Community Partner Spotlight
The monthly Community Partner Spotlight features community partners, provides the opportunity to share their background information, and the work that they are doing for and with the community; highlights their current projects, and accomplishments, and the ways they have partnered with people and programs. In addition, it provides the opportunity for them to share their stories, of resilience and inspiration from those who work on the ground (often silently) to make a difference, and positive impact on the health, and lives of our community members.
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2024 Community Spotlight Partners
- FEBRUARY – Dion Dawson, Founder and Chief Dreamer, Dion’s Chicago Dream
- MARCH – Kate Maehr, Executive Director and CEO, Greater Chicago Food Depository
- APRIL – Dominica McBride, Founder of BECOME
- MAY – Teny Gross, Founder of Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
- JULY – Ayesha Jaco, Executive Director of West Side United
- AUGUST – Joseph Matty, President of HAP Foundation
- SEPTEMBER – Andrew Winter – CCO Executive Director of Cornerstone Community Outreach
- OCTOBER – Indigo Monae – Founder of Yoga Gardens NFP
- NOVEMBER – Beulah Brent – CEO of SWIO – Sisters Working It Out
- DECEMBER – Barbara Graham – Hey Benji Foundation
2023 Community Spotlight Partners
- MARCH – Patrick Brosnan, BA, Executive Director of Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
- APRIL – Dan Lustig, Psy.D, CAADC, CODPII, President/CEO of Haymarket Center
- MAY – Jermaine Lawrence Anderson, Executive Director of I AM A GENTLEMAN, INC
- JUNE – Roberto Montejano, Sr., President/CEO of Envision Community Services
- JULY – Darnell Shields, Executive Director of Austin Coming Together (ACT)
- SEPTEMBER – Brenda M. Palms, CEO of North Lawndale Employment Network
- NOVEMBER – Jeremy Foster, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago