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Urban Warrior Youth Community
The Urban Warriors' Labor Day Celebration seeks support to strengthen and uplift our community of over 200 families. This joyous event aims to honor their hard work and dedication while fostering unity and building a safe environment for all. Through engaging games, diverse food options, and meaningful interactions, we aim to create lasting connections and empower each member of our Urban Warriors family. Our Labor Day Celebration will bring our All Girls Soccer Program, Baseball Program, Podcast Youth, and our yoga program to celebrate the transformative experience that promotes resilience, nurtures togetherness, and helps build a stronger, more supportive community.
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YourPassion1st
(1) YourPassion1st is a mentoring and coaching organization that empowers young adults ages 12-24 to find, define, and follow their passion into the workforce or entrepreneurship. We start by building self-confidence. (2) This program will be executed both during the August gap and Memorial Day (3) We are focusing on youth from the Austin community (4) Our goal is to foster a sense of connection, attachment, and belongingness to the larger community and to their peers.
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Girls Like Me Project
Girls Like Me Project is applying to provide programming for back to school gap time. Funding will allow us to collaborate with girl and youth serving organizations to create safe space, provide resources, and promote intergenerational interaction. We will co-sponsor two back to school bashes featuring mindfulness practices such as yoga, gardening and healthy eating demonstrations, martial arts demonstrations, and art therapy. Cultural components such as African drumming, live DJ performance, double dutch, youth performances and interactive games will also be components..
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BETTER SISTER & BROTHER GROWTH NETWORK
The plan for the community event/ activities are based on creating a sense of community relationships through a safe space and environment for youth that will provide opportunities for community members' to engage and build positive relationships; informational resources, easel painting, books, double dutch rope ,drumline, CAPS, speakers that will educate youth & individuals on reducing the effects of street crime, bullying and violence prevention. The funds will be used for advertisement, supplies, speakers, entertainment, food, park permit and insurance. The organizational capacity is to provide support for children and youth during the gap time between when the Park District's summer programming ends and when CPS school year resumes on Saturday August 19, 2023 at the Roseland Park District 201 E 111th Street, Chicago, IL. 60628 .
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Live The Spirit Residency
With support from the fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities, Live the Spirit Residency offers two, six-hour, outdoor Jams for Youth on September 3 and 4, 2023 (Labor Day weekend) at the plaza near U.S. Bank at the intersection of 63rd and Halsted. These programs will run from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and Monday, and expand on three existing Live the Spirit Residency programs: The Young Masters, an ensemble of exceptionally talented high school and college-aged musicians; and the organization's Sunday evening jams at Norman's Bistro. The Labor Day Jams for Youth engage up to 40 young artists from the Englewood community. In case of rain, events move indoors, to Norman's Bistro on Sunday and Live the Spirit Residency headquarters (5542 S Honore Street) on Monday. The majority of funds will pay youth participants a stipend of $50 for joining a jam. Other funds will pay The Young Masters. Because free meals attracted an enthusiastic, intergenerational crowd to the jams on Memorial Day weekend, Live the Spirit Residency allocates a portion of funds toward food.
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WESTSIDE RISING
WESTSIDE RISING (WR) is applying for additional Safe and Peaceful Funding for the Gap period in August of 2023.
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Alliance 98
The Alliance 98 is a grant recipient of the Department of Family Support Services award called Safe Spaces Little Village. Through this program, we’ve hired 15 paid interns (ages 16-24) to host community events for their peers throughout the year called Kickbacks, with the majority of the events occurring over the summer months when schools are out and Chicago sees an uptick in violence. This summer, our interns are convening every week from June 5 through August 25 to plan and host ten Kickbacks, co-lead community events with local partners, and receive professional development training. Our interns have complete creative control over planning their Kickbacks and are tasked with creating activations that connect Chicago youth to out-of-school experiences, enabling them to connect, play, learn, and explore pathways to college and future careers. With support from this grant, our 15 interns are eager to organize and host our final two Summer Kickbacks on August 4 and 11 and curate activations at events led by community partners until August 21, such as a back-to-school fair, Villapalooza, end-of-summer block party, and more. Our intern’s curated events and activations have included soccer tournaments, athletic training, distribution of career resources and school supplies, free food, and opportunities to network with influential leaders and organizations across our city. Overall, our interns strive to foster a more profound sense of community in Little Village, direct their peers to structured programming that propels their lives, and, most importantly, have fun.
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COLLABORACTION THEATRE COMPANY
Collaboraction will partner to produce a free youth program, SUMMER LIGHTS OPEN MIC celebration for up to 200 Chicago youth at Hamilton Park, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621 on Saturday 19th from 12 - 5 featuring: free food, youth vendor fair, teen open mic competition with a $500 cash prize. The event will be co-produced by the youth groups at Collaboraction (The Light) and Hamilton Park and will welcome youth from the Englewood community and throughout the city. The event will utilize the cabaret theatre and mainstage theater at Theatre Y and will include a sponsorship from AV Chicago for free light, sound and video equipment. There will also be participation prizes for the open mic and dance battle tournament. Collaboraction and Hamilton Park have the capacity to take on this mission-based opportunity and will be able to mobilize our existing youth programs to serve as a foundation for this additional programming opportunity.