by Guest | Aug 2, 2022 | Narrative Change, Youth Development, Youth Voice
New Mentee’s Guide provides recommendations to young people for creating, maintaining, and leveraging relationships with mentors My name is Denisse Gracia, and I am a member of Thrive Chicago’s Youth Advisory Board and recently finished my freshman year at...
by Thrive Chicago | May 18, 2022 | Narrative Change, Youth Development
For the Curie High School Robotics Club, a video storytelling project became something much more than an opportunity to document their robots in competition with other schools. “Being able to tell my story and my friends’ story and the story of robotics,” says...
by Guest | Mar 21, 2022 | Narrative Change, Youth Development, Youth Voice
My name is Aliyah Clark, and I am a recent high school graduate and a publisher/author from the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. I serve as the secretary of Thrive Chicago’s Youth Advisory Board, which consists of nine young adults representing South and West Side...
by Thrive Chicago | Feb 10, 2022 | Covid-19, Youth Development
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed an inordinate strain on Black and Brown families throughout Chicago. Additionally, it’s not only youth and their families who face daunting challenges, it’s the front-line staff of Chicago’s youth-serving organizations as well. Like so...
by Thrive Chicago | Feb 9, 2022 | Narrative Change, Youth Development
For students at four Chicago high schools, an array of Apple devices are providing them much more than the latest technology–they’re providing an opportunity to lift their voices in a historically challenging time. In late January, Thrive Chicago along with Chicago...
