eChicago: Cybernavigating Our Cultures
The third eChicago Symposium took place April 2-3, 2009 at Dominican University. This year's symposium featured panelists included The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation's (GADC) Ernest Sanders and Edge Technological Resources' (ETR) Norma Sanders (also the Southwest Smart Communities Program Manager for Auburn Gresham, Chicago Lawn, and Englewood). Both panelists spoke on the current partnership with the City of Chicago, Local Initiatives Support Corporatio of Chicago (LISC/Chicago) and their current efforts to bring "digital excellence" to Auburn Gresham, Chicago Lawn, and Englewood. To read more about the 2009 symposium, click on the links below.
• eChicago 2009 program
• eChicago 2009 poster
• eChicago 2009 video archive (Featuring Matthew Guilford with City of Chicago, Ernest and Norma Sanders with GADC, Elvia Rodriguez with Pros Art Studio, Andrew Pincon with Digital Workforce Education Society, Licia Knight with One Economy, and Jon Gant from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.) Please click "101 + Events" tab, then the links listed under April 2- 3, 2009.)
Co-chairs, Kate Williams (katewill@illinois.edu) and Chris Hagar (chagar@dom.edu). We thank the Institute for Museum and Library Services for their support, the Skokie Public Library for their collaborative partnership, and the Digital Workforce Education Society at West Side Technical Institute for webstreaming.