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Outdoor Futsal Court

Peoria, Illinois
Futsal is a form of soccer usually played five a side on a hard surface with a smaller, less bouncy ball. Youth and Adult soccer leagues around Peoria are hugely popular, and I believe an outdoor Futsal Court would be a great attraction in Downtow...

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Park

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - Lake View

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

Teen Book Club

Chicago, Illinois
Create a Teen Book Club utilizing the library during the summer learning initiative.
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Garfield Park Youth Center

Chicago, Illinois
Crime is an issue. the reason is cause garfield park have a lot of gangbangers hanging out on the streets. my idea for my neighborhood is that we build a youth center and a store. the store will provide food to children and a place where people ca...
regeneratechicagoneighborhoods park

Open a community school at a Belmont Cragin high school

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: CPS | NWSHC, LSC, CPS Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Project Timeframe: Mid-term
safety youth-programs schools

Mr. Dad's Father's Club (Community Center)

Chicago, Illinois
The community center will help provide resources for our youth as well as our adults in the community. The community center will also provide access to help build children SEL social emotional learning skills, Literacy,Arts,Jobs,Afterschool progra...
mr-dad-s-father-s-club building volunteers read-a-book-day mentoring resources jobs adults youth social-emotional-learning-skills literarcy arts community-center public-space park

Promote Youth Leadership

Chicago, IL
To promote youth leadership and training opportunities for teens and young adults

Support the Art Xellence Pilot Summer Program

Chicago, Illinois
Art Xellence is an after-school and summer program that intends to reduce teen violence and recidivism while preparing youth for the workplace in Englewood and Austin. The program is targeted towards elementary and high school students. We anticip...
recidivism violence technology graphic-design theater dance music arts youth teens

Hive Chicago

Washington, Illinois
Hive Chicago brings together civic and cultural institutions to create greater learning opportunities for youth.

Rock Climbing Wall Utilizing Public/Private Structures Already In Place

Peoria, Illinois
Chattanooga, TN, in cooperation with private and public enterprises, turned currently existing structures in their downtown area into a world class rock climbing destination. We have a lot of private buildings downtown, as well as existing (new an...
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Hold an Austin Community Conversation & Survey Picnic

Chicago, Illinois
There are barely any leisure entertainment activities for community members, particularly youth, in Austin. I would like to hold a community picnic centered around discussing this issue. At the event I will gather quantitative and qualitative data...
youth picnic entertainment

Operation Social Media Presence

Peoria, Illinois
I propose using social media such as Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook, to target the Millennial demographic in over crowded cities like Chicago. Young people need to see that Peoria is a fun place to live, while remaining more affordable...
small-business social-media increasing-population youth-retention

Expand Local Programs, i.e. art, dance

Chicago, Illinois
Expand local programs such as art, dance, computer programming, video, and web design.
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Expand youth programming and foster youth leadership

Chicago, Illinois
We can and will address the current gap between what the young people in our community need to reach their potential and what is available by creating new opportunities for youth activity, expanding existing youth programming in and outside of sch...

Support our Community Bike Ride

Chicago, Illinois
This will be our second annual community bike event that will serve as a means of engaging youth and residents in underserved communities and teaching them about the benefits of wellness via biking and walking. Our organization, We Keep you Rolli...
health safety wellness walking street bicycling

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge

Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, US Green Building Council - Illinois, and Civic ArtWorks are working together to support Chicago-area students in developing projects that answer the question: “How do you ma...

EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge - North Lawndale

Chicago, Illinois
The EPIC Sustainable Neighborhood Youth Challenge is a program, funded by the Hive Chicago Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, that fosters student-driven campaigns that answer the question, “How can we make your neighborhood more sustainable?"

Increase summer employment opportunities

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: CPS | 30th, 31st & 36th Wards, NWSHC, Park District Project Timeframe: Mid-term"
safety youth-programs jobs park

Bronzeville/35th st. illinois main street project

Chicago, Illinois
Working with disadvantaged youth and young adults in the adjacent affordable housing developments, black metropolis convention & tourism council (bmc &tc) and our affiliate organization bronzeville visitor information center is conducting outreach...

Outreach to older adults

Chicago, Illinois
Older adults are a key component in our community and should have the resources to better navigate their lives whether living with assistance or independently. We will create an intergenerational health awareness program with older adults and lo...

Create community art projects in public spaces

Chicago, Illinois
Project lead | Partners: BC Arts Collective | Park District, Architreasures, Mikva, The REMIX Project, CPS, Churches Project Timeframe: Mid-term"
arts safety youth-programs public-space

Youth peace clubs (vijana wa amani project)

Goma, Nord-Kivu
This project aims to mobilize at least 10.000 youth to get involve in peacebuilding activities and programs, and to get involve in community recovery programs, in community services, in social and economic reintegration of disadvantaged people, ch...

Park District Youth Programs

Fort Wayne, Indiana
Work in collaboration with the Park District to provide programs and activities for youth and teens.
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