As BPI’s 50th year draws to a close, we’re proud to share our special 50th Anniversary Report. It includes historic highlights and inspiring words from others about BPI’s accomplishments and aspirations, plus the latest on our efforts to advance criminal…
Read More...Hometown: South Hero, VT Education: JD 2019, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, BA in Russian and Political Science, Middlebury College Areas of Interest: The legal issues that interest me most concern civil rights, particularly in the context of criminal justice…
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For over four years, BPI, in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE), has supported a community-wide approach to strengthening children’s transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten via the Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten Transitions Project (PKTP). Not only does the program…
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This blog post was written by Reine Rambert, a 2019 BPI Summer Intern who will enter her second year in the Master of Public Policy program at Harvard Kennedy School in the fall. To those familiar with the American housing…
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Originally pioneered as a legal remedy for housing segregation, BPI’s Gautreaux litigation, “housing mobility” — using federal housing vouchers to enable low-income families to move from disadvantaged neighborhoods to higher opportunity ones — suffered through a long dry spell. A…
Read More...Our summer interns and fellow have arrived and are hard at work assisting BPI program staff in projects related to justice reform, housing, and early childhood education. We’re excited to have them with us for the summer! Kristen Gagalis: Legal…
Read More...THANK YOU to the hundreds of friends who celebrated and supported BPI’s 50th Anniversary Dinner on May 16 at the Radisson Blu Hotel. We are deeply grateful to all who participated. A grand celebration of BPI’s work over the years, the…
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The Inspectors General (IGs) who police government ethics in Chicago lack crucial powers that limit their ability to check Chicago’s culture of corruption and promote the long-stymied quest for governmental integrity, according to an analysis announced by BPI’s Hoy McConnell…
Read More...“In the Chicago we will build together, we will celebrate our differences. We will embrace our uniqueness. And we will make certain that we all have every opportunity to succeed.” -Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot We were honored to have Mayor Lori…
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Culminating one of the longest-running civil rights lawsuits in U. S. history, a federal district court judge today approved a settlement in a landmark case requiring Chicago to desegregate its public housing. U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen ratified the proposed…
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