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November 4, 2025

826CHI Seeks New Board Members!

AGENCY: 826CHI

MISSION: Operation Published Author

OBJECTIVE: To empower every student in Chicago to become a published author.

Attention, agents of change! 826CHI is seeking highly qualified individuals for a mission of the utmost importance: to join our Board of Directors or Associate Board.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves high-level strategy, deep-cover community engagement, and the thrill of helping young operatives become published authors. We're looking for agents with a diverse skill set to help us activate the hearts and minds of Chicago's aspiring student authors, one story or poem at a time.

OPERATIVE QUALIFICATIONS:

Our ideal candidates will possess the following qualifications:

  • The ability to blend seamlessly into board meetings and committee work for a few hours each month, providing invaluable strategic guidance without raising suspicion.
  • A knack for procuring financial resources through a combination of personal contributions, a network of well-placed assets and creative fundraising concepts. This financial firepower will help ensure we can fulfill our mission.  
  • An unwavering dedication to our core objective: to deliver high-quality writing and publishing programs to Chicago's youngest secret agents. making every Chicago student a published author. Your passion is the most advanced gadget.

If you have what it takes to join our elite leadership unit and help us write the next chapter of 826CHI's story, we want to hear from you.  

TO ACCEPT THIS MISSION:

This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Just kidding. But the opportunity to make a difference is real. Please contact 826CHI’s board chair Larry Griffin (lgriffin@gmail.com) if you are interested or have any questions.  

826CHI: The world of student writing needs leaders like you. Will you accept the call?