Support the Kick-off Event for Our Health Center

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

The Salaam Community Wellness Center

Kick-off for Salaam Community Wellness Center

$1,680

raised by 9 people

$150,000 goal

Twenty months ago a dedicated group of individuals came together to address the underlying conditions that made Black and Brown communities at highest risk of infections and deaths from COVID-19. We recognized that we were not only creating a model for today's health crisis but a new one for the future.

In January 10, 2022 we will launch a unique, innovative, integrative holistic model of healthcare that will utilize the best of western and non-western medicine. We will be addressing the lack of culturally-competent primary care, addiction treatment, mental health and nutrition services. Some of the modalities will include individual and group therapies, psychotherapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, mindfulness therapies such as Reiki, sound therapy, deep-breathing/meditation, yoga, tai chi and chi gong. 

Due to the uptick in violence on the South Side of Chicago, we will also be launching a violence prevention program in the spring of 2022. Coupled with intensive social service support our program will be a highly effective model in addressing the trauma that victims of violence and perpetrators experience. Recognizing and directing our attention to the fact that "hurt people, hurt people" is critical in helping to stem the violence that starts in the homes and spills out into our communities.  

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