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Imagine Chicago
www.imaginechicago.org/
Imagine Chicago is a non-profit organization, created in 1992, and dedicated to cultivating hope and civic commitment. It enlists young people, and others who want to make a difference, to bring to light the experience, hopes, and aspirations of Chicago's citizens and to act on that imagination in ways that benefit individuals, communities, and the city as a whole. This work is done in partnership with local organizations-- schools, churches, community groups, cultural institutions-- and serves as the catalyst to encourage people to think about themselves as creators of the city's future, and to form communities in which that future can be created and the ownership of that future shared. Imagine Chicago is designed as a partnership between community builders, educators, and the city's young people. Visions, values and accountability are shared; collaborative, creative leadership is encouraged. There is little likely to be more motivating to the city's youth than their confidence in a viable future, based on their own direct experience of having a role to play in shaping the city's future as a positive one for themselves and others.
Contact
Bliss W. Browne
Imagine Chicago
910 W. Castlewood Terrace
Chicago, IL 60640
USA
Telephone (+1) 773-275-2520
E-mail bliss@imaginechicago.org
Educational opportunities are incorporated within the Boston Schoolyard Initiative to encourage and support, at every stage, schoolyards are used as a vehicle for learning. Educational programming targets public school students as well as neighbourhood youth and community residents. Multi-disciplinary academic approaches, creative play, and community service learning opportunities can be explored; educational collaborations can be formed and professional development for educators can be highlighted. Planned or active educational uses of the schoolyard will be considered when granting funds to schoolyard groups. The school receives an Organizing & Planning Grant from the Boston Schoolyard Funders Collaborative. This award puts the school into a "pipeline" that will eventually lead to the construction of capital improvements. A community organizer is then hired to coordinate the project. The Boston Schoolyard Initiative is currently working with 64 public schools (out of 130) and in each of Boston’s many diverse neighbourhoods. Grade levels include pre-K through high school. Forty-one projects have completed construction and twenty-three projects are in their pre-construction phases. Partner organisations: Children’s Museum, Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Dunn Foundation, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Earthworks, City Year/Boston, Boston Society of Architects’ Learning By Design Group, Massachusetts Department of Environmental, Management, Boston Urban Gardeners, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston Recycling Office, Impact II, Annenberg Math & Science Project.
Contact
Kirk Meyer
Director
Boston Schoolyard Funders Collaborative c/o The Boston Foundation
75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-3936
USA
Telephone (+1) 617 3383117
Fax (+1) 617 3381608
E-mail kdm@tbf.org
