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With spring right around the corner, we’re busy planting seeds for our urban farm. Located on Chicago’s west side, Chicago FarmWorks provides job opportunities to low income residents who grow vegetables for local food pantries. The farm, on land transformed from vacant lots, has quadrupled in size this year to cover over 2 acres, and we're expecting to grow 30,000 servings of vegetables!
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STORIES
She Wanted Her Name to Mean "Freedom"
 Her original name was Elvisa Hatic, but she changed it to Elvisa Liberty.
“I wanted my last name to mean something. To mean freedom, to mean saving people’s lives. Heartland picked me up during my worst times.”
A refugee and torture survivor forced to flee Bosnia during the civil war, Elvisa has found permanent housing and citizenship through Heartland Alliance.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Meet the Author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
 Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. After being forced to fight as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, he escaped and in 1998 moved to the United States. He is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, which tells of his experiences in the war. Hear from Ishmael, keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Human Rights Awards on Thursday, May 28th at the Fairmont Hotel!
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RESEARCH & POLICY
New Report: Creating Opportunity for Immigrant Women & Girls
 Illinois is home to 1,774,726 immigrants, a full 90 percent of whom live in Chicagoland. For immigrant women, there are often unique barriers to establishing economic security, health, and freedom from violence. In a new report done in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, our research and policy team illuminates the issues that are most pressing for immigrant women in Chicago. They also share what policymakers, foundations, and human service organizations can do to help.
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