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On February 11, Clarity Partners hosted the students of Chicago Vocational Career Academy (CVCA) as part of the Lumity program.
For the third year in a row, CVCA students worked alongside Clarity employees to present STEM-driven solutions to real-world problems that affect their communities. The students then presented those solutions to a panel of judges, who voted on the idea they found most promising.
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The winning team was U-Trash, an app that promotes community involvement in an effort to combat litter and trash in the Chicago area. The app has two functionalities: one for U-Reporters, who can take a picture of trash and tag its exact location and one for U-Volunteers, who mark they will go to the location and pick up the trash. They will now present their idea alongside other teams that won their respective one-day challenges as part of the IGNITE Benefit Cocktail Reception and STEM Fair on March 12.
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Clarity Partners is honored to work with the Lumity team to facilitate their mission to provide resources for teens and young adults from under-served communities to prepare them for lifelong STEM careers.
About Lumity
Lumity is a four-year program supports students through each stage of their high school years, teaching and strengthening critical thinking and problem solving skills, ability to collaborate effectively as part of a team, and valuable presentation skills.