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Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — Prosecutorial Accountability

A Black Lives Matter Campaign Organized by Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL). (Photo courtesy of SOUL.)
Organization Name 
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
Award Date 
8/2020
Grant Amount 
$150,000
Purpose 
To support SOUL's work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago.
Topic (focus area) 
Criminal Justice Reform

Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn

This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $150,000 to Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) to support work on prosecutorial accountability in Chicago. This funding is intended to enable SOUL to train organizers and faith leaders in campaigning, push for policy changes, and frame the media narrative on criminal justice issues broadly and prosecutor-related topics in particular.

This falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform.