Midwest Modern Language Association 2025
CCAC Director presented Remembering my Whole Self: Pedagogies of Respect and Resistance at Cook County Jail at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference Prison Poetry and Performance Section, November 18, 2025, at Marquette University.
McCormick Theological Seminary "Heartwork Rising"
In October 2022, CCAC Director Jane Sawyer spoke at the McCormick Theological Seminary conference "Heartwork Rising: The Work of Educating and Equipping Leaders for Trauma Healing," on trauma informed methods of teaching system-involved and detained persons.
Changing Worlds Grant
Chosen Generation Dance Ministry
Cook County Arts Collective is privileged to collaborate with The Chosen Generation Dance Ministry. In addition to their regular appearances, the dancers will be performing as members of the Cook County Arts Collective at Grace House in the coming months.
The Chosen Generation Dance Ministry trains, worships and performs regularly at Progressive Community Church, 56 E 48th Street, in Chicago..