UCAN in the Media
UCAN is pleased to be making news in all the right places! Since February 2008, we have had the honor of holding interviews with the Chicago Sun-Times, Catalyst Chicago Magazine, Jet Magazine, Chicago Parent Magazine, Chicago Crusader, CBS2-TV, NBC5-TV and the Child Welfare League of America's live radio talk show. Youth voices from UCAN have been published in the Chicago Tribune and the State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL). Please follow the links below and enjoy reading the voice of young people, inspired by UCAN. For more information on anything contained here, please contact Jodi Doane. Chicago Catalyst Magazine Interviews Claude Robinson for the UCAN Teen Report Card.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/news/index.php?item=2451&cat=22&tr=y&auid=3928050
UCAN Teen Report Card in the Chicago Defender!
(once you are on the site, type "UCAN" into the search box on the right of the main screen) http://www.chicagodefender.com/view.php?I=1232
Watch the Uhlich Voices Interview with NBC 5's Art Norman at UCAN's Residential Treatment Center.
http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=262640
Chicago Sun-Times Letter to the Editor, Published 9/12/08
Help for CPS Kids' Trauma
The "I know why kids are killing. They're hurting" editorial (Sept. 4) identifies a critical need in the Chicago Public Schools' curriculum. Fortunately for the students and teachers, there are readily available programs with proven success. Since 2005, UCAN and other community partners have been poised to work with CPS in these areas.
The full effects of trauma on youth, whether they are directly or indirectly involved, are still being understood. Working with traumatized youth and families has taught us that there is no single approach to helping someone heal. It has also taught us that young people experience trauma completely: They become unengaged in class; they become short-tempered or tearful with seemingly little provocation, and they become distant from even their closest friends. We stand behind a multifaceted approach to addressing violence among our youth and empowering our youth to lead.
We would encourage the Chicago Public Schools to reach out to their community partners who have proven success with these services for youth, and let the healing begin.
Claude Robinson
Executive Vice President, Youth Development and Diversity, UCAN
Senator Terry Link (D-Waukegan) Helps UCAN Keep our Families and Communities Safe!
Senator_Link_Press_Release.pdf (34 KB)
UCAN's Teen Gun Survey Mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times. Suntimes_Article_1.8.2008.pdf (18 KB)