Listen
to 720 WGN Saturday, August 13, 10-11 p.m., for a
special presentation, "Focus on the Future: Educating Chicago's Neediest
Kids", hosted by John Williams. This one-hour program features an in-depth
conversation on youth education issues in Chicago featuring Dr.
Charles Payne, Professor in the School of Social Service Administration
at the University of Chicago and an affiliate of the Urban
Education Institute; Jeff Nelson, Co-Founder and CEO of Urban
Students Empowered, a current Neediest Kids Fund grantee; and Lesley Kennedy,
Program Officer with the Robert
R. McCormick Foundation and former Executive Director of Chicago Girls Coalition.
Learn from these leading education advocates about the challenges facing at-risk
youth in Chicagoland and the programs being developed to make a difference.
Hear
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To learn more about the WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund and how you can help, please click here.
