Insights & Reports

On May 27 and May 28, Dallas City of Learning (DCoL) and its partner organizations held their annual Summer Kicks Conference. This year, the virtual event covered four key areas: COVID pivots, wellness, community and new and innovative ideas. Each...

“We’ve been doing this work for some time and have built a bit of muscle doing it,” stated James Adams, Director of Big Thought Out of School Time Learning, “but oftentimes our best skill is listening. We listened. We learned and leaned in....

Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, Dallas Community Fellowship Inc. (DCFI) was committed to hosting its sixth annual Summer Rocks camp in 2020. “We were determined to not buckle,” said Pat Ford, DCFI Founder and Executive Director....

Since 2007, the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation (VMYDF) has worked to provide resources and opportunities for the 7,500 low-income children who live in the Vickery neighborhood in northeast Dallas. A key part of the nonprofit is its...

Through love and self-reflection — and with a little help from Lauryn Hill — 2 Inspire Peace turned the difficult circumstances of last summer into something beautiful. Over eight weeks, the nonprofit’s Art Inspired Healing Collective held...

LaChanda Dupard, Executive Director of Fit and Faithful Living, has one important piece of advice for any organization offering youth programming: “Just put it out there, and things will start to happen.” That mindset has helped Fit and Faithful...