Community Panel

Manufacturing Renaissance

Renaissance is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, founded in 1982 in effort to address the wide scale loss of jobs and its impact on communities. Their Mission is to advance sustainable development anchored in manufacturing.

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Panel Member: Brence Turner (bturner@mfgren.org)

Chi Hack Night

Chi Hack Night is a free, weekly event in Chicago to build, share and learn about tools to create, support, and serve the public good. They are a group of thousands of designers, academic researchers, data journalists, activists, policy wonks, web developers and curious citizens who want to make our city more just, equitable, transparent and delightful to live in through data, design and technology.

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Panel Member: Soren Spicknall (soren@spicknall.us)

Iskali

Iskali aspires to create the next generation of Spirit filled transformative leaders. The name “Iskali” is a word that comes from the Náhuatl (Aztec) language, which translates to resurgence or to begin again. With this name they want to capture the essence of their mission to renew the spirit of young people, as well as a way to evoke pride in the rich cultural heritage of Mexican-Americans, and others.

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Panel Member: Zuly Gomez (zuly.gomez0270@gmail.com)

Tarkington Middle School

The mission of Tarkington Middle School is to provide opportunities to ensure each student achieves his or her greatest potential through support of academic and citizenship elements.

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Panel Members: Jessica Reisner (Principal); Taissa Lau (Middle School Science Teacher)

Chicago Innovation

Chicago Innovation's mission is to empower the CHICAGO INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM by educating, connecting, and celebrating innovators. Chicago Innovation is a non-profit that provides educational events and programs to people interested in learning about innovation and entrepreneurship. The Innovators Connection is a program of Chicago Innovation that fuels our connection-making activities.

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Speaker: Allison James ally@chicagoinnovation.com