Chicago Ideas: Conversations That Shape Change

F*ck Cancer founder Yael Cohen is at the forefront of a fresh news movement that has multiple generations working together to begin "looking for cancer instead of just finding it."

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Are all works of fiction secretly autobiographical? Carol Edgarian, a New York Times best-selling author and co-founder of NarrativeMagazine.com, uncovers where stories come from.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Learn more about Cara and get involved: https://carachicago.org

Uploaded 26-10-18

The 77 Project is a storytelling and media project presented by Xfinity with additional support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help share the narrative of our neighborhoods from the inside out. Our hope is that this project will help inspire citizens to connect with solution-makers in the city of Chicago and beyond. If you didn't know, the city of Chicago recognizes 77 community areas within the city limits, and this year we're shining a light on organizations and individuals who are making a positive impact in each of those locations.

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Xfinity connects people in all 77 neighborhoods of Chicago each and every day. Xfinity is proud to sponsor the 77 Project to provide a platform for local residents to voice ideas that will shape our city's future.



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There's a financial war on poverty, but what about a mental war? Kirsten Lodal has waged it, founding LIFT, a national organization that trains volunteers and staffs centers to help those in hard times. Talk a walk in their shoes and hear her story as she fights to kill the stigmas that come with being poor, homeless and unemployed.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Right as congressional impeachment hearings began on Capitol Hill, we sat down with Joe Lockhart and Rahm Emanuel—two veterans who worked for the Clinton administration during an impeachment investigation—to talk about the historic proceedings and what they could mean for the future of the country.

Uploaded 13-11-19

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Learn more about the Indo-American Heritage Museum and get involved: https://iahmuseum.org/

Uploaded 26-10-18

The 77 Project is a storytelling and media project presented by Xfinity with additional support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help share the narrative of our neighborhoods from the inside out. Our hope is that this project will help inspire citizens to connect with solution-makers in the city of Chicago and beyond. If you didn't know, the city of Chicago recognizes 77 community areas within the city limits, and this year we're shining a light on organizations and individuals who are making a positive impact in each of those locations.

More on Xfinity:

Xfinity connects people in all 77 neighborhoods of Chicago each and every day. Xfinity is proud to sponsor the 77 Project to provide a platform for local residents to voice ideas that will shape our city's future.



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Saeed Jones speaks about his experience growing up in the American South as a black queer man and how he now uses his platform as a tool for activism and change.

Uploaded 28-02-20

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Phylicia Rashad calls Kenny Leon "her director." Find out why in these highlights from the Chicago Ideas event "Kenny Leon: In Conversation with Phylicia Rashad."

Uploaded 23-06-18

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Kohl Crecelius started crocheting in high school. Watch how one man took the yarn and hook to the next level, spreading the craft to more than 150 people in Uganda and Peru while empowering and educating women along the way.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Once an outspoken atheist, blogger and debate junkie Leah Libresco converted to Catholicism in the Spring of 2012. Here, she discusses how we can all have better arguments about the differences -- and perhaps more importantly, the similarities-- between and among our various religious beliefs, leading to a better understanding of faith itself.

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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