About Us

If you have questions about the conference please contact Tara Mack, Director of the Education for Liberation Network. You can reach her at tara@edliberation.org

This conference was made possible by the hard work of: Charles Payne; Julie Burnett (Unversity of Chicago); Alex Poeter (Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Chicago Freedom School); Susan Wilcox, Marsha Jean Charles, Njeri Parker, Javonie Regis, Vance Cherebin, Andrew Ensley and Sunney Qazi (The Brotherhood/Sister Sol); Jaime Arteaga, Elsa Saeta (The Women's Center/De Paul University); Rico Gutstein (Greater Lawndale/Little Village School for Social Justice, Teachers for Social Justice); Camil Williams and Veronica Precious Bohanan (AquaMoon); Kristen Cox (halo projects, AREA Chicago); Mariame Kaba (Chicago Freedom School, Young Women’s Action Team); David Stovall (University of Illinois at Chicago, Lawndale/Little Village School for Social Justice); Mustafa Sullivan (Sistas and Brothas United); Kelsey Rennebohm (Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice); Gloria Ross (FIERCE); Roderick Watts (Georgia State University) and Tara Mack (The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Education for Liberation Network).

With the support of: the Girl's Best Friend Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Steans Family Foundation, the Synapses Foundation, the Tin Man Fund, the Twenty-First Century Fund, the University of Chicago, the Elias Foundation, the Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing, the Crossroads Fund and the Woods Fund.