Communities That Care Coalition
Promoting health, well-being, and equity among young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin
https://pulitzercenter.org/people/brandon-nichols
Dr. Brandon Nichols serves as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Olive-Harvey College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. He describes himself as being a mission-driven, students-first educator through civic engagement. The Illinois native resides from the southeast side of Chicago.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/19/nx-s1-5114356/jazz-night-in-america-george-benson
Few musicians have seen the success that guitarist, vocalist and cultural icon George Benson has: platinum records, a record of the year Grammy, four Top 10 hits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943)[3] is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/onnie-rogers-phd
Onnie Rogers, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology and human development and director of the Development of Identities in Cultural Environments (DICE) lab at Northwestern University. The DICE Lab conducts research that centers on the perspectives and experiences of racially and ethnically diverse young people. As a developmental psychologist and identity scholar, she is interested in social and educational inequities and the mechanisms through which macro-level disparities are both perpetuated and disrupted at the micro-level of identities and relationships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Buie
Daniel Richard “Boo” Buie (born December 7, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_D._Henderson
Felicia D. Henderson (born April 18, 1961) is an American television producer, screenwriter, comic books writer and a director of music videos and television episodes. She has worked on Moesha, Sister, Sister, Soul Food, and Fringe, also played in a movie with Whitney Houston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_Harper
William Fitzgerald Harper (born February 8, 1980), known professionally as William Jackson Harper, is an American actor and playwright. He gained acclaim for his role as Chidi Anagonye in the NBC comedy series The Good Place (2016–2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.[1][2
Teaching Artist Leah Reddy spoke with William Jackson Harper about his work in Primary Trust.
https://www.melissafostervoice.com/home
Melissa Foster is a Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University, and is the proud recipient of the 2021 Galbut Outstanding Faculty Award.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-Camille_Broussard
Maya-Camille Broussard is an American chef, author, and restaurant owner. She is the owner of Justice of the Pies in Chicago, Illinois, and was a 2022 finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Baker.[1] Broussard is a featured pastry chef on the Netflix series, Bake Squad.[2]
Owner of the Chicago-based bakery Justice of the Pies and star of Netflix’s Bake Squad, Broussard talks inspiration, accessibility and her fave pie flavors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Howell-Baptiste
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 7 February 1987),[1] credited mononymously as Kirby since 2023,[2] is an English actress. She has appeared as a series regular on Downward Dog (2017), Killing Eve (2018), Why Women Kill (2019), and as Death of the Endless in The Sandman (2022–present) and Dead Boy Detectives (2024).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eboni_Booth
Eboni Booth is an American playwright and actress.[1]
https://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists/eboni-booth
Eboni Booth is a writer and actor from New York City. Her plays include Primary Trust (Roundabout Theatre, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Outer Critics Circle Award) and Paris (Atlantic Theater).