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Annie Kraft, Communications Co-Chair 2014-2016 Ever since I joined YNPN Chicago’s Executive Board as a Communications Co-Chair in September 2014, I have met so many people who are involved outside of their regular 9-to-5 jobs. From skills-based…
I am going to start this off with telling you a fundamental truth, job searching is hard. It is often down-right awful. Don’t worry, I promise this article starts getting positive after this. It is…
Tell us about your current role? I am the Associate Director of Development & Corporate Relations at HandsOn Suburban Chicago. As the first-ever full-time development employee for the organization, I have had the opportunity to…
What cause are you representing and why is it important to highlight? I would like to share an extremely important cause: the protection and empowerment of orphaned and separated refugee girls in Nairobi, Kenya. This…
What is The Brink of Impact? We started talking about creating a podcast because we wanted to talk to people like us—individuals in the first few years of their social impact careers, still in the…
Ashley Lepse on Foster Care What cause are you representing and why is it important to highlight? Foster Care. There are about 16,000 kids in the Illinois foster care system. These kids have been removed…
You would think that competition would be a huge issue at the Chicago Literacy Alliance (CLA). We’re comprised of nonprofits that have a literacy program or component, and we often work in the same schools…