R CITY after school is holding a TALENT SHOW! Join us Friday, April 26th at River City from 5:30- 7:00 PM to watch our kids perform. Monetary prizes for first, second, and third place will be given in the form of gift cards, and concessions will be available to purchase.
Bring the whole family to the park for an afternoon of GAMES, FOOD & FUN - all FREE!
Fun for the whole family- food, games, youth performances, black history trivia, & presentation of our annual award to Y’Shanda Rivera, PhD.
Join us as we celebrate the 8 years of leadership from our founding Executive Director Elizabeth Galik and the transition to our newly appointed Executive Director Charnesha Collier. We are thrilled to honor this time with a special ceremony and reception to follow.
We are throwing a BIG family Christmas party full of fun and all kinds of frivolity for all of our R CITY families. Kids and families will explore our Winter Wonderland with activities, crafts, and treats!
All R CITY and River City Community Church families are invited to attend a night of family fun! All ages welcome! Bounce house, carnival games, food and more!
At R CITY, relationships are growing, and youth are being transformed. But, we are outgrowing our space. In order to expand our programming, we are investing $750,000 in a NEW project, and we need your help!
Join us for an evening of appetizers, mocktails and tours as we share the vision and invite you to partner and invest in this exciting project!
Stop through on Thursday, August 31 to register, sign paperwork or sign up for school pick-up. ALL are welcome!
Join us for a summer dinner party to celebrate and support the work and the families of River City Community Development Center. Tickets $100
Join River City Community Church and The Church Outside the Walls on the corner of Grand and Division for an hour of prayer and outreach as part of Hands Across Chicago, a city-wide event that calls us to united prayer and action for peace in strategic locations of Chicago.
Join us in an evening of celebration, as we honor all the women who nurture our lives and community.
Enjoy a nice family style dinner and special performances from our youth.
This event was sponsored in partnership with Sevan Avakian and Patrick Wartan in honor of their mothers, mother-in-law and wife:
Jeanine Wartan, Marga Sanchez, Sundus Avakian and Sara Avakian
Bring the whole family to the park for an afternoon of GAMES, FOOD & FUN - all FREE!
Join Peace Advocate Shawn Childs and youth on a peace march.
Starting place: Division and Pulaski Ending Place: Pulaski and Madison
Hosted by Shawn Childs and House of Hope Foundation in partnership with R CITY and Rooted Reps.
Fun for the whole family- food, games, youth performances, black history trivia, & presentation of our annual award to Phaedra M. Leslie, All Construction.
We are throwing a BIG family Christmas party full of fun and all kinds of frivolity for all of our R CITY families. Kids and families will explore our Winter Wonderland with activities, crafts, and treats!
All R CITY and River City Community Church families are invited to attend a night of family fun! All ages welcome! Bounce house, carnival games, food and more!
Invite your friends and join us for a Saturday Brunch to benefit the summer programs of R CITY.
The staff and students of R CITY invite you to a Mother's Day Event to honor all the women who nurture our lives and community.
Families are welcome to join us for an afternoon of Egg Hunts, Face Painting, Sack Races, Music and MORE!
Young adults of West Humboldt Park are invited to attend our spring Opportunities and Job Fair with community businesses, training opportunities and resources.
Please join us for the: No Kids Die In The Chi Violence Prevention Workshop
Sunday 3/20/22 from 1:00-3:30pm at River City
Our panelists will include:
Tara Stamps, Activist, Mentor, Administrator of New Teacher Development, CTU
Saleshea Peterson, Founder of Hug a Child Make a Change/ Women Empowering Women
Angel Vasquez, Job Trainer and Mentor, private company HVAC
Shawn Childs, Founder House of Hope foundation/ Lead Mentor at RCity CDC
Panel discussion moderated by Y'Shanda Rivera PhD, Director of Strategy, Research, & Partnerships at RCity CDC
Lead Mentor, Shawn Chids with his House of Hope Anti-Violence foundation will be hosting its next No Kids Die in the CHI Black History Month Peace March on the 26 of this month starting at Madison and Pulaski marching to Madison and Austin.
The march will start at 1 PM sharp. This will be are longest walk so far (2.6 miles), please come out, dress warm and stand for the lives of our innocent kids.
Contact Shawn Childs for more information: shawn.childs@rcitycdc.org, 312-487-6815
Join River City Community Development Center for a fall after-work mixer to build pathways to career on Chicago's west side.
Join R CITY and Print Shop as we celebrate our graduates of Cameron Elementary!
All 8th grade graduates are invited to stop by for a free snow cone at River City and browse the print shop store.
There will also be many give away items : books, clothing and more!
If you would like to volunteer to serve our graduates- email: getinvolved@rcitycdc.org
After church on October 27th gather your family and friends to watch the Bears game with R CITY CDC! Concessions will be available for sale but feel free to also bring your favorite game-watching party food. There will be contests, games, and raffles going on during the game, so it will be a fun time for everyone supporting R CITY CDC!
Online RSVP is helpful, but not necessary to attend.
Join us for our 4th annual Cradle to Career Benefit at the Humboldt Park Boathouse!
Join in the fun as we celebrate Christmas together with all the children in our programs!
Join the congregation of River City Community Church in celebrating R CITY and finding out new ways to get involved and support R CITY’s work in Humboldt Park.
