The Night Ministry

Thousands of asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago from Latin America over the last few years. Now, WTTW’s new FIRSTHAND: Homeless – The Migrant Experience series explores the journeys five of them took to get here and their quests to find housing, employment, and education. WTTW will be hosting a screening and discussion event on Wednesday, July 10, at their studio on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Join us as we delve into the stories of the five asylum-seekers featured in our FIRSTHAND: Homeless-The Migrant Experience series. RSVP at https://lnkd.in/gZmsEPSm #FIRSTHANDwttw

Our President & CEO Carol J. Sharp, MPA enjoyed attending Bank of America's Partner Appreciation Breakfast in Chicago recently. We appreciate Bank of America's support of our mission to serve Chicago's unhoused residents and empower them to lives of great stability. #BofAGrants #BofACHI #EconomicMobility #endinghomelessness

BREAKING: In a historically shameful decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in #JohnsonVGrantsPass that homeless people are not included in the Constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment. This ruling will make homelessness drastically worse and impact the 250,000+ people who sleep outside each night, as well as millions of Americans who are just one missed paycheck away from homelessness. Arresting or fining people for trying to survive is expensive, counterproductive, cruel, and simply does not work. We are enraged but unsurprised that the Supreme Court sided with out-of-touch billionaires and against the poorest among us. #HousingNotHandcuffs To truly solve homelessness, we demand the Biden administration and Congress invest at least $356 billion in transforming approaches to homelessness away from criminalization and towards proven housing-based solutions. Read our full statement: https://lnkd.in/eFy7GFuu

What an amazing show! Thank you to Jonathan Mayo, MS and Making Art Your Opportunity LLC for celebrating #PrideMonth with The Night Ministry staff through inspirational songs, vibrant drag performances, and touching coming-out-stories. We celebrate our #LGBTQ+ staff, clients, partners, and neighbors! #pride #prideinchicago #lgbtqpride

We were honored by a visit from Sendy L. Soto, the City of Chicago's first Chief Homelessness Officer, last week! She met with some of our senior leaders and toured our Health Outreach Bus and West Town shelter for young people while learning about our work to serve Chicago's unhoused residents. Her role involves coordinating homelessness services across city departments and related agencies and developing a five-year plan to address the Chicago homelessness crisis. Thank you, Sendy, for the visit. We look forward to continuing the conversation as we work together to end homelessness! #chiefhomelessnessofficer #homelessness #homelessnesscrisis #endinghomelessness #homelessnessinchicago

Join WTTW/Chicago PBS on Saturday, June 29 for a special FIRSTHAND: Homeless community conversation on homelessness in the Black community. Through engaging dialogue and insightful perspectives, a distinguished panel of experts, community leaders, and advocates will dissect the multifaceted dimensions of Black homelessness. Sharday Hamilton, a former Peer Outreach Professional at The Night Ministry is one of the featured panelists! The event is free but RSVPs are required. https://lnkd.in/guyhgSfy

Dense urban areas like Chicago experience a heat island effect, in which buildings and infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun's heat. This has an enormous impact on the health of city residents, including our unhoused and unstably housed community members. https://lnkd.in/g6xaxDA5 #extremeweather #heatislands #extremeheat #homelessness #unhoused #homelessnessandheat Stephan Koruba Summer Kee

“A friend of mine told me about The Night Ministry and about Stephanie, a case manager that worked there. I went up the Forest Park stop and talked to her and it’s been great ever since then.” After five years on the streets of Chicago, Jackie is now in his own apartment with the help of The Night Ministry and supporters like you. “You just don’t know how nice it is to have your own space,” Jackie says. Hear more from Jackie about his journey to stability. https://lnkd.in/gD9QpxP5 #endinghomelessness #solvinghomelessness #homelessnessinchicago #chicagohomelessness #unhousedtohoused #homelesstohousing

The Night Ministry is at Pride Action Tank's Tiny Home Summit 2.0 today! The summit brings together experts from around the country to discuss how the tiny homes movement can offer viable solutions to Chicago's affordable housing and homelessness crisis. #tinyhomesummit2 #tinyhomesmovement #homelessness #housingcrisis #affordablehousing #homelessnessolutions #innovativesolutions

Amazing opportunity to work with an impactful organization working to #endhomelessness in Chicago! 👇