Fundraising
12.28.26
Share joy and strengthen community with Uniting for the Holidays! This holiday season, join United Way and our community partners in helping individuals and families meet their basic needs and experience the joy of the season.
01.19.26
Join United Way of Metro Chicago this MLK Day for a conversation on solidarity, shared challenges, and how Black and Latine communities rise together through collective action.
01.24.25
Join United Way of Metro Chicago for a free exclusive conversation with Chicago urban historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas as we explore Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and culture, his unique connection to Chicago's South and West Sides, and what's happening in those communities today. RSVP for one of our two broadcast dates.
01.15.24
Chef Maya-Camille Broussard, star of the Netflix series Bake Squad, author, and owner of Chicago bakery Justice of the Pies, joins us on January 15 for a conversation celebrating her story and her success.
01.16.23
Join us for a conversation with 2022 MacArthur Fellow Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller - sociologist, criminologist, and author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration.
01.17.22
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, you’re invited to an exclusive conversation about the civil rights movement in Chicago, as told by the Urban Historian and TikTok sensation Shermann “Dilla” Thomas. Dilla will reflect on Dr. King’s 1966 campaign to secure open and affordable housing and how that movement shaped the Chicago we know today.