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312-804-3230

[email protected]

www.tresser.com

www.tifreports.com

www.wearenotbroke.us

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Tom’s background…

ACTOR

INTERNET MARKETER

COMMUNITY DEVELOPER

PRODUCER

EDUCATOR“The Artist As Activist” –

DePaul Art Department

EXEC ED DESIGNER/

FACILITATOR

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The Basics• Born in New York City • Came to IL in 1980 to be member of the

Illinois Shakespeare Festival• Self-styled “Public Defender”• Started or led 14 nonprofit enterprises• Hobbies: history, politics, photography, travel, volleyball, science fiction• Married 25 years, Merle Green

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Other Classes I teach…“Nonprofit Organizations” & ““Nonprofit Advocacy”

Adler University

“Community Organizing” Roosevelt University

“Nonprofit Management” Loyola Graduate School of Social Work

“Nonprofits & Civic Engagement”“Public Policy Advocacy for Nonprofits”

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Continuing Studies

“Got Creativity – Strategies & Tools for the Next Economy”“How To Be A Social Change Agent”

IIT Stuart School of Business

“The Artist as Activist” Loyola Theater DepartmentDePaul Art Department

“Acting Up – Using Theater & Technology for Social Change”

DePaul School for New Learning – Distance Learning Program

“Tools & Techniques for Creative Leaders”

Illinois Institute of Technology

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Nonprofit efforts I’ve started or led• New York Science Fiction Film Society*• The Free Shakespeare Company*• Pegasus Players+• Peoples Housing Community Arts Program*• 42nd Ward Citizens for a Better Future*• Greater Chicago Citizens for the Arts*• Douglas Park Community Cultural Center*• The Creative America Project*• Protect Our Parks*• No Games Chicago*• Protect Our Public Assets*• The CivicLab*• The TIF Illumination Project*• “Chicago Is Not Broke” Book Project*

* = started from scratch+ = led already existing org.

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Recent Civic Projects

www.wearenotbroke.org

www.nogameschicago.com

www.civiclab.us

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Coming this summer…

www.public-defender.us

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Global Cardboard Challenge

Building hydroponic growing kits!Working @ The Lab…

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Low Wage Experience

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Newspaper route in high school, Smithtown NY 1967

Hungry Charley’s, Harvard yard, 1972

Nude model for painting classes, Chicago, 1980, $5/hour

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Strange but true…• I used to be a hippie! (1970)