Principal Investigators
Alida Bouris
Melissa Gilliam

Transmedia Story Lab Co-founders
Alida Bouris
Patrick Jagoda
Melissa Gilliam

Community Partners
Marvinetta Penn, Global Girls
Erik Glenn, Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus
Ladawn Norwood and Sandy Almedya, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

Youth Advisors (participants in the first July workshop)
Alexandria Brock
Deontae Chambers
Nailah Harris
A’jua Pryor
JaJuan Roberson
Ava Saunders
Aaron Talley
Rommell Tate

Ci3 Staff who Worked on South Side Stories
Ragnar Anderson
Amanda Dittami
Lee Hasselbacher
Angela Heimburger
Luciana Herbert
Brandon Hill
Seed Lynn
Sarah Orzalli
Ashlyn Sparrow
Lauren Whalen

Ford Graduate Student Scholars
Sameena Azhar
Emily Bartlett
Lisa Butler
Keith Green
Keshia Harris
Ryan Heath
Caroline Kuhn

South Side Stories was made possible through support from the Ford Foundation.