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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When people don't trust facts, how can you build community? Dan Kenney has some ideas. -
Dan Kenney says important change doesn't start in your head. -
Dan Kenney wants you to ask yourself a question. -
Dan Kenney says more and more counties are subscribing to the "non-sanctuary county" movement. -
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. -
Dan Kenney passes along a request from a local woman who is unhoused. -
On this MLK Day, Dan Kenney looks at the speech that changed his life. -
Dan Kenney says trees can teach us the most important thing: we are all connected and dependent on each other. -
What does age mean to freshly-minted 70-year-old Dan Kenney? -
Dan Kenney shares his belief in democracy’s core values of caring for the common good.
