Category Archive

November 2016

  • Coach Green Bringing Resources to Englewood

    Urban Initiatives’ Community Resource Coordinator William Green is helping kids and families in Englewood take ownership of their school. For the last 13 years Urban Initiatives has provided many opportunities to make change in Chicago through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. At the start of the 2016 – 2017 academic year for Chicago…

    Coach Green Bringing Resources to Englewood
  • Meet Victoria!

    Program Associates are vital to Urban Initiatives’ mission of empowering Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. They drive systematic change by connecting stakeholders and strengthening the social fabric of the community. Meet Victoria, one of UI’s newest Program Associates! Basic info: Name, birthday, where you last went…

    Meet Victoria!
  • #UIAB Pizza Party with Beethoven, Davis, and Greene

    The Fourth Annual Urban Initiatives (UI) Associate Board (AB) Pizza Party was held on Thursday, November 17th at the law firm, Kirkland & Ellis. Students from Beethoven, Greene, and Davis Elementary all attended this year’s pizza party.  As Associate Board member Shreya Canakapalli puts it, “The Pizza Party is a fun evening that provides Associate…

    #UIAB Pizza Party with Beethoven, Davis, and Greene
  • Parent and Player Game Day with Stevenson

    Coach Cecilia shares highlights from her parent/player scrimmages at Stevenson Elementary! The primary goal at Urban Initiatives is to empower Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. Family involvement within the Work to Play program is very important at Urban Initiatives. During the course of the last…

    Parent and Player Game Day with Stevenson
  • 2nd Annual SBYD Summit

    The morning after the election, coaches from the Chicagoland area came together for the 2nd annual Sports-Based Youth Development Practitioners’ Summit at the Breakthrough FamilyPlex on the west side. This event will take place annually as a social-professional opportunity for program staff to learn about how their work fits into the larger landscape of sports…

    2nd Annual SBYD Summit
  • William Blair Hosts 160 Team Captains

    Our Take the Lead retreat at William Blair was a huge success. Friday morning, the city was buzzing in anticipation of the Cubs World Series parade. That did not stop 160 of our finest Team Captains from having a great experience at the William Blair Headquarters in downtown Chicago, even though classes were not in…

    William Blair Hosts 160 Team Captains
  • 16th Crosstown Classic with Wilmette Wings

    On Friday, October 21st, over 100 Urban Initiatives participants from Jahn, North River, Howe, Bateman, and Jordan took a trip to Wilmette to play in the 16th Wilmette Crosstown. One of the longest running UI events, the Wilmette Crosstown demonstrates one of the hallmarks of our programs: using sport and play to bridge communities. As UI teams arrived at…

    16th Crosstown Classic with Wilmette Wings
  • 11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate

    The 11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate, January 27 at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago is Urban Initiatives’ annual benefit. The event draws over 1,000 people from the Chicagoland area from various professional, academic, and artistic backgrounds for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and celebration. In 2016, the Soccer Ball raised nearly $600,000 to…

    11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate
  • Meet Dorrian!

    REC Coordinators are vital to Urban Initiatives’ mission of empowering Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. They drive systematic change by connecting stakeholders and strengthening the social fabric of the community. Meet Dorrian, one of UI’s newest REC Coordinators! Basic info: Name, birthday, where you last went…

  • Meet Anna!

    REC Coordinators are vital to Urban Initiatives’ mission of empowering Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. They drive systematic change by connecting stakeholders and strengthening the social fabric of the community. Meet Anna, one of UI’s newest REC Coordinators! Basic info: Name, birthday, where you last went…