Since 1969, BUILD Chicago has been working with young people in some of the city's most challenged neighborhoods.
Based on the city's West Side, BUILD is a gang intervention, violence prevention and youth development organization. "We're always in the business of finding out what our young people need to be their best and to thrive in today's world and get ready for their futures," said CEO Adam Alonso, "We work with young people as young as six all the way into their late 20s.
8:30 in the morning to about 5 o'clock in the afternoon." And Alonso said they're getting ready to be open until midnight this summer. He said there will be programming that transitions when the camps are over and it opens up to communities. "So parents and young people can enjoy the space and activities until midnight."In Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Pha'Tal Perkins founded Think Outside Da Block.
One program that Think Outside Da Block officers is Getcha Mind Right. "I began organizing a series of events called Getcha Mind Right. We made people aware of the trauma and things that may have traumatized them in the past that they may not know affect their everyday choices and decisions and behaviors."
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