Kim Zalent
Director, Public Education Program

Kim Zalent joined BPI as Director of the Public Education Program in 2003. Prior to joining BPI, Kim served as the Executive Director/Lead Organizer for the South Bronx Churches/IAF, where she co-led a project to create 19 small public high schools.  A founding organizer for Lower Manhattan Together, an Industrial Areas Foundation organization in New York, Kim led a number of Chicago-based initiatives, including the Organization of the NorthEast (ONE) and the Pilsen Resurrection Project.  Kim holds a BA from Valparaiso University.

kzalent@bpichicago.org

Hannah Birnbaum

Hannah joined BPI's staff as the Aizik Wolf Human Rights Fellow in August 2010. Administered by the University of Chicago’s Human Rights Program, the Aizik Wolf Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship in Human Rights was created to help University of Chicago students launch careers in human rights and social justice activism. Hannah received her BA in sociology with honors from the University of Chicago in June 2010, where she was Student Marshal and a Truman Scholarship finalist.  As an undergraduate, she worked on public housing and public education issues at BPI under two successive internships, the University of Chicago Human Rights Internship Program and the Alan Saks Public Interest Internship. In addition, she managed the University Community Service Center’s Woodlawn-related programs, served as a hotline counselor for the Metropolitan Tenants Organization, and was involved in community organizing and affordable housing issues as an intern with the Lakeside Community Development Corporation.

hbirnbaum@bpichicago.org