Honoring the legacy of Civil Rights Leader Albert Anderson Raby through community service, activism, and youth leadership development in Chicago.
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2019
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Albert’s great-grandson, Matthew, was featured on the front page of the @chicagotribune as he watched the raising of the #Juneteeth flag at Daley Plaza in Chicago with his mother and the rest of the Raby family.
Invited by @chicagosmayor, Matthew was very excited to be in attendance. We’re proud to see Matthew grow and learn about his great-grandpa’s legacy. ✊🏾
✊🏾❤️🖤💚 Thank you @chicagosmayor!
Katanya & her family chair the @RabyFoundation, which provides educational opportunities for youth to learn about civil rights history in Chicago. The Foundation is currently developing a scholarship fund to support young people interested in civil rights work in the city. 🧵
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#WeMakeSpaceTogether #Overton
More snapshots from our Community Days on July 31 & the fireside chat with @rabyfoundation and @6figga_dilla !
Next Community Day: Sat, August 28, 2-5pm.
Photos: @sandragoldi
#CreativeGrounds @chicagoarchitecturebiennial @elevated_chi
We hosted a wonderful fireside chat with Chicago historian @6figga_dilla yesterday. Sherm, thanks for your candor and thoughtful historical insights on Al and his work - we really appreciate all that you do for the history of our great city!
Thanks to @borderless_MXUS for making space for us to have this chat and many thanks to those who attended. The chat was recorded so we’ll have footage available soon!
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Excited to make space together with Al Raby Foundation @rabyfoundation @urbandreamsofmine in conversation w/ urban historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas @6figga_dilla
#Chicago #Bronzeville #CreativeGrounds #Resilience #Solidarity #CommunityCare #Cooperation #MutualAid #CommunityDay
Happy birthday, Al! He’d be 88 years old today. We’re grateful for the time we had with him. He truly changed our great city and the hearts and minds of so many. 💕
Had a fantastic conversation with Bruce Orenstein and Aurie Pennick this evening after the @rabyfoundation’s screening of The Color Tax! Thanks to all who attended - we had 194 attendees!!! Gratitude to all of our supporters!
Please join the Raby Foundation for the screening of The Color Tax this Thursday, February 18, 2021. Following the screening, there will be a discussion with the filmmaker Bruce Orenstein and housing advocate Aurie Pennick. crowdcast.io/e/the-al-raby-f…
In honor of Al’s birthday and Black History Month celebrations, please join the us for a screening of The Color Tax documentary and conversation with filmmaker, Bruce Orenstein on 2/18/21 @ 6pm.
Register here: crowdcast.io/e/the-al-raby-f…
Hope you’ll join us!
Day 2 of Raby Foundation's The Dreams of Those Before Us Civil Rights History Challenge was nothing short of amazing! The students learned the power of the narrative from our inspirational guest speaker, @jhmiralatrice of @publicnarrative. Looking forward to Day 3!
Today was session #1 of the Raby Foundation Chats - The Dreams of Those Before Us: Civil Rights History Challenge pilot with students from @rabyhs. Thrilled to pilot this curriculum with support from @ilhumanities. Excited to share this week's adventures with you - stay tuned!
The communications intern position has been filled! Thanks to those who helped get the word out! More to come soon, stay tuned!
We're hiring! The Raby Foundation is looking for a communications intern to help us with our summer programming with @RabyHS! Please check out the job description and spread the word - we need to fill the position quickly! Please send resumes to [email protected]
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We've shifted our work a bit to serve more of our community more efficiently. Prepared care packages are underway. Check out the lineup. #SouthSideFoodDistributionNetwork
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Last week, the #Bronzeville Food Distribution Pop-Up increased food access for folks in the 3rd and 4th wards, and even extended to folks in neighboring wards who heard about us.
Get involved: bit.ly/volunteers-sign-up
#Chicago #SouthSide #SouthSideFoodDistributionNetwork
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Today we processed donations & distributed to 482 neighbors/households, and 100 packages in collaboration with @acclivus via outreach.
We’ll be open tomorrow from 11am-1pm. Please share!
Donate, volunteer, spread the word!
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