CLX connects and supports our city’s array of out-of-school time youth-focused orgs in order to better support youth, youth workers, and ecosystem.
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25 Jul 2024
Brother Mike Awards 2024 is here! CLX is proud to present our annual award dedicated to recognizing OST leaders in Chicago. Do you know an unsung OST hero who might be eligible? Nominate them (or yourself) today: bit.ly/BMA2024APPLY
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Welcome to the 2024 @UChicagoCLA cohort, Sana Jafri from @clxchange!
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24 May 2023
The Chicago Children's Museum will be having a free museum days tomorrow, May 25th! Visit for free admission for families and children (ages 10 and under)!
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22 May 2023
Come to @Play_Make_Learn for pre-conference workshops on failure, puzzles, improv and assessment, to name a few. July 19th. Join @AbDPittsburgh, @MadisonBubbler, @MITGameLab, @EducationArcade, @artsmia and others. They're filling up. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering
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22 May 2023
Making May 23 (#143Day #143DayInPA) a holiday would do more than foster nice feelings, it would call us to be the neighbors and the nation we long to be. It doesn't have to be make-believe. @TIME
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19 May 2023
We are happy to support @CLXchange to promote greater collaboration across the computer science space in Chicago!
18 May 2023
At our May meetup, we are sharing a recap with @cpsSTEM sharing out what #CS #OST opportunities exist in #chicago’s K-12 ecosystem as part of our community of practice!
Shout out to @CMEFoundation!
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18 May 2023
On May 26th, join ICOY for their biweekly Child Welfare Coalition Call, to discuss key changes in the child welfare and youth-led arena. Register today at icoyouth.org/event/child-wel…
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18 May 2023
At our May meetup, we are sharing a recap with @cpsSTEM sharing out what #CS #OST opportunities exist in #chicago’s K-12 ecosystem as part of our community of practice!
Shout out to @CMEFoundation!
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12 May 2023
What?! Did you miss these amazing #educators #parents on @remakelearning's #podcast? (#17-21)
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✨@lasselepo (@HundrEDorg)
✨@DMWinters_PhD (@FredRogersInst)
✨@davidmiyashiro (@CajonValleyUSD)
✨@ValerieTruesdal Mort Sherman (@AASAHQ)
✨@jafs31 (@CLXchange) @CoachStone12 (@PEFinnovation)
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3 May 2023
Tomorrow, May 4th, 2023, at 10:00 am, ACT Now will be hosting our 21st CCLC Town Hall. To register for the town hall visit bit.ly/3NtSZae
To send an action alert to your Illinois legislators on this matter, please visit p2a.co/grxm3kj
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26 Apr 2023
Kids' Declining Mental Health Is the 'Crisis of Our Time,' Surgeon General Says edwk.it/3V5iWhY
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20 Apr 2023
Listen to this week's episode of Why Change?, in which co-hosts Ashraf and @jeffmpoulin discuss Ashraf’s conversation with @jafs31 from @CLXchange
ow.ly/y2L650NOpJn
#creativegeneration #whychange
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11 Apr 2023
Join folks from @ColumbiaChi on Thursday for their roundtable about youth empowerment on Chicago’s southside during the pandemic.
@SOULTRAINIMPACT @yonty @CLXchange
#AERADivJ #aera23 #AERA2023
ALT flyer on a purple background that reads: AERA 2023: Critical Perspectives on News Media Production, Education, and (Counter) Engagement (Table 11) Fairmont Roundtable Session 3 Youth Powered or Empowered: How Self-Determination Theory Helps Us Understand Youth Media Dynamics During Pandemic Thursday, April 13 11:40am - 1:10pm at Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom Teena Sloane-Hendricks, MA Columbia College Chicago Yonty Friesem, PhD Columbia College Chicago Charlotte Duff, MA Columbia College Chicago On Instagram, TikTok and Twitter as @AERADiv_J
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5 Apr 2023
That feeling when the work pays off 👏🏾🥲❤️Young people showed our power and we are only just getting started.
@GKMC18 @healthyhoodchi @TheTRiiBE
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2 Apr 2023
Join us for a candid conversation with media and advertising mavens Louis Carr and Danielle Austen about the importance of young people gaining early access to training in digital media.
🗓️ May 11th | 6pm - 9pm
Purchase tickets at truestarmedia.org
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21 Mar 2023
Provide resources to explore multiple pathways: field trips, guest speakers, job shadowing, informational interviews. Integrate work-based learning opportunities into K-12 settings & increase this in higher ed. Offer near-peer mentoring and coaching opportunities. #SoCapChat_CI
21 Mar 2023
Q3: Young people need bigger and more diverse professional networks to navigate ever-evolving career trajectories. How might education and industry better collaborate to foster #EconomicMobility and #SocialCapital within schools?
#SoCapChat_CI
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21 Mar 2023
Check out our research brief, The Power of Social Capital, discussing the importance of measuring #socialcapital and its impact in helping young people secure education and employment opportunities. #SoCapChat_CI searchinstitute.org/resource…
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18 Mar 2023
As an organization we’re taking this Women's History Month as an opportunity to honor the women of True Star and their courage to inspire and be great in all that they do.
Tashay Dennie implemented the skills she acquired in True Star programs and used them in everyday life.
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17 Mar 2023
I am very honored to announce I will be keynoting the 2023 CSTA Annual conference in July! #CSTA2023
17 Mar 2023
We're excited to announce that @sepehrvakil will present his keynote "The 3 Tents of Computing Education and Implications for Equity" at #CSTA2023. Learn more: ow.ly/IU4E50Nl7Fl
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17 Feb 2023
We are still feeling the energy from yesterday's #CLX #Community #Meetup- our first one in person since 2020! We shared about CLX, participants made announcements about their opportunities, and folks worked together to think about the most important work in the year ahead.
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