Transforming West Englewood One Life, One Family, One Block at a Time

Communities do not transform through chance. They transform through people who refuse to give up, who understand the weight of generational challenges, and who choose to build hope in the very places where despair once lived. Lomax Urban Outreach was created from this spirit.

For more than twenty years, Lomax Urban Outreach has walked beside youth and families on Chicago’s South Side, offering stability, support, and opportunity in neighborhoods that have carried the burden of violence, poverty, and systemic inequity. The organization’s deep roots in Englewood shape every program, every outreach effort, and every act of service.

This work is driven by the lived experience of its founder, Dr. Princess J. Lomax, a proud daughter of Englewood whose personal encounters with loss and community trauma fuel her commitment to uplift the next generation.

Building the Foundations of Community Change

Lomax Urban Outreach focuses on addressing the conditions that weaken communities. The organization delivers trauma-informed support, educational enrichment, employment pathways, and community safety services that reach thousands of residents.

This approach strengthens entire neighborhoods by meeting immediate needs while addressing the long-term root causes of instability.

Street Outreach That Saves Lives

The Lomax Street Outreach Program reaches more than 1,500 individuals each year. Staff engage directly with youth and families at schools, parks, transit hubs, and community centers. Outreach workers provide conflict mediation, connect residents to mental health care, and offer resources that restore safety and stability.

Daily work includes high-risk hour patrols, crisis response, mentoring, and real-time mediation that prevents violence before it occurs.

Education, Healing, and Economic Mobility

Lomax Urban Outreach supports youth in overcoming academic disruption, trauma, and poverty. Programs include tutoring, leadership development, mental health counseling, life skills training, and career pathways.

These initiatives have contributed to increased graduation rates, improved emotional well-being, and strengthened community connections.

Investing in Trusted Community Leadership

Most members of the Lomax team come directly from the neighborhoods they serve. Their shared lived experience builds trust with the highest-risk youth, helping them mediate conflict, de-escalate violence, and guide young people toward safer choices.

Why Giving Tuesday Support Matters

West Englewood deserves safety, opportunity, and hope. Your generosity strengthens the programs that make this possible.

Giving Tuesday support helps Lomax Urban Outreach:

• Expand street outreach during the highest-risk hours
• Provide trauma-informed mental health services
• Offer tutoring and enrichment programs to youth affected by violence
• Deliver employment and life-skills training that reduces economic vulnerability
• Sustain safe spaces that build community trust and connection
• Increase mediation services that prevent violence and save lives

Every donation directly supports families who are working to rebuild their futures in neighborhoods that have endured decades of disinvestment.

A Future Built Through Community Power

Transformation does not happen overnight. It grows through relationships, trust, and love for the community. Lomax Urban Outreach stands in the heart of West Englewood, committed to restoring safety, dignity, and opportunity for youth and families who deserve a chance to thrive.

Your Giving Tuesday support helps build stronger blocks, safer homes, empowered youth, and a community ready to rise together.

Thank you for believing in Englewood.
Thank you for standing with Lomax Urban Outreach.
Thank you for choosing transformation.

Lomax Urban Outreach

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