In the summer of 2009, Chicago Youth Boxing Club--a nonprofit sports-based youth development organization in Chicago--took five youth and two staff to Tamaula, Guanajuato for two weeks. CYBC youth organized boxing programming, leadership development workshops, and fitness/nutrition education sessions for community residents in Tamaula. The CYBC youth also built a small boxing gym that continues to operate in the community. The purpose of the trip was to foster leadership development and to build intercultural understanding around migration issues between Mexico and the United States. This educational exchange was funded by the Chicago International Connections Fund of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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