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NLEN is frequently the topic of discussion in the news and other media. Below are clippings from various print media, audio clips from radio interviews and links to online articles.

2011:

O’Hare is World’s Buzziest Airport: Sweet Beginnings aviation apiaries raises bees and hope.
November, 2011

Nonprofits get innovative to find financing
November, 2011

AAAE, Chicago Aviation Department Host Conference
November, 2011

Press Release: Gospel Great Vickie Winans To Grace 2011 WOW Women International Conference
November, 2011

O'Hare World's Buzziest Airport: Sweet Beginnings aviation apiary raises bees and hope
November, 2011

O'Hare World's Buzziest Airport: Sweet Beginnings aviation apiary raises bees and hope
September, 2011

Sweet Beginnings Feature on Whole Foods National Website
September, 2011

Creating a Buzz with Honey and Green Jobs
August, 2011

On Good Beehaviour
August, 2011

Bees have a home at Chicago airport
August, 2011

At O'Hare Airport, Unused Land Is Going to the Bees
August, 2011

Airport beekeeping project is a win-win-win
August, 2011

O'Hare Airport buzzing over honey bees
August, 2011

Tonya Francisco reports on NLEN and Sweet Beginnings
August, 2011

U-Turn Permitted Program Manager Coretta Rivers and NLEN Client Success Story Saulman Brooks discussed unemployment on My50 Chicago’s “Perspectives”
June, 2011

ABC 7 Chicago featured the new Sweet Beginnings Apiary at O’Hare Airport
June, 2011

ABC 7 Interview with NLEN Executive Director Brenda Palms Barber, and Sixth Annual Sweet Beginnings Tea Keynote Speaker Majora Carter.
February, 2011

2010:

NLEN Selected as 2010 Count on COUNTRY Financial Grant Recipient
2010

NLEN was chosen by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) as a Social Innovation Fund grant recipient.
December, 2010

Sweet Beginnings and NLEN were featured on The Promised Land, a syndicated radio show. Take a listen.
The Promised Land
November, 2010

Sweet Beginnings and Brenda Palms-Barber featured in Majora Carter TED Talk local eco-entrepreneurship.
TED
September, 2010

This article in Urban Farm magazine details the efforts of Sweet Beginnings to make a lasting impact on the community of North Lawndale.
Urban Farm Magazine
September, 2010

NLEN Mentioned In the Latest Issue of Urban Influence Magazine!
Urban Influence Magazine
Summer 2010 Issue

Illinois Groups Win Grants to Promote Racial Healing
Chicago Tribune
May 16, 2010

Project Examines Impact of Racial Inequity
Chicago Sun Times
May 12, 2010

Find Out Why BuzzFlash Supports Sweet Beginnings, Where Honeybees Create Second Chances for Economically Marginalized Chicagoans
>>watch<< the video
May 5, 2010

Interview of Brenda Palms Barber CEO, North Lawndale Employment Network (Chicago, IL
Interviewed by Steve Dubb, Research Director, The Democracy Collaborative and Community-Wealth.org
March 2010

40 People Who are Redefining Green: Brenda Palms Barber
by Grist.org
Grist Magazine
April 22, 2010

Growing Urban Success Stories
by Brad Moldofsky
The Local Beet
March 16, 2010

2009:

Brenda Palms-Barber Receives Chicago Magazine's Green Award
Chicago Magazine

Nonprofit Groups Spin Off Green Ventures
by Liz Galst
New York Times
October 28, 2009

West Side Company Reaps Sweet Rewards
by ABC 7 News
April 21, 2009

The Story with Dick Gordon on NPR, Episode 757 - Detroit Currency
35 minute audio clip by TheStory.org

“A New Beginning”, nextTV, Episode 3
Video by nextTV

The Beekeepers Video
by CBS News

2008:

