‘Hope Chicago’ Nonprofit Is Sending Thousands Of Chicago Students To College For Free
While sending 4,000 people to college for free is definitely a major move, Hope Chicago is nowhere near finished.
The nonprofit’s website states that the goal is to get 30,000 Chicago students and parents to college and vocational programs over the next decade. Additionally, founder Pete Kadens further spoke on the inspiration behind the initiative during an interview with TMZ.
“I created my wealth in the cannabis industry — an industry built by Black and Brown people who grew and dispensed cannabis in basements and garages and they were catalyzed into poverty and the criminal justice system [while] I created a fortune,” he shared. “There’s a moment of reconciliation when you realize that and my reconciliation said ‘I’m not gonna pay it forward — I’m actually gonna pay it backward. Who were all the people who suffered so that I could succeed?’”
Thankful to have been a part of the Class of 2022’s Decision Day Celebration at @EMPEHI4Ever.
The 🧡💚 and affirmations going around for our scholars’ postsecondary decisions were 🔥🔥🔥. pic.twitter.com/LrYbds6qAG
— Hope Chicago (@HopeChicagoEdu) May 25, 2022
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