City Kids’ Core Values
City Kids’ Core Values are the principals we use to guide our work. From our programming to making decisions for the future of the organization, these five values are incorporated into everything we do.
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City Kids’ Core Values are the principals we use to guide our work. From our programming to making decisions for the future of the organization, these five values are incorporated into everything we do.
We are happy to introduce you to Caroline Hamric, who joined the City Kids staff as our Deputy Director in September. Q: Welcome to City Kids Caroline! Tell us about yourself and what you bring to City Kids. A: Thank you! I’m so pleased to have joined the City Kids team. I’m a Virginia native […]
by Rodney Fuller, Director of Programs DC For the first time since the fall of 2019, we have over 20 trips planned for City Kids youth this season! City Kids is excited to welcome our new JET Program Manager, Ginny Brooks, who joined our team full-time in September. Prior to this fall, Ginny served as […]
Navigating the Wilderness, Avoiding Predators Urban and Rural Perspective by Courtland Milloy August 30, 2022 at 6:25 p.m. EDT About 2,000 miles from his home in Southeast Washington, 16-year-old Don’Zeal Davis pitched a tent in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. He spent the next 24 hours alone in the wilderness, a kind of training exercise held […]
Learn about the three pillars of the strategic investments City Kids will be making between school year 2022-2025.
As the Mountaineer cohort returned to their home away from home, you could see the smiles spread across their faces as they stepped off the bus at Broken Arrow Ranch. After a long 14-hour day of travel filled with stories of past adventures and anticipation of the trips to come, Summer Camp at City Kids […]
On June 4th, 2022, twelve participants of the brand new Ranger Cohort attended a polo clinic that was led by City Kids partner organization, Recreational Habits. Recreational Habits is a clothing brand that aims to bring the exclusive world of recreational field sports and country living to traditionally underrepresented communities. To start the day off, […]
For youth living in Washington DC, summers are filled with local traditions and rites of passage. One specific rite of passage is the Mayor Marion S. Barry’s Summer Youth Employment Program. A locally funded initiative sponsored by the Department of Employment Services (DOES) that provides District youth ages 14 to 24 with enriching and constructive […]
Beginning in the Fall of 2019, City Kids began working with The Raben Group, a public policy firm committed to opening the doors of power and influence for lasting inclusive change to draft our organizational Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement of Beliefs. We are excited to share the text of this statement in its current […]
Victor Medina – Ranger & Mountaineer Program Manager Victor Medina comes to City Kids from Groundwork Hudson Valley where, as the Youth Programs Manager, he worked to inspire youth to take on conservation challenges and cultivate a relationship with the natural spaces in their communities. His passion for the outdoors developed through a youth program […]
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