{"id":686,"date":"2019-06-05T01:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/?p=686"},"modified":"2019-06-05T01:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:51:24","slug":"field-foundation-spring-2019-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/blog\/field-foundation-spring-2019-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Foundation Spring 2019 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/field_foundation-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/field_foundation-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/field_foundation-2-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/field_foundation-2-768x279.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are in full growth mode here at the Field Foundation. Kyra Kyles is fully installed in her new role of Media &amp; Storytelling Program Officer and Hilesh Patel has also settled in with our pioneering\u00a0Leaders For a New Chicago Award program. Keep an eye out for our first cohort of Leaders For A New Chicago Awardees and new Media &amp; Storytelling grantees. And as always, feedback and thoughts on our work are welcome. In this newsletter you will: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read about why Field\u00a0board members are making headlines.<\/li><li>See what\u00a0Field staff members are\u00a0up to.\u00a0<\/li><li>Meet our Spring 2019 grantees.\u00a0<\/li><li>Celebrate our amazing photographer\u00a0Nolis Anderson.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;text-align:center\"><strong>Field Board Members Making Headlines<\/strong><br><em>We are so proud of the important work\u00a0our board members are doing in Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GTD.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GTD.png 482w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GTD-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GTD-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cathy Cohen makes   the list (and headlines) for\u00a0Black feminists who are securing   progressive victories in Chicago. A political scientist at the University of   Chicago, Cathy launched the first nationally representative survey on the   political attitudes of young Black people. Read more in the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldfoundation.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7f579f6bd742286b88f7eb6fa&amp;id=2ec25a2688&amp;e=e33c5f59f4\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times article<\/a> to learn about how   the survey findings led her to host a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldfoundation.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7f579f6bd742286b88f7eb6fa&amp;id=17fec11c81&amp;e=e33c5f59f4\" target=\"_blank\">conference<\/a> for emerging Black   activists.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/true_purpose.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/true_purpose.png 482w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/true_purpose-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/true_purpose-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In this review of Dr. Nicholas Pearce&#8217;s book <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldfoundation.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7f579f6bd742286b88f7eb6fa&amp;id=5fcb585b89&amp;e=e33c5f59f4\" target=\"_blank\">The Purpose Path<\/a><\/em>, writer Peter Economy discusses a unique concept Pearce calls &#8220;vocational courage.&#8221;\u00a0According to Dr. Pearce, by asking ourselves five questions, we can align our life&#8217;s purpose with what we do and pursue authentic work. To answer these five questions, click\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldfoundation.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7f579f6bd742286b88f7eb6fa&amp;id=fc8939250d&amp;e=e33c5f59f4\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lightfoot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lightfoot.png 482w, https:\/\/themonroefoundation.org\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lightfoot-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis\nspring, Field board members Gloria Castillo and Lisa Lee, along with Field\nPresident Angelique Power, joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot&#8217;s transition\nteam.&nbsp;The transition team encompassed ten committees, focusing on topics\nranging from the arts and culture to business and neighborhood development to\npublic safety. Read the Chicago Sun-Times article <a href=\"https:\/\/fieldfoundation.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7f579f6bd742286b88f7eb6fa&amp;id=c638e41187&amp;e=e33c5f59f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Field Foundation Spring 2019 Newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"View More of The Field Foundation Spring 2019 Newsletter Here (opens in a new tab)\">View More of The Field Foundation Spring 2019 Newsletter Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in full growth mode here at the Field Foundation. Kyra Kyles is fully installed in her new role of Media &amp; Storytelling Program Officer and Hilesh Patel has also settled in with our pioneering\u00a0Leaders For a New Chicago Award program. 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