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What is Hive Chicago?

Hive Chicago's mission is to transform the learning landscape by empowering youth and educators to enact connected learning through a diverse network of civic and cultural institutions. Our 50+ member organizations are serving youth in a variety of in-school and out-of-school contexts. As a network of organizations united in service to youth, we pursue our goals by empowering adult educators in their service to Chicago teens.

What is Hive Chicago Up To?

Since spring 2013 our membership has been engaged in a planning process that has resulted in our network goals and a process for inviting solutions toward those goals. We refer to these invitations--these calls-to-action--as Moonshots. Rather than engaging the network in working together on one solution at a time, each Moonshot invites multiple solutions to the challenges and opportunities that stand between where we are now and where our goals push us to be.

Our Current Moonshots

Our Moonshots are listed here with related documents found here:

Hive Teen Council:

Hive Chicago will generate and pilot digital portals to activate and channel teen feedback, teen-to-teen communication and ambassadorship. Additionally, teens will be engaged in the illumination and building of learning pathways across organizations and existing pathway projects.

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Moonshot Criteria

Each of these Moonshots have been reviewed by our members, staff, and Advisory Committee to ensure that they meet the following Moonshot criteria:

Actionable

Provides enough information to get started right now
Lays out possible next steps for an affinity group around this challenge
Connects this challenge to the activities of our network

Relevant

Aligned with Hive’s mission and vision
Addresses opportunities or obstacles directly related to Hive’s goals
Leads to solutions that can build on existing expertise in the Network
Responds to practical challenges felt by organizations, practitioners and youth on the ground

Inspirational

Ignites passion for working toward shared obstacles and opportunities
Leaves the innovation space open to multiple possible solutions
Is framed as a challenge that invites solutions, not as a prescription for what the solution would look like

Hivey

Motivates the kind of collaboration that is best generated within a network
Identifies barriers to enacting connected learning and employing digital media
Youth-serving and youth-driven

How Can You Engage?

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Contact Us

Hive Chicago is operated by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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