Woke Chicago

Join us in empowering our community through mindfulness and self-empowerment.

Sign up to volunteer with Woke Chicago and help us create a brighter future for our youth. Together, we can foster resilience and freedom.

https://www.wokechicago.org/take-action

I AM CAPABLE!

Everyday at Woke Chicago, we help kids develop emotional intelligence and self-awareness through mindfulness practices.

As we celebrate Juneteenth, we at Woke Chicago honor the significance of freedom and liberation. Our mission is to empower our community, especially the youth, by providing tools for self-empowerment through trauma-informed mindfulness.

This Juneteenth, let's renew our commitment to creating access to mindfulness in schools and communities. Support our mission and help our youth thrive by donating to Woke Chicago today. Stay woke! 🌟

Another snapshop of our classes with Projects of Love!

We continue to work through things like movement, breath, and self-reflection practices!

48% BIPOC Representation! At Woke Chicago, diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values. We're proud to have 48% BIPOC space holders among our yoga teachers and volunteers, fostering a more inclusive community.

🌟 Impact Alert! 🌟

In 2023, Woke Chicago's programs reached the lives of 1,200 individuals, including 720 young minds. Together, we're shaping a brighter future for our community!

Expand our impact by donating today! https://secure.givelively.org/donate/woke-npo

Our collaboration with Projects of Love is truly a labor of LOVE!

We are raising our vibrations through movement, breath, and self-reflection practices with 10 students each week.

🌟 Impact Alert! 🌟

In 2023, Woke Chicago's programs reached the lives of 1,200 individuals, including 720 young minds. Together, we're shaping a brighter future for our community!

Help us expand our reach by donating here: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/woke-npo

Embracing a wholistic approach to healing 💫 At Woke Chicago, we recognize that each person is more than their traumas.

We believe in nurturing the innate capacity within each individual to embark on their unique journey of healing and growth.

Let's cultivate resilience, together.

At Woke Chicago, we celebrate diversity and amplify BIPOC voices. Join us in creating a more inclusive and equitable community for all.

Stay in touch with all our events by signing up for our newsletter at wokechicago.org

Take a moment to breathe deeply and ground yourself in the present. Mindfulness is a powerful tool for managing stress and promoting well-being.

This Sunday's Yoga flow funds our fall🍁 student program in Lawndale. Join us this Sunday @ the Rooftop of Six06 Cafe Bar

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Woke Chicago updated their information in their About section.

Hello Woke Family!
We are so excited to announce that for the month of March, we will be hosting !

Each week we will hold a raffle for everyone who has participated for a chance to win a prize!

At the end of the month, everyone who has participated in each weeks challenges will have their name entered into our grand prize drawing!

Can't wait to see you there!
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Born in 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, Diane Nash left the city to attend Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. In Nashville, Nash experienced the full effect of the Jim Crow system for the first time.

In 1959 she began attending nonviolence workshops given by James Lawson. Initially a skeptic of nonviolent tactics, Nash began to understand their effectiveness and marveled at the willingness of people to risk their lives for the sake of others.

She had the opportunity to practice nonviolent direct action after the Student Central Committee in Nashville organized sit-ins in local department stores.

During the spring of 1961 Nash played a crucial role in sustaining Freedom Rides initiated by the Congress of Racial Equality.

She made important contributions to the Birmingham Campaign, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the Selma Campaign & received the Rosa Parks Award from SCLC in 1965.

From the late 1960s onward, Nash taught in Chicago public schools and continued her activism organizing tenants, welfare support, and housing advocates.

Nash was always ready to do what was necessary to make a mark. To change the world, she says with a laugh, “sometimes you have to be bad.”
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@ Chicago, Illinois

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Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history as well as an award-winning writer who has written for the New York Times and has three books forthcoming with Penguin Random House.

Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora.

In 2016, at the age of 18, Gorman founded the nonprofit organization One Pen One Page, a youth writing and leadership program.

While at Harvard, Gorman became the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate in April 2017.

In 2017, Gorman said she intends to run for president in 2036; "Seeing the ways that I as a young black woman can inspire people is something I want to continue in politics.

I don’t want to just speak works; I want to turn them into realities and actions."

"One of the preparations that I do always whenever I perform is I say a mantra to myself, which is 'I'm the daughter of black writers.

We're descended from freedom fighters who broke through chains and changed the world. They call me.'

And that is the way in which I prepare myself for the duty that needs to get done."
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@ Chicago, Illinois

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Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States.

Though pursuing a political career, she stated that she faced a “double handicap,” reflecting on the intersectionality of her identities as a Black woman.

In 1964, Chisholm ran for and became the second African American in the New York State Legislature.

There, “Fighting Shirley” introduced more than 50 pieces of legislation and championed racial and gender equality, the plight of the poor, and ending the Vietnam War & in 1977 became the first Black woman and second woman ever to serve on the powerful House Rules Committee.

Chisholm retired from Congress in 1983 & co-founded the National Political Congress of Black Women.

Of her legacy, Chisholm said, “I want to be remembered as a woman … who dared to be a catalyst of change.”
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@ Chicago, Illinois

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Dr. Mae C. Jemison is the first Black female astronaut & in 1992, flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first Black woman in space.

Born in Decatur, Alabama, Jemison moved to Chicago at a young age and grew up here, spending most of her youth in the library learning about all aspects of science, especially astronomy.

