The Sankofa Wellness Village will create opportunities for West Garfield Park residents of all ages to have access to health and recreation services, business development, healthy food and the arts.
The village, which is set to break ground in 2023, will serve the more than 17,000 residents of West Garfield Park and the surrounding communities.Pastor Marshall Hatch Sr. of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church stands on the future site of the Sankofa Wellness Village on Dec. 14, 2022, on West Madison Street in West Garfield Park.“This has been a community of many challenges,” Hatch said. “There’s been major disinvestment. It’s one of the poorest per capita communities.
Pastor Marshall Hatch Sr. of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church next to a mural along West Madison Street showing health disparities in West Garfield Park, Dec. 14, 2022. Ansell said the collaborative got to work on a plan to address long-standing underinvestment in Garfield Park and improve health outcomes, specifically the life expectancy gap.
Leaders of the collaborative say residents have long been looking for more jobs, business opportunities, food options, safe places to gather and exercise, after-school options for children and better physical and mental health access. “The concept of cultural practice is reflected in our name,” Crawford said. “We’ll go back to what has been lost and really bring it forward. As we start practicing things that celebrate us as our natural and best selves, it helps to improve our health, instead of us feeling trapped or having to fit in a box.”
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