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A heartfelt congratulations to our Board President, Nicolas “Nick” Guzman, for being featured as one of Crain’s 2021 Notable Nonprofit Board Leaders! For over 10 years, Nick has served on the Erie House Board in a variety of capacities from finance and fundraising committees to executive committees, and currently as the Board President. But his…

Erie House kids need help preparing to go back to school this fall. Help us collect backpacks and school supplies for the nearly 300 kids in our programs. Here’s how you can help: Donate a backpack with school supplies for kids ages 5-17. School supplies needed include: notebooks 2-pocket folders #2 pencils crayons markers glue sticks…

 On March 29, 2021, 13-year-old Adam Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer. Since the shooting, there have been different narratives formed of who Adam Toledo was. Various media have made allegations saying he was a gang member, had a negligent mother, and possessed a gun.  The Illinois Latino Agenda urges all…

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the essentiality of early childhood education and child care like never before. Our state’s economic recovery depends on enabling and supporting more people to go back to work—especially women—and that can only happen when we make meaningful investments in the people that care for our children. Right now, Illinois has…

Scores of Americans of all races and nationalities have relentlessly fought for years – and even died – to protect our right to vote. As a unified collective of nonprofit organizations, partners and affiliates nationwide, we firmly believe that every American’s vote is their voice. Any attempts to undermine voters’ access to the ballot box are contrary…

Last week, Erie House received an incredible and sizable donation of 30,000 quality-certified surgical masks through the American Medical Association’s (AMA) collaboration with Project N95, a not-for-profit national clearinghouse for PPE.  Through this partnership, Erie House and other community organizations have received generous donations of ASTM-rated surgical masks to distribute to our community and help those hardest hit by…

Read this article at Better.net. Erie Neighborhood House, the oldest operating settlement house in Chicago, has seen plenty of change in its time — but its essential support and services have remained a constant upon which Chicago’s immigrant community can rely.  Since 1870, the nonprofit has worked to provide the comprehensive aid which immigrant and…