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Sankofa Wellness Village wins $10M Chicago Prize
The village will be a sprawling, $50 million campus that includes a wellness center with a credit union, an art center, business hub and pop-up markets
St. Angela School students (left to right) Xaria Johnson Rickett, 11, Malia Jones, 13, Isaiah Stines, 13, and Amares Chambliss, 13, in front of the new mural that features there faces. SHANEL ROMAIN/Staff
By ATAVIA REED Block Club Chicago
A West Side campus that will bring critical resources back into a disinvested neighborhood has won the second $10 million Chicago Prize. The Pritzker Traubert Foundation awarded the Sankofa Wellness Village the coveted prize Wednesday, according to an announcement Thursday afternoon. The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative, which includes several West Side groups, is steering the development. The project was chosen from six South and West side finalists. The remaining finalists will each receive $500,000 from the foundation to further their plans, officials said. The Sankofa Wellness Village will bring pivotal, interconnected services along the Madison and Pulaski corridor, organizers said. The village will include: ■ The Sankofa Village Wellness Center, a See SANKOFA WELLNESS on page 3
New Austin mural a gift to community, school says
St. Angela School mural by artist Ally Braden depicts longtime students By SHANEL ROMAIN Community Narrative Reporter
A new mural in Austin features the faces of students who attend St. Angela School, 1332 N. Massasoit Ave. The public piece by artist Ally Braden was
completed around Thanksgiving, said Lynn Frederick, St. Angela’s director of advancement. “The children who are pictured in the mural are students or former students,” said Frederick. “It represents joy and a strong sense of community in the
school.” St. Angela was formerly connected to St. Angela Parish before the church closed in 2005. In 2017, the Archdiocese of Chicago, who owned the church See AUSTIN MURAL on page 8