Programs

 -  Exposure 101
 - Translations
 - Project Impact

Exposure 101 - Registration to open in January

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Exposure 101 students on Earth Day
In Exposure 101 program, the youth receive the tools to explore and improve their neighborhood.  They learn to test for environmental toxins and poisons in their neighborhood and to advocate to change their community!  The youth are offered fun weekend activities.  The youth are given skills in research, hands-on experiments to test the air, water and world they live in, environmental monitoring, community health education, public speaking, leadership and much more.  Projects have ranged from sampling and analyzing soil/air,  holding a community forum, educating local politicians on the dangers of tobacco to creating Public Service Announcements on the hazards of Lead (Pb).  These next generations of leaders are given skills to create a clean and safe community.  . 

Translations

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Students preparing for mock interviews
The Translations program is a unique program which offers job readiness skills for youth.  Through the "Art of Interviewing" confidence is created, communication skills are improved, generational misconceptions are addressed and they are prepared for the next steps in their life.   The youth learn to create resumes and prepare for interviews.   Life Skills is another component of Translations program, this is an additional 8 hour course.  The Illinois Department of Employment Security - Hire the Future program has partnered with Urban Sustain to trained their staff on the "Art of Interviewing".

Project Impact

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Do you wonder, how healthy is your neighborhood?  Join our community discussions and Community Coaches in share your concerns on the quality of your air, water and housing.   Project Impact give the community an opportunity to build social capital by coming together in a peaceful manner to mix, mingle, mobilize and find real solutions.  Previous Project Impact projects include: Success to bring healthier food to grocery stores in South Shore, Southside Beach Rapid Trash Assessments, Campaign to remove Chicago's bottle water tax and other short lived projects which address which have a long impact on the health of the community!