2024 -2025 Anual Report
We are thrilled to share WIND’s 2024–25 Annual Report, highlighting a year of growth, impact, and community. From reaching over 400 women—our largest cohort ever—to
November 13, 2025
We are thrilled to share WIND’s 2024–25 Annual Report, highlighting a year of growth, impact, and community. From reaching over 400 women—our largest cohort ever—to
In our WIND workshops at Cook County Jail and a local transition home, system-impacted women have shared their thoughts, feelings, recollections and dreams. Their writingprovides
Read our interview with Penny Hirsch, a founding board member of WIND, who spoke with us about the organization’s mission, her passion for helping justice-involved women, and future WIND plans!
By Brooke Williams — This summer, I had the privilege of collaborating with WIND as part of Northwestern’s Engage Chicago program. Engage Chicago stands as
By Penny Hirsch, PhD — My short answer: Because helping formerly incarcerated women gain the skills they need to live independently is one small way
By Grace Lemon — “If you put good in, good is going to come back to you.” On July 27th, two of WIND’s volunteers sat
