South Shore Works Presents Black Culture Week: A Celebration of Black Culture Wellness

South Shore Works Presents Black Culture Week: A Celebration of Black Culture Wellness

Chicago, Ill. – South Shore Works is proud to announce Black Culture Week, a transformative demonstration project designed to model the Theory of Transformation known as Black Culture Wellness. This event will take place from June 14 to June 23, with Juneteenth as the cultural backdrop, centering community action and communication around the celebration and practice of authentic Black culture.

Black Culture Week is a resilient, responsible, and evolutionary presentation of the best aspects of humanity, beautifully expressed as a direct rebuke of depressed, unjust, and inhumane circumstances. The initiative underscores that authentic Black culture heals, amplifies, and sustains the life-affirming values and principles that have carried the Black community through generations in America and abroad.

Join us in celebrating Black communities, families, health, wellness, and freedom. Promoting Self-Identified Values and Principles: Black Culture Week emphasizes spirit (faith), family, freedom, resilience, ingenuity, self-sustenance, and hard work—hallmark values of America’s Black community. The event also highlights the principles of Respect, Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity, and Faith.

Improving Wellness in 10 Essential Areas:

• Physical

• Emotional

• Cognitive

• Spiritual

• Arts

• Social

• Civic

• Environmental

• Financial

• Occupational

Collaborative Partners: South Shore Works collaborates with numerous partners, including the Institute for Culture Wellness, Chicago Juneteenth Planning Coalition, Lost Boyz, Inc., Lawrence Hall, Studio Yogi, Don Nash / PAC, Rainbow Beach / PAC, Neighborhood Network Alliance, South Shore Chamber of Commerce, Urban Luxe Café, Real Men Cook Charities / Quarry, Miles Square (UIC), Mama Afrika, and the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office / CSCC Community Engagement Strategy.

These partnerships are crucial in ensuring the success and outreach of Black Culture Week. Engagement methods include SMS text, mass email distribution, digital nomination forms, digital collaboration applications, street teams, flyers, in-store posters, gazette publications, and extensive social media campaigns.

About South Shore Works: South Shore Works is a leading community-based organization dedicated to revitalizing and empowering the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. Through innovative initiatives and collaborative partnerships, South Shore Works tirelessly creates a vibrant, culturally rich, and economically prosperous community. Over the years, they have led numerous projects, including the establishment of the Cafe for Community Collaboration and the implementation of the South Shore community's Quality of Life Plan.

"As a cornerstone of the South Shore neighborhood, South Shore Works is deeply committed to empowering residents and revitalizing our community," says Tewodros Josef (TJ) Crawford, Executive Director of South Shore Works.

Join us for Black Culture Week from June 14 to June 23 and be part of this transformative celebration of Black culture and wellness. For more information, visit www.southshoreworks.org.

For more information on South Shore Works and its initiatives, please visit www.southshoreworks.org. Stay connected on social media: Facebook: @southshoreworks, Instagram: @ssworkschgo.


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