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Schools and Organizations Currently Using or Who Have Used From the Barrio to the Board Room / From the Barrio to the Classroom:

High Schools

  • Roosevelt High School, Chicago, IL
  • Thorton Fractional High School, Lansing, IL
  • Taft High School, Chicago, IL
  • Gage Park High School, Chicago, IL
  • East Aurora High School, Aurora
  • Westmont High School, Westmont, IL
  • Morton West High School, Cicero
  • Morton Freshman Center, Cicero
  • Commack High School, NY
  • Fontana High School, Fontana, California
  • George Washington High School, Chicago, IL
  • Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL
  • Champaign School District-Alternative High School
  • Monee Education Center, Monee, IL
  • Mather High School, Chicago, IL
  • Rickover Naval Academy, Chicago, IL
  • Sullivan High School, Chicago, IL
  • Foreman High School, Chicago, IL
  • Northside College Prep, Chicago, IL
  • Amundsen High School, Chicago, IL
  • Orr High School, Chicago, IL
  • Pathways Academy, Aurora, IL

Middle Schools

  • Evergreen Academy Middle School, Chicago
  • Darwin Elementary, Chicago, IL
  • East Aurora Middle School, Aurora, IL
  • Waldo Middle School, Aurora, IL
  • Simmons Middle School, Aurora, IL
  • Cowherd Middle School, Aurora, IL
  • Roosevelt Middle School, Bellwood, IL
  • Simmons Middle School Parent Reading Program
  • Washington Middle School, Aurora, IL
  • Aurora Middle School Academy, Aurora, IL

Higher Education

  • DePaul University, Chicago, IL
  • McHenry County College
  • Aurora University, Aurora, IL
  • Gear UP, Northeastern University, IL
  • Waubonsee Community College, IL
  • Chicago School of Professional Psychology
  • College of Dupage

Other Education

  • After School Program, Melrose Park
  • National Latino Education Institute, Chicago
  • Reading for the Blind & Dyslexic—book version for special needs individuals, serving 270,000 across the country
  • Waukegan Public Schools Twenty First Century After School Program
  • Wayside Cross Ministries, Aurora, IL

Juvenile Justice

  • Dwight Correctional, Dwight, IL
  • Three Fires Council Juvenile Diversion Program, Aurora, IL
  • Juvenile Drug Court – Aurora
  • St. Charles Youth Prison, St. Charles, IL
  • Warrenville Youth Prison, IL

Correctional Facilities/Jails

  • Cook County Jail, IL
  • Kane County Jail, IL
  • Kendall County Jail, IL
  • DuPage County Jail, IL
  • Cleveland Prison – Texas
Community Based Organizations

    • CeaseFire, Chicago, IL
    • Arden Shore, Chicago, IL
    • Child Link, Chicago, IL
    • Child Serv, Chicago, IL
    • Casa Norte, Chicago, IL
    • Association House of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • UCAN, Chicago, IL
    • Child Home and Aid, Chicago, IL
    • Seguin, Chicago, IL
    • Lutheran Children and Family Services of Illinois, Chicago, IL
    • The Children’s Place Association, Chicago, IL
    • Catholic Charities of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Catholic Charities of Joliet, Joliet, IL
    • YMCA (Chicago Tribune), Chicago, IL
    • Puentes De Esperanza, Chicago, IL
    • Youth Outreach Services, Chicago, IL
    • Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Chicago, IL
    • SOS Village, Chicago, IL
    • Jericho Circle Section 8 Housing Summer Program
    • Jesse “The Law” Torres Boxing Club, Aurora, IL
    • Mutual Ground, Aurora, IL
    • Hesed House, Aurora, IL
    • Family Focus, Aurora, IL
    • Kendall County Health Department-Violence Prevention Program
    • Boys & Girls Club of Elgin
    • Anixter, Chicago, IL
    • Transitional Alternatives (TA), Aurora, IL
    • East Side Hero’s, Northern California
    • Boy’s II Men – Illinois, Florida, Australia

      Libraries and Bookstores

      • Rasmussen College Library
      • Aurora Public Library
      • Indian Trails Public Library
      • Aurora University Bookstore
      • DePaul University Bookstore
      • Huron Bookstore
      • Barnes & Noble Book Store – Chicago

      Professional Organizations

        • LULAC
        • National Arts Initiative, Chicago, IL
        • Esperanza, Quad Cities, IL
        • Principal Partnership Institute
        • Illinois Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
        • National Hispanic Bar Association
        • DePaul Alumni Association
        • Eastern Funding, NY
        • National League of United Latin American Citizens
        • Mexican American Veterans Association
        • U.S. State Department/Partners of the Americas
        • U.S. Dept. of Justice – Weed & Seed Program
        • National League of United Latin American Citizens
        • Constitutional Rights Foundation, Chicago, Illinois

          Churches

          • First Presbyterian Church, Aurora, IL
          • Mount Harmon Church, East Chicago, IN
          • Gospel Life Ministries

          *More than 70 schools/organizations are looking for, or waiting to receive funding to implement the books and the program.

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          The From the Barrio Foundation is currently implementing From the Barrio to the Classroom in Chicago Public Schools and schools and youth prisons around the country. To view where the program is being utilized see our program usage page.

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