Vocalo Radio This Is What Chicago Sounds Like
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We sat down with Channyn to chat Woodlawn, her work in External Relations at Howard Brown, and the ties that bind us all …
Jill Hopkins sat down with Erika to talk civic engagement, equitable education, and radical imagination …
I feel like Chicago has so many incredibly generous people that really want to help, and they just need to know what to do.
“The city shows me love and I return it. My organization could not be where it is if it wasn’t for the support of Chicago.”
We got our own culture here. We make up slang, we make up dances, it is good to be here.
The city has shaped my work in philanthropy through the many different people that Chicago has raised.
I would like to give Chicago the gift of being authentic.
“The people here are very down to earth, no matter what status you are, and I hope that never changes.”
“I feel like a Chicago has that fresh charm. We are always questioning where we’re going and what we are.”
“If I want to see art on a wall that doesn’t exist, it’s up to me to go and make it there.”
