Sunshine Gospel Ministries

Youth outreach: youth outreach programs serve elementary, middle, and high school ages. Each program provides students with a structured after-school environment that promotes positive values and fosters a commitment to learning. Youth participate in various academic, creative, and recreational activities, receive tutoring, and learn how to form a strong, positive identity.

Flourishing community initiative: the flourishing community initiative is designed to reduce the level of violence in the chicago police department third district by working hands-on with neighbors, law enforcement, youth, and families of victims of violence. The work will make extensive use of data to track conditions, activities, and outcomes. This date will be used to measure impact as well as to communicate with all partners, advisors, city and community residents.

Bridge builders: bridge builders helps to connect people from different backgrounds to promote a shared understanding of the challenges facing inner-city communities. Those from an outside context typically hear and see mostly negative portrayals of the inner city, often contributing to unhelpful labeling and misguided interactions. We believe the giftedness of the community is more clearly seen through fostering healthy, meaningful experiences that combine learning with active engagement.

Familyhood equips parents, teachers, youth workers, and other adults to aid children in becoming healthy, caring, and responsible citizens. Families focus on positive communication while working with others to build support networks for young people, helping them build key developmental assets, and fostering growth.

The housing program exists to bring about the stabilization and revitalization of the woodlawn community.