Building Community: UI Celebrates Our 20th Anniversary in New Video
Through its team sports and play, UI gives youth “a reason to matter,” UI alum Lizbeth Barajas says in the video, “and I feel like that’s really important for kids.”
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Making Students ‘Feel Seen, Worthy, and Important’ in Visits With Pro Teams
Visits to and from Chicago’s professional sports teams are inspiring kids and coaches at Urban Initiatives (UI) summer camps throughout the city.
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‘More Than Just a Summer Program’ at UI Community Schools Initiative
Elementary school students are polishing reading and math skills, studying the solar system, exploring STEM programs, and learning the fundamentals of a new sport each week during the Urban Initiatives (UI) Community Schools Initiative (CSI) summer program.
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Youth and Community: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Urban Initiatives
Through its team sports and play, UI gives youth “a reason to matter,” UI alum Lizbeth Barajas says in a new video, “and I feel like that’s really important for kids.”
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Recess – Where’s the magic?
Urban Initiatives seeks to make recess impactful for every student in our school communities. Our recess program creates genuine value during recess through improved physical activity, social emotional learning opportunities, and healing-centered community building.
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Empower Sessions Week #11 — Role Models
This Empower Session takes a close look at role models and how they can help us succeed. Role models are great to have because they can help show you a road map to different kinds of success. You can copy some parts of their journey. Here’s what’s cool… you can have as many role models…
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Empower Session Week #10 — Friends
This Empower Session takes a close look at the importance of connecting with friends. Friends can help you celebrate good times and make you feel better during bad times. Friends help stop you from feeling lonely and give you a chance to express yourself. Friends can also increase your sense of belonging and purpose.
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Empower Sessions Week #9 — Family
This Empower Session takes a close look at the importance of connecting with family. Our family can help motivate us to go out and achieve our dreams. During challenging times, our families can be there to support us, make us laugh and play with us.
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Empower Sessions Activity Guide Week #8 — Persistence
This Empower Session takes a close look at the importance of staying persistent. It is a useful skill to be able stick with something until you get better at it. I bet you can think of some times when you’ve had to be persistent in order to accomplish something.
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Empower Session Activity Guide Week #7 — Time Management
This Empower Session takes a close look at the importance of time management. Have you felt like time is zooming by or dragging on while social distancing? Or maybe the days and weeks are blending together? Whatever you are feeling is completely okay. With good time management, you can be sure to make your time…