Professionals for Progress
Emerging Leaders who participate in the Heal Chicago professionals for progress workshop will demonstrate the following:
Fluency in the language of cross-cultural dialog with the ability to exhibit high levels of inter-cultural competence.
Skills to develop diverse connections across sections, where best practices to reduce and eliminate marginalization are developed and shared.
Commitment to step outside the echo chambers imposed by personal identity with the goal of developing professional and personal relationships of trust with those with whom they would not have had the opportunity to do so.
The positivity to promote Chicago and our country as the best place to thrive and grow for all people.
Our group of Professionals have collaborated and successfully hosted panel discussions such as the following:
A speaker from the Obama Center led a discussion on minority voter suppression.
Supportiv.com informed us on the effects of fatphobia and its roots in racism.
The conservative point of view: a panel of three conservatives from across the US shared their perspective on abortion, military service, and election denial
Israel and Gaza: we featured a panel that included the former mayor of Oak Park who was born in Gaza, a member of J-Street, and a professor of humanities from the University of Chicago in a Q&A on the current situation
“What does racism in the workplace look like in 2024 compared to post George Floyd?” discussion was led by three of our BIPOC members.
Heal Chicago is now accepting applicants for our 2025 cohort. This 3-part, 4-week anti-marginalization program meets once a week for 90 minutes on Zoom.
Dates: Monday nights March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th. 7:00-8:30 Central Time on Zoom.
Week 1) Practice active listening as a foundational skill so that you are better able to listen for intent and empower yourself to feel comfortable in uncomfortable situations.
Week 2) Explore how identity (community, work, family, friends, faith) shapes our views
Week 3) Examine how stress, burnout and grief affect our ability to live our idealized self
Week 4) Assess the strengths we bring to bear in creating a world of inclusion
Participants who complete Part 1 of the program will be eligible to be part of Heal Chicago's Professionals for Progress Network, participate in alumni programming, and receive a Heal Chicago Foundations of intercultural competence certificate.
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