Posts by Daniel Perez

Build has long offered on-site counseling, but access was a challenge. That’s where the Mobile Mental Health team came in. They travel to schools across the west side, providing workshops…

In 2016, when gun violence was rising across the city and Austin was near the top of the list of most violent neighborhoods, BUILD Chicago board members realized they needed…

BUILD Chicago will celebrate Black History Month this week with its annual The Black Table event. The virtual event – which runs from Monday, Feb. 21 through Friday, Feb. 25 –…

Crews broke ground Thursday on a new 51,000 square-foot facility in the 5100-block of West Harrison Street. The $20 million community center will house art and music studios, a basketball…

BUILD Chicago developed a Mobile Mental Health bus that brings therapists to mediate crisis situations and offer proactive counseling services to under-resourced schools. Read more about the our new Mobile…

Carlos Vega is a former gang member who served 14 years in prison. Since he turned his life around, he’s been on mission to stop other young people from going…

This summer the young people in BUILD’s Building Futures Program are participating in a law internship and legal boot camp with Ropes & Gray LLP.  So far, they have been introduced to…