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BUILD helps young people beat the odds by offering year-round after-school and out-of-school programs starting as early as first grade. The Prevention staff get to know the youth and collaborate across BUILD to offer academic assistance, sports, STEM, arts enrichment, and more. They provide leadership development to help children stay safe, healthy, and focused on their futures.

The Youth Leadership Council is a group of youth leaders from neighborhood schools in Brighton Park and surrounding neighborhoods who are in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Youth leaders are trained on violence prevention, educational justice, immigrant rights and organizing. They meet weekly to help organize the Annual BPNC Youth Summit and to make a change in their community through awareness and Intervention.

365 We Thrive offers:Service-learning and community engagement projects Opportunities that may support school-based service requirements Approved court- or diversion-related community service hours when appropriate

The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago offers youth programming that fosters growth, education, and community engagement.

BUILD helps young people beat the odds by offering year-round after-school and out-of-school programs starting as early as first grade. The Prevention staff get to know the youth and collaborate across BUILD to offer academic assistance, sports, STEM, arts enrichment, and more. They provide leadership development to help children stay safe, healthy, and focused on their futures.

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) believes in empowering youth to be leaders and organizers within their schools and their communities. BPNC youth on the southwest side run issue-based campaigns at the school, city, state, and national level, and co-create youth-centered spaces where young people can lead campaigns that impact their daily lives.

Corazón Community Services provides restorative justice workshops, gang intervention/mediations, street violence response, court-mandated community service opportunities, and monthly gang tattoo removal.