Greetings Craig,

For the July Power Breakfast, CUL CEO Karen Freeman-Wilson shared the Chicago Urban League's State of Black Chicago 2023. In its conclusion, the report called attention to the city’s declining Black population and how Black Chicagoans were moving to the suburbs and other states in search of housing and employment, higher-performing schools and safer communities. The report warned of serious consequences if the depopulation persists.

For the September 9th Power Breakfast, COAL is honored to host Alden Loury, Data Projects Editor at WBEZ Chicago, to share insights from his deeper look behind Chicago's loss of Black population, towards us determining how to turn this decline around and promote thriving Black neighborhoods.

September Coalition Power Breakfast

Saturday, September 9, 2023 

8:30am - 11:00am

Alden Loury

Data Projects Editor, WBEZ Chicago

Insights – ‘Chicago areas with steep Black population decline see more violence and job loss.’ 

Bourdeau-Griffin Design Center

8237 S. Princeton, Chicago

(parking / entrance in rear of building)

Breakfast Buffet $12

RSVP by replying to this notice at [email protected]

Information on the issue

Politico: Black People are leaving Chicago en masse. It’s Changing the City’s Power Politics. Chicago’s power struggle shows what’s at stake when a city loses its Black population. And they’re not alone: Nine of 10 of the cities with the largest Black populations are on the verge of the same exodus.

Upcoming: Info on an Elected Representative School Board