Illinois Announces Grantees For $4.5 Million Racial Healing Initiative
By Bianca Martin

Illinois Announces Grantees For $4.5 Million Racial Healing Initiative
By Bianca Martin
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Illinois announced the first round of grantees this week for its $4.5 million dollar racial healing initiative called Healing Illinois. The state is granting funds to organizations working to build a more equitable state. Reset talks to one of the initiative’s lead officials and one of the first grantees.
GUESTS: Grace Hou, Illinois Department of Human Services secretary
Dorri McWhorter, CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago