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GROW YOUR OWN: Consortium Members

May 2007

I. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTEES

ALTON
Community Organization: Alton NAACP  Four-Year Institution:  Greenville College
School District: Alton Community Unit School District #11   
Community College:  Lewis and Clark Community College
Contact: LaDonna Whitner (Alton Schools)   618-474-1816

AUBURN-GRESHAM:
Serving the southside Chicago community of that name.
Community Organization:  TARGET Area DevCorp University:  Chicago State
School District:  Chicago Public Schools
Contact: Marianna Boyd (TARGET) 773-651-0285 (v) 773-651-5491 (f)        

CHICAGO-LAWN
Serving the Southwest Side Chicago community of that name.
Community Organization: Southwest Organizing Project  University: Northeastern Illinois University
Community College: Richard Daley College School District: Chicago Public Schools
Contact:  Imelda Salazar, Coordinator  773-471-8208 x 20(v) 773-471-9008 (f)

EAST ST. LOUIS
Community Organization: East St. Louis NAACP  University: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Community College: Southwest Illinois College (SWIC) School District: East St Louis District 189
Contact: Latoya Greenwood, District 189  618-646-3058(v) 618-583-8427(f)

KENWOOD/OAKLAND/LITTLE VILLAGE
Serving the south lakefront Chicago communities of North Kenwood and Oakland and the Westside community of Little Village.
Community Organizations: Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, Little Village Community Development Corporation    University:  Illinois State University   Community College: Malcolm X College,  School District: Chicago Public Schools
Contact: Rod Wilson, KOCO, Coordinator, 773-499-2111 (c) (773) 548-9264 (f)
              Katya Nuques, LVCDC, 773-522-2773 (v) 773-542-9241 (f)

LOGAN SQUARE
Two cohorts are currently in operation in the northside Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, Nueva Generacìon, the prototype Grow Your Own project in Illinois, and Maestros sin Fronteras, a new cohort creted  under the FY07 grant competition.
Community Organization: Logan Square Neighborhood Association  University:  Chicago State University   School District:  Chicago Public Schools
Contact:  Bridget Murphy, Coordinator, LSNA 520-429-1544(c) 773-384-0624 (f)

NORTH LAWDALE
Serving the Westside Chicago community of that name.
Community Organization:  Illinois ACORN    University: Northeastern Illinois University Community College: Richard Daley College   School District:  Chicago Public Schools
Contact:  Angela Mojekwu, 312-235-5460 (v) 312-939-6877 (f)

ROCKFORD
Community Organization:  Hands that Help  University:  National Louis University  School District: Rockford Public Schools  Community College:  Rock Valley College
Contact:  Debra Marks, Hands that Help, 815-243-2380(c) 815 961-3406(f)           

SPRINGFIELD
Community Organization: Springfield Urban League  University:  University of Illinois Springfield Other Colleges: Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield College in Illinois/Benedictine
School District:  Springfield Public Schools   School Employee Union: Springfield Education Association
Contact: Sarahjini Nunn, Urban League, 217-528-0893(v), 217-789-1989(f)           

QUAD CITIES/WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Community Organization: Community Caring Conference   University: Western Illinois University Community College: Black Hawk College 
School Districts:  Moline Public Schools, Rock Island/Milan District #41
Contact: Jannette Higginson, Community Caring Conference, 309-786-0345(v), 309 786 4357(f)

SOUTH SUBURBS of CHICAGO
Community Organization: Illinois ACORN  University:  Governors State University  Community College:  Prairie State College   School Districts:  District 201 U – Crete-Monee, Harvey SD 152, Dolton SD 148, Patton SD 133, Prairie Hill SD144, and Cook County SD130
Contact: Marion Smith, Coordinator 312-235-5463(v), 312-939-6877 (f)

YOUTH CONNECTION CHARTER SCHOOL
YCCS has 23 campus locations in all areas of Chicago (mostly in conjunction with community-based organizations) providing education to former school dropouts. 
Community Organization: YCCS Central Office  University:  Chicago State University 
School District:  Chicago Public Schools
Contact:  Toi Walker, Coordinator, 312-328-0799(v)  312-328-0971(f)

II. PLANNING GRANTEES

PEORIA
Community Organizations: Peoria Citizens Comm. for Econ. Development, Tri-County Urban League
School District: Peoria School District 150     School Emp. Union:  Peoria Federation of Support Staff
University:  Bradley University       Community College:  Illinois Central College
Contact: Dr. Herschel Hannah,  Associate Superintendent 309 672 6580

ROGERS PARK/UPTOWN (Chicago)
Community Organization: Organization of the Northeast    School District: Chicago Public Schools
Contact:  Jamiko Rose, Executive Director, O.N.E. 773-769-3232  

SOUTHERNMOST ILLINOIS
Community Organization: FoCUS of Southern Illinois, Inc.
University:  Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   Community College: Shawnee Comm.College
School Districts:  Seven districts in ISBE Region 2
Contact: Janet Maggio, ROE 2, 618-634-2292   

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