North Lawndale Employment Network and Sweet Beginnings llc
Host a Special Private Screening of The Secret Life of Bees

by Redessa Harris, Redessa Harris & Associates
Public Relations Consultants
October 2008

North Lawndale Employment Network Hosts 3rd Annual Sweet Beginnings Tea to Benefit Westside Employment Programs
by Redessa Harris, Redessa Harris & Associates
Public Relations Consultants
February 2008

"Street life pulls beekeepers away from sweet life"
by Louise Kiernan, Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune
January 06, 2008

2007:

"The Beekeepers"
by Louise Kiernan, Tribune staff reporter
Photography by Jose M. Osorio
Video by Christopher Booker
Chicago Tribune
October 2007

"Sweet Beginnings: How Work Can Work"
by Jim Wallis
The Huffington Post
August 15, 2007

"Bees Give Ex-Convicts A Second Chance"
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
CBS
July 18, 2007

"Four Faith Based Organizations Honored For Outstanding Community Development"
ShoreBank Community Impact Awards
eBusiness News
May 24, 2007

"Recipe for Success - Charity hopes new plan will improve its honey business"
by Nicole Wallace
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
January 11, 2007

2006:

"Burt's Bees Ain't Got Nothin' on This Operation"
by Jocelyn Geboy
Chicagoist
September 26, 2006

"Honey helps employment program net $400K grant"
by Francine Knowles, Business Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
October 5, 2006

"Chicago program offers ex-convicts a sweet chance at a new life"
By Tara Burghart, Associated Press Writer
Chicago Tribune
September 24, 2006

"Beyond geniuses, MacArthur awards small non-profits"
by Charles Storch, Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune
August 24, 2006

"MacArthur Foundation Announces First Winners Of New Creativity Award For Small Nonprofits"
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation News
August 24, 2006
More information is available on the Foundation's website


"Brenda Palms Barber, NLEN on MacArthur Award"
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Video
2006

"MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, 2006"
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2006

"MacArthur Foundation targets small non-profits"
by Charles Storch, Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune
June 23, 2006

"Boeing-Sponsored Fund-Raiser Helps Nonprofit Expand Employment Program"
Boeing Newsletter
March 8, 2006

"Savings proposals provide incentive for improvement"
by Janet Kidd Stewart
Chicago Tribune
March 5, 2006

"City to hire ex-cons as collection agents"
Chicago Tribune
March 5, 2006

2005:

"No Sure Thing"
by Robert Verbruggen
The Chicago Reporter
July 2005

2004:

"Ex-offenders make a beeline to a honey of a business"
by Fran Spielman
The Chicago Sun-Times
December 15, 2004

"Bees swarm to city landscapes and build homes, sweet homes"
by Leah Eskin
Chicago Tribune Magazine
October 17, 2004

"Honey in the City"
by Steve Dolinsky
Chicago Public Radio - Eight Forty-Eight
September 16, 2004

"The Second-Chance Apiary"
by Mike Sula
The Chicago Reader
September 10, 2004

"County sets up program to give ex-convicts jobs"
by Mickey Ciokajlo
Chicago Tribune
April 9, 2004

"NLEN Resource Center up and Running"
by Kate Pancero
North Lawndale Community News
April 2004

"Job plan for ex-felons clears 2 county panels"
by Mickey Ciokajlo
Chicago Tribune
March 5, 2004

2003:

"Nowhere to go"
by Leah Samuel
The Chicago Reporter
October 2003

"No Turning Back"
by Sarah Karp
The Chicago Reporter
October 14, 2003

"Cliff Kelley Show"
WVON
September 10, 2003


"848"
WBEZ Chicago
September 9, 2003

"Program gives ex-offenders a future"
by Ashley Saluga
Medill News Service
April 16, 2003

2002:

"The Economics of Freedom"
National Public Radio's 848
August 13, 2002

"Illinois Going Home Program to support prisoner reentry initiatives"
Illinois Government News Network
July 23, 2002