Chicago Matters

Now in its 18th year, Chicago’s award-winning multimedia public affairs series returns in 2008 with Chicago Matters: Growing Forward to examine how the choices we make today impact our environment and the future of our region. Chicago Matters: Growing Forward will explore the fundamental ways we are connected through our region’s shared resources—the land we live on and the way we travel, the air we breath and the water we drink, the food we eat and the waste we generate. We’ll take a critical look at emerging strategies for resource use and management at multiple levels—public, private and personal.  The sustainability of the Chicago region will be addressed in broad and informative ways. 

Chicago Matters is an annual public information series initiated and funded by The Chicago Community Trust, metropolitan Chicago’s community foundation, with programming by WTTW Channel 11, Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and The Chicago Reporter, a publication of the Community Renewal Society.  Chicago Matters is the longest-running multimedia public affairs series in the nation.  Its purpose is to enhance public understanding about issues of broad concern by raising important questions, uncovering new information, engaging community residents in conversation and, where appropriate, presenting innovative solutions for the people of metropolitan Chicago. The series has covered such topics as racism, violence, children at risk, immigration, work, health, justice, education, housing, youth, and money.

Chicago Matters 2008: Growing Forward
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