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Leslé Honoré is the CEO of Urban Gateways, Co-Chair of Elevated Chicago and was recently appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson as Co-Chair of the Arts and Culture Transition Team and to Chicago’s Women’s Advisory Council. Leslé is a Blaxican poet, activist, and published author. In her poetry and…
Accessibility Guide
We are pleased to offer our Building Together 2024 Accessibility Guide. We hope that this guide will aid in creating an inclusive experience for all our conference attendees throughout their time in Chicago. If you have any questions about specific information shared in this…
Information and Updates
Thank you for registering for Building Together 2024! We’re so glad you’ve chosen to spend time with us in Chicago to develop the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across differences.
Here is the schedule. Everything else you need to know (and do…
Building Together Pre-Work
Before you arrive at Building Together, we encourage you to review the digital version of the practice guide and take some time to complete the short personal reflection below (also included in the guide), even if it’s just on the plane or train on the way to…
Tim Geitner moved to Colorado in 2012 with his wife, Carrie, and two sons while on active duty with the United States Army. Stationed at Ft. Carson, Tim served as a Military Intelligence officer at the battalion and brigade levels after seven years in the Infantry and a deployment to…
Cary Simmons is the Director of Community Strategies at Trust for Public Land. He is the organization’s leading expert on innovative community engagement and partnership models that deliver powerful social outcomes and recently completed a three-year fellowship with the Robert Wood Johnson…
”The universe is made of stories, not of atoms,” said poet Muriel Rukeyser.
Just a year ago, Ruykeyser’s words proved to be transformational for the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. As a program officer listening to a grantee report about a local man facing a terrible…
Esther Franco-Payne joined the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities as its inaugural Executive Director in December 2021. Her personal commitment is to serve as a voice for underserved communities of color and be a champion for equity. Growing up in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, Esther…
Tawakalitu J. Mitchell is a Senior Program Officer at the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation where she has responsibility for grantmaking in the Chicago Commitment program.
Prior to joining MacArthur, Tawa spent thirteen years in a variety of education policy and program roles…
Julie Wilen is the Executive Director of the Pritzker Foundation and Chief of Innovation, Community Safety for the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation. Julie leads the PPFF’s strategic vision and direction of the Community Safety Initiatives within the Community Safety and Wellness portfolio.…