What we're writing about.
Program milestones, LEO Center progress, stories from the block, press mentions.
Project HOOD credited for Woodlawn violent crime drop.
Homicides in Woodlawn are down roughly 35%. Pastor Brooks and his outreach team — credible messengers from the community — are why.
Read on CBS Chicago →1,000 Men Unity Gathering: violence-free zone on the South Side.
Project HOOD convened more than 1,000 men to celebrate progress at the LEO Center and a growing violence-free zone in Woodlawn.
Read on ABC7 →South Side nonprofit Project HOOD rings NYSE opening bell.
Project HOOD traveled to New York City to ring the New York Stock Exchange opening bell — a national stage for a South Side mission.
Read on WGN →Capitol Hill lawmakers visit Project H.O.O.D. — a "major step forward."
Members of Congress came to Woodlawn to see Project HOOD's community-driven violence interruption model firsthand.
Read on Fox News →Project HOOD receives $8M donation toward new community center.
A major gift accelerates the $45M Robert R. McCormick Leadership & Economic Opportunity Center at 66th & King Drive.
Read on CBS Chicago →First look inside the LEO Center construction in Woodlawn.
A deep-dive site visit into the 85,000 sq ft building rising at King Drive — what's going in each floor, and what it means for the neighborhood.
Read on Building Up Chicago →LEO Center Offering Construction Training Program.
Project HOOD's Pre-Apprenticeship Construction cohort gives Woodlawn residents a direct path from training to union-track careers.
Read on CBS Chicago →Pastor Corey Brooks walks across America for Project H.O.O.D.
Coverage from Chicago's oldest Black-owned newspaper of the cross-country walk that raised millions for Woodlawn's LEO Center.
Read on Chicago Crusader →