Andrea Clinton
March 30, 2021
A February 2020 report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the 2019 consent decree found that Chicago’s juvenile justice system is not achieving its goal of reducing youth recidivism, and may re-traumatize youth or increase their likelihood ...
March 30, 2021
Since 2018, Civic Consulting Alliance has undertaken multiple projects to help the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) prepare for and respond to a court-monitored consent decree, which mandates reforms across a wide range of areas. ...
March 30, 2021
In “Our City, Our Safety,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot acknowledges that violence is an equity issue that has persisted because “underlying causes—systemic racism, disinvestment, poverty, failed policing, lack of social services—have gone unaddressed” and commits “to ending violence through a multi-faceted, ...
December 18, 2020
Tiana Graham was with us as an Undergraduate Fellow through the Princeton Internships in Civic Service program from June through August. Tiana is a rising senior at Princeton University.
What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic ...
December 18, 2020
Kayode Balogun was with us as an Undergraduate Fellow through the Academy Group from June through August 2020. Kayode is a rising junior at Gettysburg College.
What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance?
I supported ...
November 15, 2020
Illinois is failing to ensure equitable postsecondary educational access and outcomes for Black students. Our ecosystem enrolls, graduates, and employs Black students at far lower rates than non-Black students. In fact, only nine out of 100 Black students starting high ...
November 15, 2020
On September 29, Mayor Lori Lightfoot released Our City, Our Safety, the City’s first comprehensive violence reduction plan, to guide public safety efforts through 2023. This plan is a critical tool in the City’s efforts to reduce community violence, and ...
October 15, 2020
In October 2019, Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched INVEST South/West, a groundbreaking initiative to counter disinvestment on the South and West Sides, the result of decades of policies and practices that exacerbate racial segregation. Undoing this harm will not happen quickly, ...
October 15, 2020
Three in four people in Chicago who have died from COVID-19 are Black or Latinx. This striking disparity is in part the result of longstanding racial inequities in healthcare quality and access, and necessitates an urgent and forceful response from ...
August 20, 2020
As our country and our city face a summer marked by rising gun violence and widespread protests around policing, Civic Consulting Alliance remains focused on facilitating public safety and criminal justice reform to ensure that everyone – residents and police ...