On March 16, Chicago Career Tech (CCT) was awarded Lumity's Public Service Technology Leadership Award for its efforts to address the needs of Chicago's 30,000 unemployed middle class residents. Lumity established the award in 2010 to recognize individuals or organizations that demonstrate a commitment and action for advancing communities through the use of technology.

"We recognize the outcomes of this program are in its infancy compared to what the long-term impact will be for Chicago," said Kara Kennedy, Executive Director of Lumity.

  

CCT was launched last year with support from Civic Consulting Alliance and our partners. CCT is a career training program that has been recognized nationally for its innovative approach to integrating employers throughout the program, and for helping displaced middle class residents who have been impacted by the recession. 

"This has been one of the most rewarding projects of my legal career," said Joe Seliga, a Partner at Mayer Brown who helped launch CCT through his pro bono work with Civic Consulting Alliance. "It has paired incredibly challenging legal work together with an extremely fulfilling result. I know that our work has had a real impact on the lives of the participants in the program, who have been able to develop new skills, support their families, and seek employment in areas of growing demand." 

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