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.
CCDOC IL-CHEP
Since August 2024 CCAC has represented City Colleges of Chicago HW dance department on the CCDOC IL-CHEP Subcommittee in pursuit of coordinated pathways for degree seeking students at the Cook County Department of Corrections.
Midwest Modern Language Association 2023
CCAC Director Jane Sawyer presented Claiming Incarcerated Spaces for Performing Arts: The Cook County Arts Collective at the Prison Poetry and Performance section of the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 4, 2023.
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..