In Chicago neighborhoods where fewer than one in ten residents hold a college degree, many young people have been discounted, overlooked, or trapped in cycles of violence and poverty.

Through College Unbound, we do more than offer a degree pathway — we honor life experience, reframe leadership grounded in lived realities, and empower students to become agents of peace in their own communities.

Your gift today will provide scholarships and wraparound supports (childcare, meals, computers, emergency stipends) so that our students can continue their important work despite personal challenge.

With your investment, we can:

Enroll 20 additional students next year who are poised to lead and heal their communities
Provide high quality education to our 20 currently enrolled students featured in this video to help them deepen the impact of their work providing powerful futures to tomorrow’s community leaders
Share their stories far and wide so others will see that change is possible

Thank you for your commitment to transformation, not charity; capacity, not dependency; and education that heals and empowers. Together, we can change lives, shift narratives, and build safer, stronger communities.

Please send all checks payable to College Unbound at PO Box 28173, Providence RI 02908

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