Awards
- IMPACT Award – Best 1:1 Mentoring Program in Illinois (Illinois Mentoring Project, January 2016)
- Notable Leadership Award for service and devotion to the Latino community (Latin American Professionals Impacting Society, 2015)
- Thomas A Demetrio Award for Excellence for mentoring program of the year (Lawyers Lend a Hand to Youth, 2014)
- Community Partner of the Year award (Youth Outreach Services, June 2013)
- Faith Based Partner of the Year (CeaseFire Illinois, 2011)
Benny and Jorge and the Quest for Peace
Wow…
God continues to bless the work at New Life Centers and open up new doors. On Friday morning the Chicago Tribune released an article featuring two of our mentors, Jorge Roque and Benny Estrada. It is front page in the Sunday morning print edition. You can read the whole article here:
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-little-village-met-20170421-story.html
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Press
Benny and Jorge and the quest for peace in Little Village (Chicago Tribune, 2017)
- Breaking Chicago’s Cycle of Violence and Murder (CBN News, 2016)
- Mark Interviews Matt DeMateo of New Life Centers (Interview on Let’s Talk, 2016)
Chicago police, Little Village athletes play softball for peace (Fox 32 Chicago, 2015)
- In 2012 & 2013, ULS was asked by Cook County Juvenile Probation to train other Chicago churches on how to implement a gang intervention mentoring program
- In January 2012, ULS was featured in PA Professional, a national Physician Assistant magazine for the work we do with our girls program
- In 2011, Art Guerrero, a dedicated ULS mentor and lead court advocate, was featured in the award winning documentary, “The Interrupters”
- In 2011, ULS was featured in the Chicago Sun Times as a program that is continuing the fight against violence despite budget cuts
- In 2011, ULS was selected as the lead Reentry Program Organization in Little Village for the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative by IVPA (Illinois Violence Prevention Authority) to work with youth on parole.
- In 2010, ULS was contracted by Chicago Public Schools to provide mentoring to Farragut High School Students through the Culture of Calm Program
- In 2009, ULS was featured in the Casey Foundation’s CONNECTS policy issue and commended the program for its work among gang involved youth
- Since 2009, ULS has been invited to lead workshops on gang intervention mentoring by CCDA, JDAI, and other cities across the country
- In 2009, ULS was featured during ABC 7 Chicago News’ Stopping the Violence segment as an important piece in the city wide anti-violence efforts
