<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Terra Firma</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:terrafirma@greencorpschicago.org">terrafirma@greencorpschicago.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 14, 2021 at 3:53 PM<br>Subject: Greencorps Chicago is Hiring for Terra Firma in the mid-South Side!<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:terrafirma@greencorpschicago.org">terrafirma@greencorpschicago.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Greencorps Chicago, in partnership with
Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative, is launching the Terra Firma
program in the mid-South Side of Chicago.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> 
</span><span style="font-size:11pt">Terra Firma will primarily employ residents with barriers to employment for approximately 30
hours per week from June-December 2021. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Roboto">Using
revenue from adult-use cannabis sales, the State of Illinois created the </span><span lang="EN">R3 Program -<i>Restore - Reinvest - Renew –</i> which is funding the launch of
Terra Firma to support communities hardest hit by the failed war on drugs.
Greencorps Chicago (GCC) is background friendly and will hire 40 crew members,
3 crew supervisors, a social service coordinator, and an administrative
assistant to stand up its Community Assistance Program, which was shuttered in
2011.  The Terra Firma program will train individuals in a variety of environmental skills and certifications, provide hands-on experience installing
and caring for landscapes across the mid-South Side, and support personal growth with life skills training and connection to other important
services. All applicants will submit to a background check as well as entry and random
drug screenings. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Priority will be given to residents in the
following communities: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Grand
Boulevard; Kenwood; Hyde Park; Oakland; Douglas; Washington Park; Woodlawn; Greater Grand Crossing; South Shore; and South Chicago.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Please forward this email and distribute these job announcements far
and wide.  Positions begin in June!</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">Thanks very much for your support.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The Greencorps Chicago Terra Firma Team </span></p>

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