Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox Move Forward with Support for Violence Reduction Programs in 2019
CHICAGO – The Chicago Sports Alliance, the collaboration of five of Chicago’s professional sports teams, announced it will move forward in 2019 to lend the teams’ collective reach and resources in support of finding innovative solutions to decrease violence in the city. This is the second consecutive year of the Alliance and its contributions.
With this announcement, the Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, operating together as the Chicago Sports Alliance, confirmed the group will donate a total of $1 million in grants to continue supporting a partnership with the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Choose to Change (C2C), which combines Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc’s high-intensity mentoring and advocacy with trauma-informed therapy provided by Children’s Home & Aid.