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We are thankful for honors we have received.

Publicity Club of Chicago Awards

Edwin J. Shaughnessy Quality of Life Award
MacArthur Justice Center, Exposing Police Torture in Chicago (2007)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Statewide Homeless Youth Campaign (1997)

Golden Trumpets

Safer Pest Control Project; Brochures, Booklets or Books; SPCP Sends Pests Packing! (2007)
Chicago Public Schools; Brochures, Booklets or Books; Schools Sharing Buildings (2004)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Newsletter Overhaul (1996)
Valerie Denney; Affordable Housing and Community Jobs Award (1993)

Silver Trumpets

The Preservation Compact; Issues Management, Stemming Affordable Rental Housing Loss (2008)
MacArthur Justice Center; Issues Management, Exposing Police Torture in Chicago (2007)
SEIU Hospital Accountability Project; Issues Management, Healthcare in Black and White (2007)
The Healing our Waters Coalition; Issues Management, Our Lakes, Our Lives (2006)
Jane Addams Hull House Association; Corporate and/or Annual Report, Closing the Gap (2006)
Chicago Public Schools; Brochures, Booklets or Books; CPS Choice High School Directory (2005)
The Crescent Ridge Project; Community Relations, Wind Farm Wins Community Support (2003)
MacArthur Justice Center; Websites, MacArthur Justice Center Website (2003)
Successful Schools Project; Institutional, LSC Gold Star Awards (2002)
CHAC; Brochures, Booklets or Books; Finding a New Place to Live (2002)
Heartland Alliance and the Arc Group; Government Affairs, Illinois Poverty Summit Launch (2001)
National Community Capital Association; Brochures, Booklets or Books; Creating Opportunity, Creating Change (2000)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Government Affairs, Statewide Homeless Youth Campaign (1997)
Chicago Urban League; Government Affairs, Parents' March for Education (1996)

Communicator Awards

Metropolitan Planning Council; Marketing/Promotion, Employer-Assisted Housing in Chicago (2005)
Openlands Project; Brochure/Handbook, The Corporatelands Employee Handbook (2005)
Chicago Public Schools; Brochures, Booklets or Books; Schools Sharing Buildings (2004)
Jane Addams Hull House Association; Annual Report 2002, Every Day Counts (2003)
Safer Pest Control Project; Brochure, Safer Solutions: Alternatives to Pesticides in Public Housing (2002)

Jordan Lubetkin,
Senior Regional Communications Manager, National Wildlife Federation

"Their work on our campaign to restore and protect the Great Lakes has been instrumental in our ongoing success at the local, state and federal level.”
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