October 24, 2019 – Current | As Crowdfunding Coordinator, tasks included sending daily Mailchimp emails and assessing the success of each email campaign and provided copy and content for social media profiles on both Instagram and Facebook.
The Kickstarter successfully raised $30,497. View emails here.
Currently assisting in a project manager and associate producer role, helping to secure team members and stay on schedule as the project is in post-production, hoping for a release on Chicago WTTW Public Broadcasting Station in 2022.
“The reasons for emigration must ever be strong… But when the Bohemians decide to leave the village or town they were born in, the pain of parting gives life to a strong love for the new country, the unknown, yet longed-for home.” – Alice Garrigue Masaryk (1879 – 1966) Sociologist, humanitarian, activist, daughter of Tomas G. Masaryk
In production, documentary
Director: Susan Marcinkus
Producers: Susan Marcinkus, Larry Jacobs
“Czechs in Chicago: A Home in the Heartland” will tell the story of the Czech immigrant experience in the city, and chronicle its rich history, past and present. Spanning a century and a half of turbulent times, it will show how the Czechs helped build and shape the city, from their experience settling the Czech neighborhoods, to founding cultural and business institutions, to contributing to political and civic leadership.
Lilly Hanson 