Our Mission

The Southwest Organizing Project’s (SWOP) mission is to build a broad-based organization of Christian, Muslim and Jewish faith institutions, local schools and other institutions in Southwest Chicago, which will enable families to exercise common values, determine their own future and connect with each other to improve life in their neighborhoods.

SWOP’s work aims to advance racial equity and economic justice. The Reclaiming Southwest Chicago Campaign is one example of this. Starting in the early 2000s unscrupulous real estate agents and mortgage brokers targeted Southwest Chicago as a community where they could sell products to buyers of color. These agents and brokers sold mortgages and services that the buyers could not afford, did not need, or that took advantage of their inexperience.

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