Dan Kenney
Dan Kenney is a retired elementary school teacher. He is also the founder and director of DeKalb County Community Gardens.
He serves on the City of DeKalb Citizens' Environmental Commission, #Proudly DeKalb Committee, and the Barb Food Mart board of directors. Dan also is a co-convener of the DeKalb County Local Food Security Council and a director with the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District.
At the state level, he is a director on the board of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance and was appointed by the governor to the State of Illinois Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council.
Dan is also a published poet and writer.
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It's a message that's been around for thousands of years, but Dan Kenney says it's as important as ever for all of us.
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Dan Kenney passes along a request from a local woman who is unhoused.
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On this MLK Day, Dan Kenney looks at the speech that changed his life.
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Dan Kenney says trees can teach us the most important thing: we are all connected and dependent on each other.
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What does age mean to freshly-minted 70-year-old Dan Kenney?
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Dan Kenney shares his belief in democracy’s core values of caring for the common good.
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Dan Kenney looks back at a disaster recovery effort that started 77 years ago that could give hope to people suffering today.
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Dan Kenney tells us about the latest effort in America to centralize governmental power into the hands of a few.
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The Juneteenth holiday wasn't taught or celebrated in Dan Kenney's schools growing up — so he had to teach himself.
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Dan Kenney asks, "What kind of elected leadership style do you want? Authoritarian or democratic?"