In the summer of 1997, Jean Carter-Hill and Helen Arnold Massey attended an Imagine Chicago Citizen Leadership class looking for tools to improve the quality of life of residents in the Englewood community.

Jean, the Coordinator at One Church/One School, and Helen, a Health Educator, invited a group of youth and adults from Mt. Carmel CME Church and Nicholson School’s One Church/One School Program to attend classes at Imagine Chicago. Thereafter, the Imagine Englewood if…(IEi) organization evolved.

IEi...recognized that all community residents could benefit from the Chicago leadership classes that were funded by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

In 2000, IEi...and its community partners formed a coalition to unite the entire Englewood community in celebrating and sharing resources on Make A Difference Day.

To this day, Imagine Englewood if...remains steadfast in its pursuit to make a difference in the lives of the families residing in the Greater Englewood Community.