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This May, the HECC Youth Center held the Spring 2017 BIGshowcase in the Clubhouse– an open house for youth in programs to present their innovative art, technology, and leadership skills. Their technology prowess is astounding. At the showcase, youth explained how to use traditional stop motion combined with modern special VFX (visual effects) software to create an excellent short movie. They also organized and hosted a Street Fighter V tournament in the Stream Station (in the basement of the Clubhouse), recorded the games, and broadcasted them for fans. Check out the 3-D printer that youth use to create objects for filmmaking:  https://youtu.be/7vCWQ6r4AdU Mawusi

  Howard and Evanston Community Center recently celebrated Week of the Young Child, a National Association of Educating Young Children week-long event that: "...recognize[s] that children's opportunities are our responsibilities, and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that each and every child experiences the type of early environment at home, at child care, at school and in the community that will promote their early learning." Basically, children rock and HECC is committed to providing high quality early education services for children in low-income families of every race, religion, and gender! *Only 406 ECE programs in Illinois are NAEYC accredited and the Sheila Reynolds

Shane, 21, is a young person in HACC’s Career Readiness Program and a self-proclaimed mixture of Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey. He’s a comedian, a poet, and an aspiring YouTube talk show host. And in 2017, he landed an internship that will help him make his dreams come true! Shane came to HECC in the summer of 2016 desperately seeking a job. “I was applying to a job every day. I was planning on calling every Family Dollar in Chicago– I still haven’t gotten a call back!” he said with a loud laugh. As of February, HECC helped place him

When Girls Sports Club is in full swing, it’s no sweat building self-worth. “I feel like summer camp is different because in school we have to work and get no breaks and here we get to play, have fun, meet people, and be outside. So it’s just a great opportunity.” That’s Eniola, after playing basketball and stretching and meditating in yoga class. She’s 13 years old and wears her tightly coiled hair in two buns perched on the top of her head. During the school year, she attends Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in Rogers Park. She speaks about Girls Sports