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The Commission makes actionable policy recommendations to the Cook County Board and the County’s a It will catalyze impact investment. Marc J.

Cook County is taking a page out of the social enterprise playbook. The county’s new Commission on Social innovation is chartered to incubate actionable policy recommendation that would create and sustain innovative solutions to increasingly daunting social problems. And if a social enterprise is defined the way Social Enterprise Alliance sees it — as an initiative that marries the social mission

of a nonprofit or government program with the market-driven approach of a business — the Commission on Social Innovation certainly qualifies. While public- and social-sector programming has improved the lives of countless people, increasingly so have market-based strategies. So the commission — as thought leader, convener, collaborator and catalyst — will empower social-purpose businesses, impact investors, nonprofits and philanthropists, each defining success in terms of both financial and social returns. The commission’s tools include all those that social enterprises customarily put to work. It will leverage philanthropy. It will be guided by empirical data. It will hear from subject-matter experts and will seek to apply models that have been effective elsewhere. And it will scale those solutions that prove out. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, chair of the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation. The commission has its work cut out for it. The nation’s second largest county, serving 5.25 million residents including all the residents of Chicago, is under enormous stress. The Cook County Department of Public Health recently reported that the county’s south and west districts suffered an unemployment rate of around 12 percent. Nearly 30 percent of the population lives at less than 20 percent of the federal poverty level, and roughly 26 percent of adults over the age of 25 in the Department’s jurisdiction don’t have a high-school diploma. Violent crime plagues the county, particularly in its poorest precincts where too many people are incarcerated and too few rehabilitated. Yet the commission has good reason to believe its efforts will effectively drive positive social change. Its members are visionary disruptors. And the county’s resources are rich; its talent pool abundant; and its nonprofit, business and investment communities deeply committed to social progress. So, multi-stakeholder and cross-sector social ventures are well within the commission’s reach. Among the commission’s targets are the Illinois Medical District, the largest in the nation, which the commission plans to help spawn mission-driven, health-related business; and the Illinois International Port District with which the commission intends to collaborate to revitalize the Port of Chicago, collateral damage of de-industrialization. The goal is not only to maximize its commercial potential in concert with other Great Lakes ports, but also to maximize its social potential as an engine of economic development in the distressed communities it borders. Lane, vice chair of the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation. The commission will evaluate opportunities to help county residents in food deserts band together to build and maintain neighborhood stores. They might adopt membership models, connect with local businesses or nonprofits, and even rely on newly sanctioned crowd-funding opportunities. The commission also intends to work constructively with the Cook County Land Bank Authority, supporting the efforts of social entrepreneurs and investors eager to redevelop and reuse vacant, abandoned, foreclosed and tax delinquent properties throughout the county in an effort to promote affordable housing, economic development, conservation and job creation. And in conjunction with the Chicago chapter of Social Enterprise Alliance, the commission will soon offer capacity building workshops for nonprofit leaders throughout the county. These initiatives and others the commission considers won’t be zero-sum transactions. The commission’s aim is nothing short of transformation.

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12/01/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

11/29/2022

The Cook County Commission on Social Innovation’s final meeting of the year will be December 1st at 4pm. Join us in person at the County Board Room, 118 N. Clark St., Chicago, or via Facebook Live at the link below, at the time of the event.

http://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

11/14/2022

Episode 121: Marc Lane: Entrepreneurial Nonprofits by Nonprofit Vision With Gregory Nielsen

Nonprofits have always been entrepreneurial, identifying and implementing creative ways to address systemic challenges. Increasingly, nonprofits are exploring social enterprises as a means to advance their mission while enhancing their sustainability. Marc Lane joins the podcast to discuss key consi...

11/11/2022

Thanks to all who joined us, in person and virtually, at Social Enterprise Chicago’s kickoff event last night featuring my fireside chat with Gov. Pat Quinn.

11/08/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation November Meeting

11/03/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation November Meeting

11/03/2022

Just one week from today, Gov. Pat Quinn and I will celebrate Social Enterprise in a fireside chat hosted by Social Enterprise Chicago. Join us in person at the Union League Club of Chicago or virtually! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gKbVSZFn

11/02/2022

I’ll be honored to join the panel for “Social Enterprise Attorneys Talk Shop” at Social Enterprise Alliance's biannual event, Summit of Summits: Business As Unusual.

The event is just a week away! Save 10% off on tickets with our Community Partner discount using the code 'SEACHI25'

Learn more and register today>> https://socialenterprise.us/event

10/31/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on November 3 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Professor Steven Durlauf, the Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, who will his propose reparations policies for the County that would break down the socioeconomic isolation of African American neighborhoods, ranging from intensive educational investment to changes in zoning rules.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

10/28/2022

Celebrate Social Enterprise: Pat Quinn, Marc Lane to Discuss Disruption and Innovation in Chicago and Illinois

Pat Quinn, who served as Governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015, will be discussing his career of social and political innovation and reform with Marc J. Lane, attorney and president of Social Enterprise Chicago, as well as opportunities to invest in change in the future.

