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”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.…
Vaughn Bryant is Executive Director of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives (MPI), a division of Metropolitan Family Services which works in partnership with community-based organizations to coordinate, support and sustain comprehensive service s designed to heal communities that have experienced the…
Jacqueline Patterson is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. The mission of the Chisholm Legacy Project is rooted in a Just Transition Framework, serving as a vehicle to connect Black communities on the…
Sadie Woods is an award winning post-disciplinary artist, independent curator, and deejay. Her work focuses primarily on social movements, liberatory practices, cultural memory, and producing collaborations within communities of difference. She also deejays under the moniker Afrodjia, focusing on…
Luciano was born in 1969 into a musical family in rural Iretama, Parana, Brazil’s southern region. He studied under one of Brazil’s most respected professors, Henrique Pinto. Luciano’s music journey next led him to the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) where he received a bachelor’s degree…
Since 2017, the Chicago-based Black chamber music collective D-Composed has pursued a mission to uplift and empower society through the music of Black composers. D-Composed creates classical music experiences that are inclusive and reflective of the Black experience. The group has also provided a…
Jonas Friddle is a Carolina born singer, songwriter and Old-Time banjo player whose songs have received The John Lennon Songwriting Award, First Place in the Great American Song Contest and a nomination for Album of the Year in the Independent Music Awards. His music bears the marks of a musician…