VIDEO LIBRARY

Chicago United Conference and Corporate Diversity Profile in the News
Broadcast Date: December 7, 2008

Emmy Award Winning Anchor Ravi Baichwal of ABC7 News served as the emcee for the Changing Color of Leadership Luncheon on December 4, 2008. He covered The Chicago United luncheon, our Corporate Diversity Profile and two of our members, Maria Prado and Al Grace in a segment that aired on the 10 p.m. news Sunday, December 7.

<View the ABC 7 News Story Produced by Ravi Baichwal>

Changing Color of Leadership Conference and 40th Anniversary Gala Discussed on Chicagoing
Broadcast Date: November 2, 2008

Gloria Castillo and Mike Lewis discussed Chicago United’s 5th Annual Changing Color of Leadership Conference and 40th Anniversary Gala on Chicagoing, on ABC Channel 7, Sunday, November 2.

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Video Discusses How Organizations are Retaining and Developing Talent through BoardLink

Chicago United produced a video that describes the value and benefits received by the stakeholders using BoardLink. Through BoardLink, corporations are provided a vehicle for communicating to employees that they are seen as emerging leaders inside their organization and emerging leaders gain access to opportunities to develop skills that will expand their managerial experience and build business networks. BoardLink also enables leading non-profit organizations to more easily engage Chicago’s leaders of color in places where they can impact the organization’s mission.

BoardLink is an electronic referral source where leaders of color looking for board opportunities can post their availability and non-profit organizations in search of racially/ethnically diverse board members can post their openings. Both groups have access to search listings, share information, and make a connection. BoardLink addresses an elusive challenge in the community. There is currently no similar referral source available to the city’s non-profit sector.

<View the BoardLink Video>

DiversityInc Features Video of Gloria Castillo Discussing Chicago United
Posted: July 7, 2008

Video featured on the DiversityInc website includes Gloria Castillo talking with Laura LeBlanc about Chicago United and the value that diverse business relationships and points of view bring to business.

<Advice for Developing Leaders of Color>

Chicago United’s Five Forward and Members Skogsbergh, DeSantiago and Wedgeworth featured on Chicago Tonight on WTTW

WTTW’s Chicago Tonight show featured Chicago United, the Five Forward Initiative and Chicago United members Mike DeSantiago of Primera Engineers, Chicago United Chairman Jim Skogsbergh of Advocate Health Care and Pam Wedgeworth of Wedgeworth Communications on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Five Forward is a strategic initiative that enlists the commitment of CEOs of mid- to large-sized corporations in the Chicago metropolitan area to establish or expand business relationships with five current and/or new local minority firms. The initiative is designed to build a stronger regional economy and minority businesses of scale.

<View the WTTW's Chicago Tonight featuring Five Forward>

WLS-TV ABC 7 News Views Show
Broadcast Date: May 18, 2008

The momentum around the Chicago United Five Forward Initiative continues as M. Bridget Reidy, Chief Supply Officer of Exelon's Business Services Company, and Al Grace, Jr., co-founder and President of Loop Capital Markets, discuss Five Forward. Five Forward is a strategic initiative that enlists the commitment of CEOs of mid- to large-sized corporations in the Chicago metropolitan area to establish or expand business relationships with five current and/or new local minority firms. The initiative is designed to build a stronger regional economy and minority businesses of scale.

<View the WLS-TV ABC 7 News Views featuring Five Forward>

Chicagoing with Bill Campbell, ABC 7 Chicago
Broadcast Date: September 30, 2007

Chicagoing, a local program hosted by Emmy Award winning host Bill Campbell, hosted Chicago United’s President, Gloria Castillo, for a conversation surrounding the 2007 Business Leaders of Color publication and Changing Color of Leadership Conference (CCLC). Joining the discussion were Andrés Tapia, a member of Chicago United’s Leaders Council and a 2007 Business Leaders of Color honoree and Debra Jennings-Johnson also a member of Chicago United Leaders Council representing the Changing Color of Leadership Conference’s Presenting Sponsor BP.

<View Chicagoing with Bill Campbell, ABC 7 Chicago, September 30, 2007>

Aging and the Chicago Economy: Demographic Challenges and Opportunities 2008-2070
An Evening with Professor Geoffrey Hewings, Director of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory - Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois
Event Date: September 19, 2007

The internationally recognized professor discussed Immigration, Aging and the Chicago Economy: Demographic Challenges and Opportunities 2008-2070.

Immigration now accounts for 0.6% of the Chicago region’s annual population growth. Latino and African American populations comprise 25% of the region’s population and are the source of most of the demographic changes. Immigration yields an instantaneous impact on the economy but many misconceptions dominate the public discourse. Professor Hewings presents information to help us explore the critical questions:

• Is there evidence to refute misconceptions and to explore the positive roles of immigration?
• By 2020 between 9-10% of the region’s population will be over 65, what would be the impact with and without immigration?
• What should we invest now to ensure the continued growth and development of the region over the next 30 years?

By making a strong fact-based case for economic inclusion, Hewings points out specific benefits of and strategies for our city to offset the nation’s aging workforce by continuing our efforts to integrate our ethnic and immigrant communities into our workforce.

<View Immigration, Aging and the Chicago Economy: Demographic Challenges and Opportunities 2008-2070
by Geoffrey Hewings>