Change Agents

I had a mindset shift. My initial mind was this community is horrible. Then I'm meeting phenomenal people and hearing phenomenal narratives. I'm like, wait, these stories are not told.
Asiaha Butler, Englewood: Reframing the Narrative

Our Stories

Season 6

In the face of deportation, communities are stepping in to protect one another.

Across the country, intensified enforcement and shifting immigration policies are tearing at the fabric of families and neighborhoods. Deportation has become an ever-present threat, shaping daily life through fear, resilience, and resistance. This season centers the people on the front lines of the crisis: organizers, legal workers, healers, and neighbors who are building systems of care and defense where institutions have failed. Their work reveals what community looks like when survival, dignity, and justice are on the line.

Season Six Episodes

Finding Safety, Building Home

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Our Community

The following grassroots organizations serving communities of color across Chicago land partnered with the Change Agents journalists, generating authenticity, insight and trusted connections for our stories.

Other Seasons

Season Six

Season Five

Season Four

Season Three

Season Two

Season One

Blog Posts

August 26 2024 Donor Transparency Reparations Media has received support upward of $5,000 from the following organizations: The Chicago Community Trust Chicago Racial... August 26 2024 Editorial Independence Policy We subscribe to standards of editorial independence adopted by the Institute for Nonprofit News: Our organization retains full authority... June 24 2024 Axios Podcast Spotlight: "Change Agents" https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/06/24/change-agents-podcast-solutions-oriented-stories Solutions to some of Chicago's toughest... June 18 2024 Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons: How Chicago’s two-flat could build wealth for South and West Side residents https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2024/06/18/how-chicagos-two-flat-could-build-wealth-for-south-and-west-side-residents By... January 23 2024 Job Post: Change Agents Producers SEEKING PODCAST PRODUCERSThe podcast Change Agents is seeking producers for season four of its series. We are looking for journalists with... September 19 2023 Change Agents Newsletter: Meet the Producers and CBOs (part 1) Click here to read the newsletter.

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