| Summary: | Educator Maureen Forte was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 1, 1950. After graduating from Englewood High School in Chicago, Forte attended Chicago State University, earning her B.A. degree in education in 1974. Forte began her teaching career at St. Thaddeus in Chicago, where she taught for ten years. During this time, Forte became involved with a number of organizations, serving as a delegate for the Chicago Teachers Union for ten years. In 1989, she began teaching at the Sawyer Elementary School in Chicago. She has been an active force in the NAACP and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, founding the South Suburban chapter of Rainbow/PUSH in 1990. Forte also served as the host of N' the Know with Moe, a radio program on WCFJ-AM in Chicago. In 2014, she founded N' the Know with Moe for Social Justice, a civic organization, of which she has also served as president.
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