CTCNet Chicago is a coalition of local community technology centers, technology-focused community-based organizations and advocates who share the vision of CTCNet (www.ctcnet.org), our founding organization, of a society in which all people are equitably empowered by technology skills and services.

Our Mission
CTCNet Chicago brings together agencies and communities that provide opportunities whereby people of all ages, who typically lack access and understanding of the relevance of computers and related technologies, can learn to use these technologies in an environment that encourages exploration and discovery. Through this experience, disadvantaged individuals will be able to develop self-confidence, personal and work skills, and to become creators as well as consumers of technology.

Our Vision
CTCNet Chicago will be a leading advocate of equitable access to computers, related technologies, and resource distribution. It will invite, initiate and actively encourage partnerships and collaborations with individuals and organizations that offer resources in support of its mission. And, it will strive, in every arena, to bring about universal technological enfranchisement.

Our Collective Impact
CTCNet Chicago member organizations provide disadvantaged individuals access to technology and technology training through programs and services that aim to:

• Build community residents’ computer literacy
• Create Internet content and technology-based art
• Help at-risk youth disadvantaged and adults build critical thinking skills by enhancing public education programs
• Facilitate job-readiness and technology job skills
• Afford information access via the Internet
• Improve quality of life for residents of low-income communities through active participation in the digital revolution

CTCNet Chicago Board of Directors

For more information about CTCNet Chicago, please contact 
Michael Maranda,
Executive Director
mmaranda@afcn.org,
773-456-7737
4859 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615-1008

President: Theresa Riley, Center for New Horizons
Vice President: Rivka Sandarangani, Street Level Youth Media
Treasurer : Gideon Jesionowski, Coalition of African, Asian, European, and Latino Immigrants
Assistant Treasurer: Sandee Kastrul, i.c. stars
Secretary: Laura Pleasants
Assistant Secretary: Nicole Friedman, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Board Members:
Jim Craner, NPOTechs Byron Espinosa, Erie Neighborhood House
Bruce Montgomery, Black Data Processors Association
Nicol Turner-Lee, Neighborhood Technology Resource Center
Chad Williams, Alternatives, Inc.
Tanya Williams, Lutheran Family Mission
David Wu, Pui Tak Center