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Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change

DATE

FEED

Seeds of Change 2023

DATE

Friday, March 31, 2023 at 5 pm

LOCATION

Malcolm X College: 1900 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois

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Pictured are Crossroads Fund staff in front of the 1963 Oldsmobile 98 car that belonged to the late civil rights activist Malcolm X and was donated to Malcolm X College in 1972.
L to R: Alexis Sanchez-Boyzo, Katie Madden, Lizette Garza, Makiko Yamauchi, Jane Kimondo, Kristina Roque, Joanna Preston, Emmanuel Garcia, and Michael Aguhar.

Dear Community, Seeds of Change: Sustaining Bold Movements was electric!

As storms rolled through the Chicagoland area, hundreds of supporters gathered at Malcolm X College and virtually to raise money and celebrate the people and organizations who comprise the grassroots organizing ecosystem. The benefit was joyful, and the rooms were abuzz with fellowship. Often touted as the “Social Justice Prom”, after three years of virtual celebrations, the in-person fundraiser felt more like a family reunion of progressive movements.

Pictured are Crossroads Fund staff in front of the 1963 Oldsmobile 98 car that belonged to the late civil rights activist Malcolm X and was donated to Malcolm X College in 1972.
L to R: Alexis Sanchez-Boyzo, Katie Madden, Lizette Garza, Makiko Yamauchi, Jane Kimondo, Kristina Roque, Joanna Preston, Emmanuel Garcia, and Michael Aguhar.

We could not have done it without you!

Board co-chairs Roxana Enriquez and Kheira Issaoui-Mansouri welcomed guests and introduced Executive Director Jane Kimondo, who opened her remarks by delivering a moving tribute to some of the changemakers we’ve lost during the past three years and inviting attendees who’ve lost friends and loved ones to “bring them into this space.” Kimondo also raised a toast for the record-breaking $4.1 million to 201 organizations, the foundation awarded this past fiscal year. Whether you’re a new supporter or an existing member, thank you for making our annual benefit, Seeds of Change, a success. We could not have done it without you! A special thank you to our Host Committee, Sponsors, Advertisers, Auction Donors, and Volunteers.

L to R: Pictured are Crossroads Fund’s Board Co-Chairs Kheira Issaoui-Mansouri and Roxana Enriquez during the last ask at Seeds of Change:Sustaining Bold Movements Awards Presentation.

Live Stream Here!

MISSED CONNECTION:

I was looking cute, and you were looking fine, but perhaps due to the thunderstorms, you lost power and couldn’t see the awards presentation online or you couldn’t hear over a room of laughter. You can now view the 2023 Awards Presentation on-demand and share it with your friends.

MAKE ONE LAST GIFT!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

E-PROGRAM BOOK

[While this is an in-person event, the program segment will stream live online with live transcription and ASL interpretation.]

E-PROGRAM BOOK

Revisit the jubilant event in photos

Nothing brought us more joy than having our community come together.

Don’t forget to tag @crossroadsfund

Photos by Karina Mireya

Seeds Of Change: Sustaining Bold Movements

MEET OUR 2023 AWARDEES

An evening to celebrate movements for justice in Chicago!

RON SABLE AWARD FOR ACTIVISM

Collaborative for Community Wellness - Treatment Not Trauma Campaign

Through the #TreatmentNotTrauma campaign, the Collaborative for Community Wellness demands that the City of Chicago fund a public mental health crisis response and care system and end the program that deploys police officers to mental health crisis emergencies. The #TreatmentNotTrauma campaign calls for the investment of resources for developing teams of social workers, paramedics, and peer-support workers who will respond to crises (instead of police) within the community and connect people to ongoing support through the Chicago Department of Public Health clinics to address social and mental health needs.

DONALD F. ERICKSON SYNAPSES AWARD

Chicago Abortion Fund

The Chicago Abortion Fund addresses economic and systemic barriers to reproductive choice by connecting people of all ages with free or low-cost reproductive health services and organizing young people who access their services to become advocates for reproductive justice. As part of a larger national movement for abortion liberation, they work in several state and nationwide coalitions. Notable recent examples include participation in successful campaigns to repeal the Parental Notice of Abortion and to pass both the Reproductive Health Act and HB40 (expanding access to abortions) in Illinois.

LYNDA J. TIPTON MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL)

The Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL) is a multi-issue organization rooted in the Black church that addresses issues on Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs. Their work strengthens civic engagement and creates opportunities for residents to rebuild their communities and fight for liberation. SOUL creates a reimagined future by working in coalitions. A recent coalition campaign is the one to protect the Pretrial Fairness Act, historic legislation that ends money bonds in Illinois as an unconstitutional practice of caging people pretrial simply because they cannot afford to buy their freedom.

