Contributor: Joanne Archibald

Before coming to Beyondmedia in 2007, Joanne worked at Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) for 14 years, beginning as Advocacy Coordinator, and then working as Advocacy Project Director and Associate Director. She serves on the Advisory Board of Grace House, a transitional program for women exiting the prison system, and on the Institutional Review Board for Northwestern University, as an advisor on prison research. Finally, after 27 years and seven schools, she earned her BA in 1994 from Northeastern Illinois University, but her greatest and most rewarding learning experience has been raising her son.