Amplify! Advocate! Disrupt!
10 Years of Collective Care
Our Vision
Chicago United Solidarity Project (CUSP) and Women Unite! (WU!) have an ambitious vision for 2026. Through a year-long series of collaborative events, we hope to build power and resources by connecting communities of care across and throughout Chicago.
How This Started
In 2024, CUSP and WU! launched their first-ever Summer Series, which brought multiple organizations together to co-host fundraising and resource sharing events that have collectively brought in nearly $40,000.
Amplify! Advocate! Disrupt!: 10 Years of Collective Care expands our Summer Series concept across a full calendar year, partnering us with community-based organizations committed to making our world a more just, more compassionate place.
Who We Are
Chicago United Solidarity Project (CUSP) creates radical and regenerative systems of care to meet people’s basic needs, while building solidarity and political power across Chicago. In 2025, CUSP distributed:
40,000 lbs of food, feeding 300 families/month
30,000 articles of clothing
1,500 hygiene kits
36,000 diapers
3,000 gallons of drinking water
20,000 lbs of pet food, feeding 400 pets/month
Women Unite! (WU!) believes in the power of women and the key role we play in making our world a more just, compassionate place. We strive to uplift the voices of all who have been silenced. Each year, WU! provides nearly 8,000 hours of free and sliding-scale capacity building services to grassroots organizations across Chicago.
Farm-to-table dinner at Cedillo’s Fresh produce during our Summer Series in July 2025.
Our Goals
We have an ambitious goal of co-hosting at least 8 collaborative events throughout 2026. Woven throughout each event are some core principles:
Build relationships and share resources.
We believe the scarcity mindset is bullshit. There is more than enough for everyone. Collaborative events are a way to put this belief into practice. By sharing networks, resources, and connections, we hope to grow our overall community’s access to resources.
Prioritize people over philanthropy.
We believe that our current nonprofit system is meant to serve the rich and maintain the status quo. One key way this happens is by pitting nonprofits and community-led organizations against one another for funding. Through collaborative events and capacity building, we hope to replace competition with community and prioritize people over philanthropy.
Cultivate solidarity economies.
Events, when done intentionally, can create economic opportunity. We hope to use our ambitious event schedule to support and grow solo entrepreneurs and other hyperlocal small businesses by paying them for their services and promoting them across platforms. Examples include: caterers, day-of event support, DJs, videographers, photographers, etc.
Film screening and discussion with Andrea Raby and Amber Rose, the folks behind the forthcoming documentary, One Another. We viewed clips from the film, and hosted a panel discussion connecting mutual aid and friendship.
Become a Sponsor!
Sponsoring our collective fundraising efforts has a multiplier effect as it supports work happening all over Chicago, across a network of organizations. To learn more about our available opportunities tap the buttons below. You’ll see we have two options—one for larger funders and businesses and one for local businesses and organizations—each offers a variety of ways to get involved. Or, sign up now.
Amplify! Advocate! Disrupt! Sponsors
HOMETOWN HERO
LOCAL LEADERS
As of 3/11/26
Participating Organizations
As of 2/26/26