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Welcome, CCI's New Senior Program Officer, AmbitioUS !
Andrea Yarbrough (she/her) is a social practice artist, cultural worker, and organizer born and raised on Chicago’s South Side. She stewards the creative placekeeping initiative in c/o: Black women, which advances a Black feminist praxis of creating sites of care through witnessing, relationship-building, and collective action. Her practice transforms everyday materials into art objects while creating spaces for care, connection, and collective imagining.
Before joining CCI as Senior Program Officer, AmbitioUS, Andrea spent more than a decade working across nonprofit and higher education institutions, providing technical assistance to small business owners and nonprofit leaders, supporting high school students and adults interested in the arts, and helping build pathways toward sustainable careers. She holds an M.A. in Museum and Exhibition Studies from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Andrea is a worker-owner at Cooperation Racine, where she supports cultural workers on Chicago’s South Side. She also serves on the board of Crossroads Fund and is a member of the core organizing team of the Chicago Black Voter Project. In her free time, you can find her foraging in an urban garden or at a local hot yoga studio.
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