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Make Fast Fashion Transparent Now!

Chicago, Illinois
We would like to solve the issue of fast fashion and how it hurts the environment. We can help reduce this problem by generally educating others and increasing awareness of our issue. We have designed a clothing tag that will inform the public abo...
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Botanical Garden

East Peoria, Illinois
A botanical garden, butterfly garden, and/or community garden. This could focus on local plants or have specific color themes for each year. A garden would provide beauty and if it could also be educational or practical, the more beneficial.
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Preservation Oak Park

This group is devoted to education about the built environment in Oak Park, Illinois. It celebrates the community's rich architectural and planning heritage and the many ways it has been preserved and restored. Photos, stories and commentary about...

Support the Lunch N Learn Initiative

Chicago, Illinois
Lunch N Learn is a proposed initiative in which Circle Urban Ministry would send inspiring and caring adults to speak with pre-teen and teen boys in Austin during their lunch hour. Our goal would be to reach 250-300 students per month at local mi...
education mentorship youth

Education

Chicago, Illinois
the things that are changing is the education of children .
land-use public-space preservation schools

The Hanging Gardens of Wabash

Chicago, Illinois
Not that the structure of the El isn't beautiful, but we can see it all over town. Wabash can be special by concealing it with a diverse array of living greenery. Sustainable, educational, and the next Wonder of the Modern World.
transforming-wabash

Support the Bilingual Peer Connect of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
High school students would like to create a mentorship program for English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Newly enrolled elementary ESL students would be matched with a CPS high school students with a similar background, home language, and i...
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Simpson Academy for Young Women

Chicago, Illinois
Simpson Academy for Young Women is the only fully-accredited Chicago Public School devoted to educating pregnant and parenting teens. The model for Simpson Academy has evolved this year, but our purpose remains the same: to provide a quality e...

Increase education and training programs and resources for parents

Chicago, Illinois
Education is not only for youth. Our community needs increased access to ESL classes, GED classes, educational workshops, and technical training/bridge programs for adults, which we will achieve by building partnerships between local community org...

education

Chicago, Illinois
we need to change people education
land-use park preservation water

Bike Walk Oak Park

Chicago, Illinois
We advocate for the fair and safe use of friendly streets by all our neighbors who walk, roll, ride and drive Bike Walk Oak Park advocates on behalf of all Oak Park residents to ensure the safety and accessibility of pedestrian and cycling infr...

Increase outreach & education to LGBTQ & Latina/o community regarding Affordable Care Act

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: HAS IPC Project Timeframe: Mid-term
health

Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 as Chicago’s first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientifi...

Develop a Financial Literacy Tutoring Program

Chicago, Illinois
Develop a tutoring program where CPS high school students can provide financial literacy guidance to Chicago middle school students.
financial-literacy tutoring education

Get Global!

Chicago, Illinois
There is a lack of globalization education in Chicago high schools. We want to connect youth with experienced professionals across the city to provide an atmosphere where students can learn about and form their own opinion on global issues. We pla...
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Small Business Program(s)

Peoria, Illinois
Undertake a Small Business Needs Assessment and use the results to develop a targeted Small Business Program to provide business training, educational events, and coaching to empower small business owners and entrepreneurs to grow existing and new...
business-education economic-opportunity small-business entrepreneurship

Fish, Poop, and You - The natural way of eating!

Chicago, Illinois
Ms. Love's and Mrs. Benjamin's Chemistry and Biology students at Kelly High School will develop an Aquaponics farm within the school, with the goal of producing educational and celebratory events that will encourage the members of the surrounding ...
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Expand health care education efforts in Belmont Cragin

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: Patient Innovation Center | PrimeCare Community Health, Community First Medical Center Project Timeframe: Short-term
health