10/27/2022

DuPage County Estate Planning Council - Multi-Generational Planning for Social Impact

The DuPage County Estate Planning Council is a local organization in DuPage County, Illinois of professional estate planners focused on furthering the education of our members and the public in the creation, conservation and distribution of estates. Find a local estate planner or learn more about ho...

10/26/2022

I’ll be honored to join Gov. Pat Quinn in a fireside chat celebrating Social Enterprise on November 10th at the Union League Club of Chicago. Please be with us in-person or virtually. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gKbVSZFn

10/19/2022

Please join us for Gov. Pat Quinn’s and my fireside chat celebrating Social Enterprise on November 10th at the Union League Club of Chicago. Registration is open now! https://lnkd.in/gKbVSZFn

10/11/2022

The Social Justice Warrior Takes Center Stage

Too many companies have historically limited their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to philanthropy, social media statements and branding around charity events, often little more than expressions of vanity. More recently, progressive companies have supported social issue marketing,....

10/06/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

09/30/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on October 6 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Scott McFarland, the Director of National Service for Lead for America, who will present his proposal for a background-check “passport“ system to facilitate volunteerism in Cook County.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

09/29/2022

09/01/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

September 1st Meeting, 4-6pm via Zoom

08/26/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on September 1 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Ameya Pawar, former Chicago Alderman and Senior Adviser to the First Midwest Group, and Paul Williams, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Public Enterprise, who will propose how Cook County, which owns and operates one of the largest health systems in the country, can bring this same successful model to grocery stores, pharmacies, banking, housing, and energy.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.

https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

08/25/2022

08/04/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

07/29/2022

How Irrevocable Trusts Can Help NFL Owners and You!

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07/28/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on August 4 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Prof. Ishanu Chattopadhyay at University Of Chicago Medicine who will propose how Cook County’s policymakers can leverage artificial intelligence to better understand patterns of crime and thereby improve the quality of their decisions for the public good.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

07/07/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation July Meeting

07/01/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live on Thursday, July 7, at 4 p.m. when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Jens Ludwig, the Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, who will offer his actionable policy recommendation, based on behavioral science, to cost-effectively reduce the County’s unacceptably high rates of gun violence and of incarceration.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

06/02/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation June Meeting

05/31/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live this Thursday, June 2, at 4 p.m. when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Reggie Greenwood, the Director of the Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation, who will offer his actionable policy recommendations which would empower Cook County to seize the opportunity to become the “Silicon Valley of the Electric Vehicle Industry.”

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.

https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

05/31/2022

05/06/2022

Civic Engagement Is Good for Business!

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05/05/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

04/28/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on May 5 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Daniel Biss, the Mayor of Evanston, the first city in the nation to have enacted reparations legislation, and Robin Rue Simmons, the Executive Director of FirstRepair, who will offer their actionable policy recommendations about how Cook County might approach reparations.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

04/28/2022

04/12/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

04/07/2022

Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

04/04/2022

Please join us for a Facebook Live at 4 p.m. on April 7 when the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation will meet virtually to hear testimony from Mark Elsdon, a Master of Divinity and an expert in church property development. He will identify ways in which the County might help facilitate the repurposing of underutilized church property for the public good.

Visit the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation's page (linked below) at the time of the event to join the live stream.
https://www.facebook.com/cookcountymission/

04/01/2022

The Lane Report, April 2022

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03/25/2022

03/18/2022

The Lane Report, March 2022

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03/03/2022

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Cook County Commission on Social Innovation- March 2022 Meeting

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Capital way to end 2019 Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Month and Cook County Urban Fine Arts Month Thursday at Powderhorn Lake in suburban Burnham with DJ Titan accompanying the footwork and other hip-hop dance and acoustic West African instrumentation to capoeira at the very first Teen Exploration Day Hip-Hop. Pavilion partner Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago helped everyone from their tent to MWRD's pharmaceutical drop-off program to assure an untainted potable Lake Michigan water supply.

Chicago Urban Fine Arts Commonwealth went into July 13-Aug. 1 after getting the Cook County Urban Fine Arts Month and 606 Chicago 20th anniversary resolutions approved and presented at the Cook County Board of Commissioners consent calendar meeting.

