The Coalition was founded in Spring 2019 by community members from neighborhoods impacted by the War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration, and Systemic Disinvestment. After town hall meetings where IL Lawmakers promised to use the momentum of cannabis legalization to repair the harms from the Drug War, neighbors organized to form CEIC.

We are currently raising funds for our youth programs to cover the costs of stipends for the youth, supplies, and general resources. Our youth organizers lead a variety of community programs across Chicago and work to educate community members on harm reduction, advocacy, and know your rights.

CEIC Program history:

The first program series we formed in 2019 was Education Workshops, including How to Start the Record Clearing Process and Know Your Rights w/ Cannabis

In late 2019, we launched community resource fairs to help our neighbors access mutual aid, employment, housing, ID services, and more.

In 2021, we launched our in-house wraparound reentry services.

In 2022, we launched our re-entry collaborative, the Community Legacy Resource Fellowship.

In 2022, we launched CEIC’s Youth Team, who provide all the same resources and programming for their peers.

Collaborations:

We understand we cannot repair the harm done by ourselves. We work with mission-aligned organizations on the South, Southwest, and West Sides of Chicago, to host programming and promote resource utilization.

More information: https://www.cannabisequityil.org/our-impact.html

CEIC Youth Programs

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Team Members