District 89 Back-To-School Picnic

It was great to be a part of District 89’s Annual Back-to-School Picnic! We were able to get the chance to share information about The Firehouse Dream and how students can get involved with our upcoming programming at our Proviso East Calm Room and PMSA Health Club. In addition, The Firehouse Dream has workshops that the entire family can attend! We gave away resources with additional information and displayed the mental health kits for our community to see. Lastly, we shared our upcoming Mental Health Kit giveaways at Proviso schools. Families are invited to help us pack Kits in preparation for our giveaway on September 10th, 6 PM to 8 PM!

Black & Brown Solidarity | Mural Painting

We are so excited we are only two weeks away from the Black & Brown Solidarity Convening! Last Wednesday, we had our art mural team, Gabe and Amie, design the mural. This mural is a representation of finding community across different ethnicities/races. See the full completed mural June 5, 6PM-8PM!

Community Circle | Session 3

Liz and Benjamin led another great community circle on Wednesday. This session, community members wrote some words that resonated with them for safety and belonging. They also wrote one word they are hoping to implement into their life this year. Then, each person put their cards into the circle to symbolize connectedness.

The next community circle will be Wednesday, April 16th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. We hope you can make it!

Community Circle | Session 2

Jessica and Benjamin led another great community circle on Wednesday. Although we had to reschedule, we are so grateful our community was able to show up! This session continued to build relationships and trust from the previous session. Community members bring their centerpiece items that represent an important moment or memory. Then, the centerpieces were then added to the middle with Jessica and Benjamin’s pieces.

The next community circle will be Wednesday, March 12th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. We hope you can make it!

Community Circle | Session 1

Last night, we hosted our first Community Circle at TFD! Last year, the team and some community members were trained in facilitating healing circles with Andrew from We Each Belong. A community healing circle is inspired by indigenous practices to promote health relationships as well as solve any tensions within a group of individuals.

Community Circles will be held once a month to build relationships with our neighbors. Join Jessica and Benjamin for fun games and meaningful conversation on Wednesday night (February 12th, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM) for the next circle. Thank you to our participants in taking this first step with us to continue inviting healing within our communities.