During the observances, CUFAC's autonomous child organization Chicago Film Action Board began chiseling out its 2020 agenda during an annual caucus at Northeastern Illinois University's North Park campus that NEIU Rotaract Club sponsored and staged and filmed the Pagaent of Cook County History re-enactments at Kickapoo Woods in southwest suburban Riverdale depicting Jean Baptiste Point du Sable and his Potowatami wife Kitihawa, Mary Jane Richardson Jones and Susan B. Anthony and Frederick B. Douglass.

CUFAC also successfully petitioned for approval and presentation of the Foreign Exchange World Music party 20th anniversary resolution at the Cook County Board's consent calendar meeting and delivered annual Cook County Urban Fine Arts Month addresses before the board and the open soapbox of the Bughouse Sq. Debates at Washington Sq. Park.

Special thanks to. Titan (Maurice Davis), MC Zulu (Dominique Rowland) of Boutique Network, Tommy Sigmon and Sarah Falkiner of Chicago Screenwriters Network, U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy"Garcia (D-Chicago), Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President Pro Tempore and Commissioner Deborah Sims (D-Chicago), Cook County Commissioners Dennis Deer (D- Chicago) and Alma Anaya (D-Chicago), Cook County Innovation Commission Vice Chair Marc Lane, Cook County Forest Preserve District top brass Cynthia Moreno, Jacqui Ulrich, Alfred Saucedo of MWRD, Torrence Smith of "Eye On Chi"/Bird's Eye View Productions and Arnold Randall and Rujanee Mahakanjana of Nebula Creatives.

On to a final cut of the filmed Kickapoo Woods re-enactments, status reports to the Cook County Board and Cook County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners, more sustainable civic engagement projects with Cook County and energy civic engagement projects with the city of Chicago, especially through the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Chicago Park District.

Preproduction done, principal production wrapped and on to a postproduction rough cut and final cut for Chicago Film Action Board:s Pageant of Black Cook County History re-enactment shoot in Cook County Forest Preserve District's Kickapoo Woods in southwest suburban Riverdale.

Jean Paul Baptiste Point du Sable, Kitihawa (Catherine), Charles/Trapper/Voyageur and Mary Jane Richardson Jones re-enactment screenplays by Sarah Falkiner. Frederick B. Douglass and Young Man re-enactment screenplay by Tommy Sigmon.

The filmed re-enactments reflect a civic engaging partnership CFAB, the Cook County Social Innovation Commission, Cook County Board of Commissioners and Cook County Forest Preserve District especially supported by board President Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Commissioner and board President Pro Tempore Deborah Sims (D-Chicago), Cook County Commissioners Dennis Deer (D-Chicago) and Alma Anaya (D-Chicago) and launched by U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (D-Chicago) when he was chair of the Cook County Social Innovation Commission chair and nurtured by commission Vice Chair, attorney and social innovation expert Marc Lane.

The re-enactments are also among the official events Cook County is supporting for 2019 Cook County Urban Fine Arts Month and Chicago Hip-Hop Heritage Month.

Other special thanks to Nebula Creatives, Boutique Branding Network, Bird's Eye View Productions and the Chicago Urban Fine Arts Commonwealth.

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We back! August 10th, 2019!
Thank you all that have continued to support, and to all those who have reached out to us. We're so excited to partner up with Marz Community Brewing and Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL 60608, for our next . New venue, bigger space, but we haven't forgotten what makes Chiquita Maquinita so magical, so special, so important, so original. YOU! The , the video content creators, the , the , the music video creators, all the , we do this for you! There is no other night like this in .

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First come first screen. Submit your short film/video/animation today at ChiquitaMaquinita.org

Annual Chicago Film Action Board Caucus, 1-4 p.m. Sat., Jul. 13, at Northeastern Illinois University, North Park Campus, L**h Walesa Hall, LWH 1001, 5550 N. St. Louis Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.

Greater Chicagoland's world-class independent film industry as a deliberative body shall shape and define its business and economic development policy goals during a panel discussion and select film screenings.

End of year report and hearing, chaired by CFAB Co-Secretary Mark F. Armstrong, shall detail CFAB's accomplishments in it's first year of existence ranging from its "We Ain't Your First Damn Archivists" protest flier campaign to it's flourishing independent film business and economic development initiative with the Cook County Social Innovation Commission and Cook County Forest Preserve District in cooperation with the Cook County Board of Commissioners Business and Economic Development Committee.

CFAB chair Rujanee Mahakanjana and CFAB vice chair Tommy Sigmon will co-moderate the open discussion on making Illinois viable for Greater Chicagoland's independent filmmakers, accompanied by film screenings partly selected by A Chiquita Maquinita. CFAB co-secretary Mr. Armstrong shall also moderate the caucus.

The event is sponsored by the NEIU Rotaract Club.

A wonderful opportunity for film and business students to learn about the motion picture industry off the set and off the red carpet and how to run a business meeting according to parliamentaty procedure.

Contact [email protected] for more info or to RSVP.