Event Title:

Organization:

  Intellectual

  Chicago

Start Date:

  10/15/2011

End Date:

  10/15/2011

Start Time:

  12:00 PM

End Time:

  5:00 PM

Event Info: 

  Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, with a focus on bringing the world’s best speakers together with the Midwest’s best thinkers. There will be more than 100 speakers over 7 days throughout the city of Chicago and The DuSable will be hosting Chicago Ideas Week on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 12:00 NOON for a discussion of, “Global Community Development” and “what we can all do to better and beautify our neighborhoods and our world from the ground up, while inspiring individuals to take action in a society that demands it.”

We invite you to experience the event and share your ideas, so, please join us as we hear from the following incredible speakers and individuals who have dedicated their lives to bettering both the communities they live in and those halfway around the globe:

Kim Davis –President, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Alexis Ohanian -Co-Founder, Reddit Founder, BreadPig
Erik Prouix – President, Fighting Monk, Inc.
Erin Ganju– Co-Founder & CEO, Room to Read
Jonathan Reckford– CEO, Habitat for Humanity, International
Naomi Davis – President & Founder, BIG: Blacks in Green

Through them you will be inspired to take action in a world that demands it.

For more information on Chicago Ideas Week or The Global Community Development discussion at The DuSable, please call 312-334-1751 or visit info@chicagoideas.com

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Location:

  DuSable Museum

Room:

Address:

  740 East 56th Place

Phone:

  773-947-0600

City:

  Chicago

State/Province:

  IL