A national social impact organization that nurtures the places where we live, learn and grow.
Chicago
Joined September 2012
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Before 2024, consider donating to extend our impact, empower more schools, and change more lives. Together, we can create safer communities, one school at a time.
Donate at newroot.org/donate
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Happy Juneteenth! Today we remember the struggles and sacrifices endured. Let's embrace diversity, promote unity, and work towards eradicating racial injustice. Join us in commemorating this important milestone.
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Recruiting now! We welcome board members who will elevate us to new heights through strategic vision and hands-on collaboration with exceptional individuals. For more information, email [email protected]
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In Chicago, Black young people make up 37.1% of all students, NewRoot delivers restorative justice and SEL trainings to fight these disparities in more than 40 public schools.
Join the conversation here: linktr.ee/NewRoot
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Today is #GivingTuesday -- your contribution helps NewRoot multiply our impact and grow a future for our youth based on values of community, curiosity, dignity, relationship, and radical love.
Click here to give!: tiny.cc/NewRootGivingSeason
Thank you for your partnership!
Have you checked out the #NewRoot website yet? It lays a new foundation for our work and the journeys ahead.
New name. New Brand. Same Impact.
Give it a look and let us know what you think!
Together, alongside you, our valued friends, community, and partners, we believe we can be gardeners of change and cultivate new roots for the collective wellbeing of our communities.
Join us at NewRoot.org
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Today, we unveil to you a new look, name, and feel for our organization!!
With our new name, NewRoot Learning Institute, we remain grounded in our commitment to students and communities in a manner that promotes equity and cultivates new roots.
Together, we are #NewRoot!
Today, we welcome back our high school students, educators, and Umoja coaches as they return to classrooms. You are seen. You are loved. You are supported.
#backtoschool
Are you a problem solving, detail oriented professional looking for a new adventure? Umoja is hiring a remote Manager, External Affairs. Check out the job description below: ow.ly/uJMs50DPaJE
#JobOpening
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Women’s rights advocate.
Civil Rights activist.
Trailblazer.
We thank you.
#dorothyheight #quote
ALT White post with black words, reading "Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit." Attribution to Dorothy Height in red below.
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So grateful to work hand-in-hand with Dr. @FemiSkanes , Umoja partner for the past NINE years! Our partners show up and together we do right by young people.
We stay rooted in equity. wellness. Chicago.
Thank you & all our administrators and leaders - you are our roots!
This #GivingTuesday we invite you into the work. In this extraordinary year of overlapping challenges we are unwavering in our commitment. On this day, we call on you to show up, join us and invest in connection, learning, growth, and equity.
GIVE HERE: bit.ly/2VqIWGt
🚨SPECIAL GUEST ALERT🚨
Chicago's own and former WNBA player, Constance Jinks, is joining us tonight for Radical Love 2. She's played all over the world but like us, her roots are in Chicago as a Morgan Park Mustang! Join us tonight at 8pm here: ow.ly/lIiv50CoCwr
THIS WEDNESDAY, we will have TWO DJs - @HOTROD065 of Power92.3 Chicago and @deejaybman at Radical Love 2: Beats + Art + Wellness in Athletics.
You're not going to want to miss this.
FREE tickets are at the link in our bio.