She later went to Stanford and served as head of the Black Student Union, later going on to travel the world teaching and doing medical research before being accepted into NASA's astronaut training program.

In all, she spent more than 190 hours in space before returning to Earth on September 20, 1992.

Following her historic flight, Jemison noted that society should recognize how much both women and members of other minority groups can contribute if given the opportunity.
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@ Chicago, Illinois

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Interested in learning more about the foundations of yoga and practice of universal love?

❣️Join us + explore the Bhagavad Gita, sacred yogic texts, + Ayurveda, the science of life.

❣️You will walk away with new knowledge about the spiritual and metaphysical foundations of yoga and self care practices.

❣️You’ll be able to treat yourself, your partner, your friends, and your family to some simple Ayurvedic practices and treats to sweeten the day and bring more love into your life.

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Today we recognize our current Vice President, Kamala Harris.
She is the United States' first Black, female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, & the second Black woman to serve in the US senate.
She has become a leading advocate for social-justice reform & is making efforts to be progressive, especially with the LGBTQ community. She believes that the fight for racial justice should be everyone’s fight & is often been the only Black person in the room, the only woman, forced to prove she’s as good as, if not better than, everyone around her– paving the way for black voices to be heard for generations to come.
“I always say this: I may be the first to do many things—make sure I’m not the last,”
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@ Chicago, Illinois

✨💪🏾 move with and this weekend on IG live 🎥

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is a health and wellness initiative aimed at providing community resources + empowering Chicagoans to take control of their health.

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Woke Chicago is a black-led, initiative based non-profit organization formed in response to 2020’s impact on communities of color.

🧘🏿Our work creates free access to yoga, meditation, and self-care instruction within Chicago neighborhoods.

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This week, we will explore Flint for our healing and intention setting stone.

Flint sharpens your analytical abilities. It supports dependability, loyalty, and trustworthiness. Flint helps you get grounded and focus on the present moment.

When we add crystals to our meditation or intention setting practice, we can amplify our experiences and gain a greater connection to ourselves, our communities, and the world around us.

Affirmation: I bring the inspiration of the Divine realms into physical manifestation in the physical world.

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In honor of Black History Month, we are highlighting some of the amazing women who have given their light to American history and serve as empowering role models not just for women, but for all.

To kick us off, we bring you none other than The First Lady of Civil Rights & Mother of the Freedom Movement, Rosa Parks.
She is most well known for her refusal to move to the back of the bus to make way for white passengers on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama.
By the time Parks boarded the bus in 1955, she was an established organizer and leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.
Parks not only showed active resistance by refusing to move she also helped organize and plan the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Parks courageous act and the subsequent Montgomery Bus Boycott led to the integration of public transportation in Montgomery & was jailed for refusing to give up her seat and lost her job for participating in the boycott.
Today, we remember her for a rich legacy of resistance against racial discrimination and injustice. #

This week, we will explore Tiger Eye for our healing and intention setting stone.

Tiger Eye is the stone of mental clarity. It activates intellect and logic and opens the mind. It allows you to find harmony and settle disagreements. Tiger Eye carries the frequency of creation and encourages you to take action in the world.

When we add crystals to our meditation or intention setting practice, we can amplify our experiences and gain a greater connection to ourselves, our communities, and the world around us.

Affirmation: I act with confidence, clarity, balance, fairness, enthusiasm, and strength.

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✨woke chi is on a mission to create positive energy + future yogis @ Parker Community Academy 🧘🏿🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏾‍♂️

Thank you for sharing your classroom with us Mr. Young! 👨🏽‍🏫
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Every January for the past few years, I've set an intention to do yoga each day of the month. This year is a little different.

Woke Chicago has partnered with Parker Academy to bring yoga, meditation, and mindfulness to the students, faculty, and parents of students. Every Wednesday this month, I've had the opportunity to start my day with leading a P.E. class of 5th graders in a short virtual yoga flow.

So this January I've been consistent with my intent to my daily practice because I want to bring my best self every Wednesday morning for the kiddos.

I'm incredibly grateful to be part of the community and have amazing opportunities like these.

This week, we will explore Turquoise for our healing and intention setting stone.

Turquoise is the stone for finding wholeness and truth and aids in the communication and creation of those qualities. It is beneficial for overall well-being, mood, emotions, and restoring vitality. Turquoise can heal the body, relieve stress, and bring awareness to the heart.

When we add crystals to our meditation or intention setting practice, we can amplify our experiences and gain a greater connection to ourselves, our communities, and the world around us.

Affirmation: From my heart and my wholeness, I speak my truth with clarity, certainty and love.
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✨something is happening in our world 🌎
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“...trouble is in the land, confusion all around.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars 🌌

The masses of people are rising up 👩🏾‍🦱🧑🏽‍🦰👩🏼‍🦳👵🏾👨🏼‍🦰👨🏽

And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in

Johannesburg, South Africa
Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪
Accra, Ghana
New York City🗽
Atlanta, Georgia
Jackson, Mississippi
or Memphis, Tennessee

the cry is always the same:

"We want to be free." 🖤

We have been forced to grapple with the problems that men have been trying to grapple with through history

but the demands didn't force them to do it

Survival now demands that we grapple with them🧘🏿

We've got to stay together and maintain unity

Let us rise up with a greater readiness ☮️

Let us stand with a greater determination

we've got some difficult days ahead

But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop.

And we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.”✨

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📖meaningful excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s

⭐️I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Address⭐️