Press | The SW Collective

Jul 311 min

SWC, Active Trans Alliance launch study to save lives on Pulaski Road

Thanks to our friends at Streetsblog for the additional coverage of our work to improve safety on Pulaski Road. A community meeting to...

Jul 81 min

Pushing for Safer Conditions on Pulaski

Transit advocacy lead, Dixon Galvez-Searle, continues to highlight the dangerous conditions on South Pulaski Road. SWC has been calling...

Mar 21 min

Speaking Up: Critical Diaper Shortage at Halsted Shelter

SWC's Public Health Ambassadors, Hugo and Maria, along with Board VP Adriana Vargas and ED Jaime Groth Searle, sounded the alarm about...

Dec 26, 20231 min

Chicago Planted 23,000 Trees This Year

SWC's Rolando Favela spoke to the Chicago Tribune about our tree planting work with Chicago Region Trees Initiative....

Oct 26, 20231 min

ABC-7's Hispanic Heritage Month

SWC's Adriana Vargas and Diane Ruiz talk to ABC-7 about our aid efforts for asylum seekers awaiting shelter at police stations, and the...

Oct 26, 20231 min

OP-ED: Open Hearts To Migrant Families

SWC's Vice President, Adriana Vargas, and Executive Director, Jaime Groth Searle, penned an op-ed for the Sun-Times, regarding the...

Sep 27, 20231 min

Community Boxes allow residents to share food with unhoused neighbors

SWC's founder, Jaime Groth Searle, spoke to ABC-7 Localish about our Community Boxes, repurposed newspaper boxes that serve as 24/7...

Jan 1, 20204 min

Press Archive

2024 Block Club, Illinois Funds 2 More Migrant Shelters On South Side Chicago Tribune, Chicago begins evicting entire migrant families...