Location

Chicago, IL


How did you hear about the NIC Hub?

Newsletter


Organization

Chicago Literacy Alliance


Title

Director of Strategic Initiatives


Organization/project or personal website

https://chicagoliteracyalliance.org/


What are your domains of INTEREST?

Human Services, Education, Public Health


Do you have any OTHER domains of interest?

Literacy and Social Justice


What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Education


Do you have any OTHER domains of expertise?

Literacy, Arts Education, Human Rights, Chicago Non Profits


Share with us a short bio of yourself.

Annie Rezac currently serves as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Chicago Literacy Alliance (CLA). At the CLA, Annie leads city-wide work that utilizes the tools of literacy to build a more just and equitable society. As the former Executive Director of Unsilence, an arts and storytelling-based human rights organization, Annie solidified her place as a dedicated and skilled leader in the non-profit education sector of Chicago. Annie has spent the past 20 years serving Chicago communities. At the Department of Arts Education at Chicago Public Schools, she worked with multiple stakeholders on implementing Chicago's first educational arts plan. Prior to serving the nation’s third largest school district, Annie was a senior manager with Communities In Schools of Chicago where she connected nonprofit organizations and cultural institutions across the city with underserved public schools. For three years, Annie served on an advisory panel for Ingenuity Inc., Chicago's single hub for arts data, advocacy, training, and partnerships, and is a Board Member of The Sisterhood in Englewood, an organization of mothers who have lost a child to gun violence.


Would you like to join Health IT Group?

No


Would you like to join Project Unify Group?

No


Would you like to join the National Action Agenda to Advance Upstream Social Determinants and Race Equity Action Plan Group?

Yes


Would you like to join the Civil Justice Technology Project Group?

No


Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

No


Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

No


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