Walk Together. Change Communities. Restore Hope.
Walk With Us! is a nationwide movement committed to restoring hope, opportunity, and unity in communities across America. Give, organize a walk, or start a team — and help raise $25M for youth, families, and the LEO Center.
Help us lay the foundation.
Every brick you buy goes toward the LEO Center — a permanent home for youth, families, and opportunity on Chicago's South Side. Leave your name. Leave your legacy.
This is what transformation looks like.
Behind every number is a person whose life changed on this block. Watch one — then read the rest.
Built in the H.O.O.D. Built for the WORLD.
From taking orders at Starbucks to a proud member of the Roofers Union — and now he’s helping build the roof of the LEO Center.
Watch the story →
Five Pillars. One neighborhood. A decade of showing up.
Project H.O.O.D. invests directly on the block — in violence prevention, workforce development, health & wellness, youth programming, and re-entry services. No national overhead, no middle layer.
Real people. Real results. On the block.
Five Pillars, one strategy.
Outreach on the block.
Credible messengers and conflict mediators embedded in the neighborhood, defusing violence before it escalates.
Read more →Careers, not jobs.
Training, certifications, and placement in construction, tech, and skilled trades — with an average starting wage of $19/hr.
Read more →Entrepreneurship & youth enrichment.
Business skills, mentorship, and after-school programs — investing in who young people are becoming.
Read more →Access to care & community wellness.
Free medical access, counseling, senior programming, recovery navigation, and crisis response — no insurance required, no barriers.
Read more →Second chances, real support.
Employment pathways, housing navigation, and wraparound support for individuals returning from incarceration.
Read more →Built with Woodlawn.
Churches, schools, businesses, city agencies — rowing in the same direction.
Read more →SOMEBODY
When is the last time you helped somebody?
A home for everything we do.
The Robert R. McCormick Leadership & Economic Opportunity Center — 90,000 sq ft on S. King Drive, opening Fall 2026. The physical home of Project H.O.O.D. and a signal that investment belongs on the South Side.
"Project H.O.O.D. doesn't do programs for us. They do them with us — and they're still here when the cameras leave."— Community member · Woodlawn