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Chicago Grassroots innovation
About
Our focus is on improved outcomes for low-moderate income communities employment, public education, business enterprise development, community organizing, and collaboration building. We design and implement action research projects based on client needs. We engage in organizational and situational analysis with our clients prior to helping them do strategic planning and select from among a range of strategic directions. We assemble and manage consulting teams based on project and client needs. Clients have included the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicagoland Youth and Adult Training Center, New City Ministers’ Coalition, United States Department of Labor, Creating Opportunities in Illinois Construction Industry Taskforce, University of Chicago and Ford Motor Company.
Latest Posts
Don’t Miss the Film Festival: Top 3 movies to watch in July
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Fawn Sebastian talking about the Art of Color Correction, Part One
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Fawn Sebastian talking about the Art of Color Correction, Part Two
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10 super awesome illustrations to be inspired by
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Ten bone-crunching male-driven action films we love
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Free backgrounds: Where to get the coolest backgrounds for your projects
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Purpose
There are many Chicago Grassroots innovators— big and small, Obama America’s first black president, Alycia Kamil, a teenager who inspired Mackenzie Scott to away $4.2 billion; past and present, John H. Johnson and the Historymakers, in media; Chicago Beyond, Ariel Capital, Powell in finance; Goldin Institute, ABCD, PUSH, BUF, Gamaliel grassroots networks— to learn from and emulate during this golden age for black fundraising.
The goal of this blog is to promote grassroots innovation especially in community economic development, health, safety, housing and education, by:
Discussing grassroots innovators, impacts, collaborations and networks
Raising $1 million to promote grassroots innovation
Connecting and promoting Chicago grassroots innovators