RESOLUTION
Congratulations extended to Nancy Aardema on retirement as Executive Director of the Logan Square
Neighborhood Association.
WHEREAS, Nancy Aardema has announced her retirement as Executive Director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA); and
WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of her retirement by the Aldermen representing Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood: Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35), Alderman Daniel La Spata (1), Alderman Roberto Maldonado (26), Alderman Ariel Reboyras (30), Alderman Felix Cardona, Jr. (31), Alderman Scott Waguespack (32), and Alderman Rossana Rodriguez (33); and
WHEREAS, Nancy Aardema has been committed to serving the community of Logan Square, helping working class families, primarily longtime Latinx residents and immigrant communities ofthe Northwest Side since 1987 when she started serving as Executive Director of LSNA; and
WHEREAS, Since taking over, Nancy helped orient LSNA into a more pro-immigrant, pro-Latinx, social justice focused organization, recruiting Latinx people into leadership and staff positions, working on issues that Latinx members want to work on, and making sure that all meetings be held in both Spanish and English. Nancy rebuilt LSNA from the ground up, expanding the geographical boundaries of LSNA's activities, recruiting social service groups to serve as institutional members, and identifying Latinx leaders and empowering them within LSNA; and
WHEREAS, In the early 2000s, Nancy also helped expand LSNA's focus to include education and local school improvement. Nancy and her staff created the nationally-acclaimed Parent Mentors Program within most of the local elementary and high schools in the Logan Square area. That program continues to bring out many local school parents to become more involved in the community, work within the schools as volunteers, and to participate within LSNA; and
WHEREAS, Since 2010, LSNA has been spearheading many efforts to fight against the ...
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