GRAND OPENING PARTY: Seeds of Service - Sowing Change
5pm Ribbon Cutting (RIBBON CUTTING CANCELLED FOR ATTENDEES)
6pm Reception + Entertainment
Southwest Creative Studio (2609 w 63rd) *feel free to attend either or both events
Join us for an evening of celebration as we launch our newest community project. Enjoy inspiring guest speakers, live performances, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, food and drinks, music from a live DJ, and the opportunity to connect with neighbors, partners, and community members as we come together to celebrate this exciting new project.
SEEDS OF SERVICE - Sowing Change: Celebrating Community Leaders In Action
🌱 Introducing Seeds of Service: Sowing Change – Celebrating Community Leaders in Action
☀️This August, Southwest Creative Studio transforms into an immersive, community-curated museum honoring the people who have shaped Chicago—and inspired change around the world.
☀️Created and curated in partnership with the International Servant Leaders Museum , Chicago-section curated in collaboration with Former Deputy Minister of Education for the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Billy Ché Brooks and comerades at the Movement and Justice Gallery and made possible through the City of Chicago DCASE's Neighborhood Access Grant and We Like Clean.
☀️This three-month exhibition invites everyone to learn, reflect, connect, and discover how service can transform our communities.
☀️Through interactive exhibits, local stories, artifacts, workshops, teach-ins, and hands-on experiences, Seeds of Service celebrates servant leadership in action while investing in the next generation of changemakers.
📍 Southwest Creative Studio
📅 August 28 – November 13, 2026
📍 2609 W. 63rd St., Chicago
🫂Join us as we honor people who came before us, celebrate those creating change today, and inspire the leaders of tomorrow.
STAY TUNED FOR A CALENDAR OF SPECIAL GUESTS, WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, AND CELEBRATIONS THAT EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE, LISTEN, LEAD, AND CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE.
In partnership with the International Servant Leaders Museum and made possible by DCASE Neighborhood Access Grant and We Like Clean