Chicago Network for Justice & Peace

About the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace

The Chicago Network for Justice and Peace assists individuals and organizations in their efforts to promote literacy and the use of the literary arts for creating effective communication between and among cultures and groups within cultures; in doing so, we seek to foster community building and the common cause for justice and peace.

To fulfill its mission, CNJP supports:

• Volunteer tutoring programs in schools;
• Cross cultural literary conferences;
• Collaboration with International PEN’s International Women Writers Committee, Linguistic Rights Committee, Freedom to Write & Writers in Prison Committee;
• Library development;
• Collaborative publication projects;
• Literacy programs;
• Collaborative artistic projects involving the literary arts;

To view the current list of projects, please see our Service Program.

Status
The Chicago Network for Justice and Peace is incorporated in the State of Illinois by the Secretary of State as an Illinois Not For Profit Corporation. It is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of the County of Cook of the State of Illinois as a Not For Profit Corporation; and it is registered as a Charitable Organization with the Attorney General of the State of Illinois.

CHICAGO NETWORK doing business as CHICAGO NETWORK FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE {CNJP| is a 501 c3 not for profit educational organization.  CNJP is recognized by the IRS and registered with the State of Illinois and the County of Cook.  Our tax ID number is: 36-4306019.  Accordingly, your donations may be tax deductable as permitted by IRS codes.

Board of Directors

Nicholas Patricca, Ph.D. (President), Professor Emeritus, Loyola University, Chicago.

G. Dennis Conroy (Vice-president), Consultant. Retired: Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago.

Lucina T. Kathmann (Secretary/Treasurer), International Vice President Emerita, PEN International, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.

James Cascaito, Ph.D. (Commissioner for Linguistic Rights), Poet and Translator, Retired: Chairperson, Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures, FIT/SUNY, New York City.

Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.

Martha Neira, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.. Consultant, Retired: Department of Children and Family Services, State of Illinois, Chicago.

Janet Sisler, M.A., M.Ed., Retired: Vice President Mission Integration, Loyola University Chicago.

Webmaster
Jeff Wheeler, Los Angeles, CA.

Legal Consultant
Jeanne M. Miller at Law Office of Jeanne M. Miller, LLC, McHenry, IL.