OUR SUPPORTERS

SUSTAINING BOLD MOVEMENTS

SPONSORS

(as of 3/30/23)

TRAILBLAZER $10,000 and Beyond

  • Anonymous

  • Chicago Community Trust

  • Woods Fund Chicago

Leadership Circle: $7,500 - $9,999

 

  • Mainstream Media

  • Resource Generation

Changemakers: $5,000 - $7,499

  • Chicago Beyond

  • Sue Eleuterio & Tom Sourlis

  • Irving Harris Foundation

  • The Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation

Catalysts: $2,500 – $4,999

  • Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture

  • Joseph Grant

  • Healthy Communities Foundation

  • Janine Hoft & Linda Wagner

  • People’s Law Office

  • Polk Bros Foundation

Visionaries: $1,000 – $2,499

  • Kay Berkson & Sidney Hollander

  • Martha Biondi

  • Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

  • CIBC Bank

  • Joy Clendenning & Michael Scott

  • Shelley Davis & Omar McRoberts

  • John D’Emilio

  • Elevate

  • HANA Center & NAKASEC

  • Debra Hass

  • Julia Klein

  • Jeanne Kracher & Laura McAlpine

  • Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm

  • MacArthur Foundation

  • Nancy Fleck Myers

  • Esther Nieves & Richard Garibay

  • Jon Quinn

  • Barbara Ransby & Peter Sporn

  • Josh Schwartz

  • Third Wave Fund

Movers & Shakers: $750 – $999

  • William Ayers & Bernardine Dohrn

  • Megan Carney & Becky Huinker

  • Chicago Freedom School

  • Mardge Cohen & Gordy Schiff

  • Field Foundation

  • Forefront

  • In These Times

  • Kheira Issaoui-Mansouri

  • Julian Grace Foundation

  • Alice Kim

  • Skyler Larrimore

  • McAlpine Consulting for Growth

  • Joey Mogul

  • Mary F. Morten & Willa J. Taylor

  • Women Unite!

Stewards: $550-$749

  • AMPT: Advancing Nonprofits

  • Mollie Anderson & Al Rosenberg

  • Gary & Katie Arnold

  • Lucy & Peter Ascoli

  • Becky Belcore & Chris Williams

  • Henry Cervantes

  • Ann Christophersen & Amy Blumenthal

  • Alice Cottingham

  • James & Megan Murray Cusick

  • DePaul University Labor Education Center

  • Jillian Eid & Michael Papp

  • Sarah Duncan

  • Jeffrey Edwards

  • Fifth Third Bank

  • Freedom Lifted

  • Amy & Andrew Funk

  • Caronina Grimble

  • Patricia Handlin

  • Marvin Hoffman & Rosellen Brown

  • Danbee Kim

  • Nora Kyger & Bill Foster

  • Maureen Loughnane

  • Ryan Stutesman & Elli Krandel

  • Gia Super

  • Liz Thompson

  • Roxy Trudeau

Sponsors: $275 – $549

  • Molly Armour

  • Alexandra Canalos-Castillo

  • Inhe Choi

  • GraffitiVersal LLC

  • Norman & Linda Groetzinger

  • Tracie Hall

  • Innovative Fundraising, LLC

  • Susan Kaplan & Len Cavise

  • Terrence Keleher

  • Sharmili Majmudar

  • Jawanza Malone

  • Gordon Mayer

  • Sonia Oyola

  • Heather Parish

  • Mary Patten

  • Leslie Ramyk

  • Keisa Reynolds

  • Ana Romero

  • Dick Simpson

  • Mairita Smiltars

  • Shari Stone-Mediatore

  • Kathy Tholin

  • Candace Wayne

  • Tom Wilson

HOST COMMITTEE

(as of 1/19/23)

2023 HOST COMMITTEE

Makkah Ali*

La Tony Alvarado-Rivera

Mollie Anderson* & Al Rosenberg

Emmanuel Andre*

Gary Arnold & Katie Arnold

Becky Belcore & Chris Williams

Jim Bennett & Terry Vanden Hoek

Sarah Best

Evette Cardona & Mona Noriega

Megan Carney & Becky Huinker

Missy Carpenter*

Henry Cervantes*

Inhe Choi

Ann Christophersen

Eliot Colin

Alice Cottingham

James & Megan Murray Cusick

Shelley Davis & Omar McRoberts

Cecile DeMello*

Lee Dewey*

Sue Eleuterio & Tom Sourlis

Hanan El-Youssef*

Roxana Enriquez*

Dale & Ruth Fast

Nancy Fleck Myers

Denise Ferguson*

Amy & Andrew Funk

Nancy García

Sharlyn Grace

Mac Grambauer

Cat Greim & Michael Collins

Brock Grenn

Caronina Grimble

Rhoda Rae Gutierrez & Jim Clark

Tracie Hall*

Abbey Hambright & Ben Santos

Pat Handlin

Neena Hemmady & Amisha Patel

Janine Hoft & Linda Wagner

Alheli Irizarry*

Kheira Issaoui-Mansouri*

Katelyn Johnson*

Gabriel Jones*

Susan Kaplan & Len Cavise

Alice Kim

Danbee Kim

Julia Klein*

Jeanne Kracher & Laura McAlpine

Nora Kyger & Bill Foster

Skyler Larrimore

Laura Leon

Rebekah Levin & Sophie Kaluziak

Cherie Lockett

Sharmili Majmudar & Laura Noah

Gordon Mayer

Agnes Meneses

Anjali Misra

Joey L Mogul

Michelle Morales

Mary F. Morten & Willa J. Taylor

Prexy Nesbitt

Gina Olson & Amy Johnson

Alan Paberzs

Jon Quinn*

Barbara Ransby & Peter Sporn

Ireri Rivas Mier y Teran *

Alma Rodriguez

Brittany Roque

Muhammad Sankari*

Margie Schaps & Jack Doppelt

Dick Simpson

Debbie Southorn

Sara Spoonheim Amit & Yali Amit

Monica Trinidad

Roxy Trudeau

Aisha Foluke Truss-Miller

Thelma Uranga

Tom Wilson

Irina Zadov

*Also a Crossroads Fund Board Member

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