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Teen Greenspace Project - NCLR Innovation Lab

November 28, 2022

This spring, youth in Gads Hill Center’s Building Leaders program developed a Greenspace Project for the NCLR (National Council of La Raza) Innovation Lab, which empowers youth to drive social change through innovation. Their project, which draws attention to the lack of greenspace in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, won first place in the Innovation Lab contest. The video below was scripted, filmed, and edited entirely by the teens themselves. Watch to learn more!

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