By Kelly R. Young Dr. Maya Soetoro and Thomas West are committed to building a generation of peacebuilding artists and storytellers who inspire people everywhere to roll up their sleeves and start pursuing a more just and loving world. They do this through their work at The Peace Studio. Through their work—and thru special… Read more »
By Keenan Harrell, M.A.’21 2020 has been a year like no other. From the COVID-19 pandemic, which took the world over by storm and exposed the severe systemic inequalities that exist in the U.S., to the killings of unarmed African Americans like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor and the civic unrest that has… Read more »
This article was originally published in the Philanthropy Matters e-newsletter. CEO and president of CARE, a pediatrician, HIV/AIDS expert with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, and current president and CEO of Chicago Community Trust. The list of leadership career positions reads long for Dr…. Read more »
On October 4, the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy will welcome its first speaker in the Diversity Speaker Series, sponsored by the Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy. Dr. Helene Gayle served as CEO of CARE and CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative before assuming her current role as CEO of The Chicago Community Trust,… Read more »