1871 member BallotReady helps voters make informed decisions by providing free, non-partisan background information on every candidate and referendum on a voter’s ballot. Ahead of the Illinois primary elections, we sat down with them to find out more about how they're increasing voter awareness and engagement:

1871 member Yolobe visited the White House last week for the Summer Opportunity Workshop and Champions of Change event. We sat down with Yolobe to learn more about this great opportunity.

1871 today announced the eighteen members (representing thirteen businesses) of the second class of WiSTEM, a first of its kind program designed to foster opportunities for women in technology. The new members will begin the WiSTEM curriculum next week and will join an initial network of thirteen women entrepreneurs from the first WiSTEM cohort, which completed programming earlier this year. WiSTEM is part of Google for Entrepreneurs’ #40Forward initiative, and is also supported by the Lefkofsky Family Foundation, the Motorola Mobility Foundation, Katrina Markoff, and AT&T.

It’s been an amazing two years since Anyone Can Learn To Code was founded, right here at 1871. Since then, we’ve graduated dozens of new developers over five cohorts in Chicago, and even expanded to San Francisco in late 2015. This year holds even more great things in store, which we can’t wait to announce over the coming weeks. At our two-year anniversary, we want to take a look back at what we and our developer graduates have accomplished.

First Of Its Kind Cybersecurity Training Academy Will Address Serious Talent Shortage Affecting Our Privacy, Business and National Critical Infrastructure.

1871 Member Companies Now Able to Offer Student Loan Repayment as Benefit to Employees; Announcement Follows Launch of 1871 Health and Benefits Exchange

Our “Mentoring @1871” interview series will  feature 1871 community members who have made a valuable contribution to our network. The new interview initiative is a collection of stories, stories that highlight what Chicago leaders have gained by participating in the 1871 mentorship program.

An interesting report from Gallup raises the stakes for innovation in customer engagement—just as an interesting new event from the Chicago American Marketing Association is about to present new perspectives on how to truly engage (Feb. 23 at 1871).

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