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Isaaq Khader
“I feel like CSP gave me a cheat sheet for college. Now I know how to take advantage of all the resources, I know that you have to get to classes on time, and that it’s always a good idea to talk with the TAs and go to profs’ office hours.”
ProfileCameron Cole
“College Bridge is a world-class opportunity, and it can be game-changing for your future.”
ProfileKaren Calloway
“No matter how many partnerships NSP has, they always keep Kenwood in a special place because we’ve been partners for so long." - Karen Calloway, Kenwood Academy Principal
ProfileBen Samuels-Kalow
“I learned at NSP that I wanted to do this work. And I developed the base instinct that informs Creo: School should be a place where students are always safe and never bored.”
NewsNov 27 2019
Living the legacy: making careers in medicine accessible to South Side youth
Founded 1995, the Provident Foundation provides education, opportunities, and access to the medical industry to youth of color on Chicago’s South Side.
NewsNov 21 2019
WGN Radio: A Moral Imperative – Educational Equity in Chicago Public Schools
At "A Moral Imperative: Educational Equity in Chicago Public Schools," a panel co-hosted by City Club of Chicago and The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement, panel members discussed strategies for levelling the playing field in CPS, and the importance of achieving this goal.
ProfileMyetie Hamilton
“CAS was transforming in the sense of looking at yourself as a leader through a different lens. I see opportunities for collaboration with some of the others in the space, and ways that we can maximize our impact by working together.”
ProfileDaweed Abdiel
“I didn’t know much about myself and what I found interesting when I started Upward Bound, but the exposure it provided to different things sparked curiosity and engagement for me.”
ProfileJose Heredia
“It’s a lot of work, but it also allows me to draw upon a wide range of situations and prepares me for a population with diverse needs."
ProfileJonathan Swain
“Authentic and true leadership means drawing on who you really are in every context. It’s all there every time you walk through a door — there are aspects of all of us that can be collaborative, empathetic, listening, or decisive leaders.”
NewsOct 28 2019
Leadership as performance art: Civic Actor Studio connects community leaders with the characters they contain
When twenty-two community leaders came together for four days to explore their characters in UChicago’s new Civic Actor Studio leadership retreat, a facilitator says that the results were “transformational.”
ProfileAbraham and Karen Potts
“[Tutor Meera Santhanam] really taught him how to study and prepare for testing and, more than that, showed him the value of studying. She’s given him valuable insight into college and what it requires.”