Andrea Clinton

August 15, 2020
Photos from a mobile services event on July 24, 2020

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Update

Since March, Civic Consulting Alliance has mobilized to support a comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery that centers equity. As we’ve shared in our past several newsletters, we have redeployed 75 percent of our staff and secured pro bono teams across more than ...
August 15, 2020

Chicago’s Young People Give Back through the Chicago Youth Service Corps

Our City’s youth have acutely felt the tremendous social impact of the COVID-19 crisis. With classes, sports and music events, graduation ceremonies, and summer programs canceled, teens and young adults missed many milestones they would typically enjoy in the spring ...
July 1, 2020
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Fellow Spotlight: Aleks Czulak

Aleks Czulak was with us as a fellow from McKinsey from August 2019 through June 2020. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? Over my 10 month fellowship, I had the opportunity to work on ...
June 1, 2020
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Fellow Spotlight: Lydia O’Connell

Lydia O’Connell was with us as an undergraduate fellow from Northwestern University from April to June 2020. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I worked on a project with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that was focused ...
June 1, 2020

Leveraging Data Visualization to Equitably Support Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Chicago earlier this year, thousands of restaurants, shops, salons, and other small businesses were required to shut their doors as part of the public health response. In an effort to support Chicago’s entrepreneurs through this ...
May 1, 2020
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Fellow Spotlight: Kiki Yalamanchili

Keerthi (Kiki) Yalamanchili was with us as an undergraduate fellow from Northwestern University from January to March 2020. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I worked on a project with the State’s Attorney’s Office regarding low-level ...
May 1, 2020

Responding to COVID-19

As COVID-19 spreads, every unit of our region’s government is wrestling with multiple, parallel objectives: Addressing immediate public health concerns Reducing the social and economic impact of the virus Addressing structural inequities that underpin and exacerbate the above objectives In March, Civic Consulting Alliance ...
May 1, 2020
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An Interview with Bureau of Economic Development President Xochitl Flores

Earlier this spring, we sat down with Xochitl Flores, the new Chief of the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development. From October 2019 to January 2020, Civic Consulting Alliance collaborated with Chief Flores and her team to revamp the Bureau’s ...
January 1, 2020
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Fellow Spotlight: Rongzhen Zhou

Rongzhen Zhou was with us as an undergraduate fellow from Northwestern University from September to December 2019. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I worked with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) to redefine how they ...
January 1, 2020
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Fellow Spotlight: Chyna Sanders

Chyna Sanders was with us as a Development and Communications Extern from Carleton College from November to December 2019. What project work were you involved in during your time at Civic Consulting Alliance? I assisted the Development and Communications team with an audit of ...