runs during the month of February, offering reduced price tickets for youth to attend and familiarize themselves with films created by Black artists. The 2018 festival featured a selection of five films at Chicago's Studio Grill with
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In 2018 SocialWorks announced that $ 2.2 million had been raised through the New Chance Fund and that twenty CPS would be receiving donations of $ 100,000 to help fund their arts and literature programs. The organization also partnered with shared riding service
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over funding for CPS reached an impasse. Bennett donated $ 1 million to the fund and awareness was raised for Support CPS through the hashtag #SupportCPS on social media. Following his donation individuals, businesses, and organizations such as Jewel Osco, the
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SocialWorks initiated the Support CPS and the New Chance: Arts and Literature Fund campaigns, which raise money for education, technological equipment, and arts programs in schools in under served areas which have experienced budget cuts.
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showings rotating each week. In 2019 the program moved to the Showplace Icon Theater, where fifteen films were shown and patrons could attend panel discussions and Q&A post-screening interviews with film directors and special guests.
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brand teamed up with SocialWorks in a one-time event. Air Jordan donated 300 pairs of unreleased Jordan 11 sneakers to teens attending OpenMike at Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.
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partnered with SocialWorks and awarded the program a grant of 1 million, and an additional $ 500,000 directly donated to CPS. Chance discussed the funding on
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donated 1 million to the charity. The money was designated for the New Chance: Arts and Literature Fund.
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939:"MY STATE OF MIND INITIATIVE IS BUILDING A MENTAL HEALTH GUIDE BOOK FOR COOK COUNTY"
733:"Chance The Rapper's Social Works NonProfit To Help Offer Kids Summer Audio Courses"
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SocialWorks Grants Funds to Schools through their New Chance Fund
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