The Street Youth Rise up Campaign (SYRU) is a youth-led project that focuses on changing the ways in which Chicago institutions and service providers sees and treats its homeless, home-free and street-based youth who do what they have to do to survive. SYRU serves LGBTQAGNC and cisgender homeless, home-free, and street-based youth of color throughout the Chicagoland who are involved in the sex trade and street economy. Their project uses harm reduction, transformative justice, peer-to-peer outreach, and participatory action research approaches to hold institutions accountable to our constituency.
The Grow Power Fund (2021-2026) is providing a multi-year grant for general operating, capacity building, and organizational development support.
The Accountable Futures Fund (2022-2025) is providing a multi-year grant for general operating support.
