Category Archive

August 2018

  • School is OUT and Summer Camp is IN

    Our 4-week daily “camp” is staffed by Urban Initiatives coaches and enhanced by partnerships with Chicago Cubs, After School Matters, Common Threads, and others.

  • UI Commits to Unity and DEI Statements

    During the 2017–2018 school year, Urban Initiatives made a commitment to prioritize our efforts to foster unity, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We believe these values are critical to our mission. Developing a plan and actions to be proactively an anti-oppressive and anti-racist institution is foundational in our work.

    UI Commits to Unity and DEI Statements
  • How the World Cup is Our Non-profit’s Best Advocate

    The World Cup is one of the clearest representations of the power of sport because of its international audience, its length and its worldwide appeal. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and the World Cup is its greatest stage. The World Cup has pulled communities like our office together as millions of…

    How the World Cup is Our Non-profit’s Best Advocate