Ways to promote advocacy through participation, volunteering, and donations.

The Men's Art Forum provides revitalizing creative experiences. The MAF is a safe place to play, where men can express themselves and give form to their creative spirit in any medium. Membership is comprised of artists and non-artists.

Providing services and educational programs that promote the professional advancement of Chicago area playwrights.

The Women's Theatre Alliance is a union of theatre artists (female and male) and theatre organizations which support women, helping to promote leadership and provide opportunity within the theatre community.

RATIO is a non-profit network of artists, musicians, performers and supporters of the arts, run completely by volunteers to raise money for humanitarian causes.

Act/Write is in its seventh year of collaboration between Free Street and the Fiction Writitng department at Columbia College Chicago, under the auspices of the Office of Community Arts Partnerships (OCAP) at Columbia.