In The News

Please check back often for the most up-to-date US Empowered news.

• "We're looking for outcomes," says A Better Chicago
  Chicago Tribune
  December 4, 2011
  
  
• A Better Chicago announces $125,000 grant to Urban Students Empowered
  November 9, 2011
  
  
• Former Supreme Court justice now pushing education
  Chicago Tribune
  October 15, 2011
  
  
• Raise the bar to college persistence, not just college-going
  Catalyst-Chicago
  October 10, 2011
  
  
• Social entrepreneurs hope to inspire others at Chicago Ideas Week kickoff
  Chicago Tribune
  October 10, 2011
  
  
• Students who 'want to have a future' take first steps
  Chicago Tribune
  September 18, 2011
  
  
• Chicago Ideas Week Awards US Empowered with Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship
  September 2011
  
  
• Technology entrepreneurs are bringing some new energy to Chicago's philanthropic scene—and targeting their giving toward education
  Crain's Chicago Business
  August 15, 2011
  Interview with Kevin Willer, US Empowered Board Member, President & CEO of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, and Co-Founder of Google Inc.'s Chicago office
  
  
• Focus on the Future: Educating Chicago's Neediest Kids
  WGN-AM 720
  July 30 and August 13, 2011
  John Williams hosts a roundtable discussion featuring Jeff Nelson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of US Empowered
  
  
• A Matter of Degrees
  One Day, Teach For America Alumni Magazine
  Spring 2011
  
  
• 40 Under 40: Making a Difference in Chicago
  Crain's Chicago Business
  October 2010
  US Empowered Board Member and Co-Founder Eddie Lou named Crain's 40 Under 40
  
  

• Chicago Student Wins Scholarship To Go All The Way
  National Public Radio
  September 3, 2010
  Corey Hardiman, US Empowered Fellow, is also featured in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Defender. 

• NBA Star Dwyane Wade plays a basketball game for US Empowered. 
  Wade led a five-on-five game with US Empowered supporters and alumni, and four of President Obama's closest friends. 
  USA Today
  August 14, 2010  
  All AP photos are available here. More than 15 news websites around the country posted these photos, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, ESPN and CBS Sports.   
  
  
• Garry Meier talks with Jeff Nelson of Urban Students Empowered
  The Garry Meier Show, WGN-AM
  July 20, 2010
  
  
• Nonprofit turns students into stars
  Chicago Tribune
  July 9, 2010