It’s been over two years since Anthony “Tony” Green returned from his trip to India with the Peace Exchange, a local Chicago nonprofit that UCAN partners with, which aims to “prepare young Chicagoans to be leaders, role models, mentors and peacemakers through education, transformational travel and outreach to youth.” After his trip, we caught up… Read more »
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Black History Month is always a busy time for UCAN and this year was no exception. Whether we were hosting an event or attending one, we made sure to learn, celebrate and educate during Black History Month! Between the Great Migration Growing Exodus: The Future of Black Chicago? We partnered with the University of… Read more »
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UCAN launched the Teen Parenting Services Network (TPSN) in 1998 in response to a growing need to support young parents in DCFS care. TPSN works exclusively with pregnant and parenting youth and their families statewide who are in DCFS care. The goal is to identify and treat the serious effects of trauma while enhancing the… Read more »
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The future of social justice: An interview with Senator Richard Durbin UCAN believes in the young people of Chicago, and in the power of their potential. Nowhere is that power more clearly self-evident than in this series, where Chicago’s future leaders – UCAN participants – interview current leaders in the fields to which they… Read more »
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“People think, ‘What’s my calling? What am I doing that’s important?’ There’s many calls to answer. Pick up the damn phone already.”
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UCAN youth, Taylor Kerr, sat down with Dr. Aaron Jackson of MedVet, to learn about his field.
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“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
– Margaret Fuller, author and activist
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Dorian Robinson, part of the UCAN family and currently a student at College of Mount St. Vincent, interviewed Dr. Wendy Borlabi.
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Every year we like to send our youth back to school prepared – mentally, emotionally, and with a backpack of essentials! For the sixth year in a row, volunteers from Winston and Strawn joined us and Back2School Illinois to build 300 back to school kits for our youth – doubling their amount of kits lasts… Read more »
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