Kids Experience Camp Life in Michigan

Sherron, 15, gets a taste for sand.

For one week in July, a dozen children from the Center traveled to Sawyer, Mich. to experience camp life at the Help Us Grow (HUG) Camp. The camp was held at Tower Hill Camp Site from July 11 to 17 and featured group activities like archery, drama, batik [...]

SDCC Launches New Logo

After months of planning and gathering input from Sue, staff, kids and Foundation Board members, the Children’s Center now releases its brand new logo! The idea was to show how the Center is a safe community for urban children and has a long history of giving them the knowledge and motivation to make their lives [...]

Center Featured in The New Yorker

Image from The New Yorker website

The Children’s Center was featured in the latest edition of The New Yorker in an article profiling current Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Carlo Rotella’s story recounts Arne’s history at the Center and how it shaped his pursuits in education.

Rotella describes Arne’s time growing up in Hyde Park, playing [...]

Tavis Smiley interviews Arne Duncan on PBS

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Bloomberg features Center in story on Arne Duncan

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From the article:

“Sue Duncan has taught poor kids at her after-school center on Chicago’s South Side for 48 years. She says her son Arne spent seven days a week there as he was growing up.

‘It was absolutely formative,’ Arne Duncan, 44, said of working with his mother. He learned that ‘kids from totally [...]