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STRUT X10: Strutting in our Territory

Celebrating a decade of youth-led design, empowerment, and community transformation.

Join Territory NFP as we launch our 10th Anniversary campaign.

You’re invited to join us as we “Strut in our Territory” moving through the spaces we’ve designed, shaped, and made more just—on our terms. For the last decade, Chicago youth have taken back the narrative—not with protest signs alone, but with renderings, street furniture, park upgrades, bus stop redesigns, and public art that says: We live here. We matter. We build.

For our 10th anniversary, we are showing off and reclaiming our community. From Albany Park to Austin, Chicago youth have bene creating spaces that welcome all in our communities. Your donations during our campaign year will help us to continue this work.

Follow us for the journey as we STRUT, celebrating our progress and showing up in community, while reflecting on 10 years of progress- changing the way Chicagoans see and experience their beloved spaces.

Anniversary Committee

Helen Slade
Jessica Bee
L David Stewart
Lizbeth Carrazco
Michael Newman

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At Territory, young people envision the future of their neighborhood and built it.

Territory youth transform vacant land into space for intergenerational gatherings, breaking bread, art-making, mutual aid, honoring history and promoting social wellness.

Territory Values

Youth Agency

We elevate young people as leaders and advocates through relevant, hands-on, place-based action.

Collaboration and Teamwork

We nurture safe, judgment free spaces to connect with peers, community partners, and city-wide to increase our shared effectiveness and be accountable.

Design Equity

We use the design process to empower young people, and we reimagine the practice of design to be inclusive of young people with a focus on those populations most often excluded from design.

Adventurousness

We find solutions using the boldness, humor, loyalty, open-mindedness, and lived experiences of the people we serve .

Positive Impact

We do work that results in tangible positive change.