Multicultural Leadership Academy Summer Updates
The Multicultural Leadership Academy will celebrate its first cohort’s graduation on June 29th!
The Academy worked with this fantastic group of African-American and Latino leaders to increase their understanding of how racial and ethnic groups can collaborate to transform their communities through social action.
The Forum is excited to send this first cohort out into their communities to make a positive impact.
Stay tuned for a special report on the Academy graduation ceremony and for stories from some of those who participated in this first cohort.
Below is the 2016/2017 Cohort, you can read their biographies here.
Azalea Acuna, La Casa Norte
Bessie Alcantara, BBF Family Services
Erika Allen, Growing Power, Inc.
Oswaldo Alvarez, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Carrie Brown, Family Focus
Asiaha Butler, R.A.G.E. - Resident Association of Greater Englewood
Ebony Campbell, Chicago Housing Authority
Aasia Castañeda, The Field Museum
Henry Cervantes, Our Lady of Tepeyac - Elementary School
Adriana Díaz, City Bureau
Bryan Johnson, Metropolitan Family Services
Keith Lewis, United Way Metropolitan Chicago
Alfredo Nambo, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy
Abel Ochoa, University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program
Arthur Richardson, Chicago Park District
Angelica Rivera, Proyecto Pa'Lante at Northeastern Illinois University
Kimeco Roberson, Chicago Park District
Maritza Rocha, Mujeres Latinas en Acción
Analia Rodriguez, Latino Union of Chicago
Luis Roman, Association of Latino/as Motivating Action (ALMA)
Anton Seals Jr., DePaul University
Craig Stevenson, Open Architecture Chicago/High Jump
Carman Weathington, Chicago Commons