What makes a community feel whole?
Collective Learning Lab partners with youth to reimagine their neighborhoods and design solutions that create healthier, more connected communities.
We envision a Chicago where young people are recognized within and by their communities as leaders and creators who help shape solutions that build healthier, more just, and more livable neighborhoods for all.
We center cultural heritage, local history, public art, ecology, and urban design at the foundation of our project-based learning.
We work in the Bronzeville, North Kenwood, Oakland, Altgeld Gardens, Golden Gate, East Garfield Park, North Lawndale, and Hyde Park neighborhoods.
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student-led public forums.
2024-26 IMPACT
850+
students served in Chicago.
60+
unique experiential learning and workshop experiences.
300+
instructional hours in the classroom during school hours.
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civic, community, cultural partners.
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exhibition/art activations at Chicago museums.
Take a look at our current and past projects.
