The brainchild of Alexandra Sims, president and founder of APS & Associates, community organizer Ronnie Mosley and Jonathan Swain, a Chicago Board of Elections commissioner and president of the mentorship nonprofit LINK Unlimited Scholars, Black Bench will educate more than two dozen Chicagoans over the course of six months on legislative processes, special interests, the history of Black organizing in Chicago, and campaigns and budgets, among other topics, Swain said. Experts will lead discussions over Zoom with participants in a collaborative format every Saturday beginning this month.
Black Bench Chicago is creating a talent pipeline of young Black leaders in public affairs. Meet the 1st cohort.
