Black Leaders
Creator of the Folded Map Project, which visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago. She investigates what urban segregation looks like and how it impacts Chicago residents.
Who is Tonika Johnson?
Black- and women-led non-profit farm in Chicago, Illinois working to build a more just and equitable local food system.
What is Urban Growers Collective?
Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health
Who is Dr. Ngozi Ezike?
A Chicago community member on the South Side, saw the need for supplies and essentials like PPE, baby formula, clothes, hygiene kits, etc. in her community during the beginning of the pandemic.
Who is Nita Tennyson of Nita's Love Train?
Independent grassroots, multi-issue, power organization that addresses community issues on Chicago’s South Side and South Suburbs
What is S.O.U.L.?
Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
Party responsible for opening free health care clinics across the US as well as free breakfast food programs.
What is The Black Panther Party?
Founder and Board President of I Am Abel Foundation, who has celebrated over 22 years as a physician with most of her career teaching in top academic hospitals in the Midwest.
Who is Dr. Lamenta Conway?
Supports health and wellness to eliminate health disparities and access community resources through HIV Prevention program and Wellness on Wheels mobile medical unit.
What is the Springfield Urban League?
Was a Peace Corps as a medical officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and she founded a group, which developed a telecommunications system to improve healthcare delivery in developing countries around the world.
HINT: Engineer and former NASA astronaut
Who is Mae Jemison?
Principal Design of TnS Studio, working to restore community by saving abandoned buildings on the South Side of Chicago.
Who is Taylor Staten?
Organization that focuses on mentorship and support services, restorative justice and community building, yoga and healing arts, urban farming and food access, and creative expression.
Inventor and engineer who made circuit improvements to pacemakers, saving countless lives.
Who is Otis Boykin?
Founder of Resident Association of Greater Englewood, or R.A.G.E., which is working to create tangible solutions and mobilize residents and resources to restore their community.
Who is Asiaha Butler?
Organization that launched a mental health campaign to sponsor free therapy, advocate for adequate maternal care, and received a grant to create safe spaces for Black girls to gather on the south and west sides of Chicago.
What is Black Girls Break Bread?
Black kidney transplantation surgeon from Lexa, Arkansas. He was most distinguished for his pioneering work in the field of kidney transplantations, and in research, discoveries, and inventions in Renal Science.
Who is Dr. Samuel L. Kountz