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📰 Today, Crain's Chicago Business published a story exploring how LGC Fellows and Daniel Burnham Fellows collaborate across sectors to address the region's most critical socioeconomic issues. Take a closer look at how Fellows are making an impact and scaling anti-violence initiatives here: https://bit.ly/41rKfIa 🔹🔸🔹 The article features insights from several Fellows involved in the Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago (SC2) initiative, including: Derek R. B. Douglas (LGC Fellow since 2013), president of the Civic Committee and Commercial Club of Chicago; former US Secretary of Education and CEO of Chicago Public Schools Arne Duncan (LGC Fellow since 1995), founder and managing partner at Chicago CRED; Esther Franco-Payne (LGC Fellow since 2015), executive director of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities; and Eric Smith (Daniel Burnham Fellow), vice chairman of BMO U.S. and co-chair of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago’s Public Safety Task Force. The leadership and contributions of Metropolitan Peace Initiatives Executive Director Vaughn Bryant (LGC Fellow since 2016), Metropolitan Family Services CEO Ric Estrada (LGC Fellow since 2001), City of Chicago Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood (LGC Fellow since 2022),UCAN (Chicago) President & CEO Christa A. Hamilton (LGC Fellow since 2020), Chicago Police Department Lieutenant Jermaine Harris (LGC Fellow since 2021) and Civic Consulting Alliance CEO & President Rebekah Scheinfeld (Daniel Burnham Fellow) are also uplifted. 🔹🔸🔹 🔗 Access the full, seven-part series celebrating LGC's milestone 40 Years of Fellows, produced in collaboration with Crain's, here: https://bit.ly/4iBhP53 #LeadGreat #Activate