Our Partner Groups

Regular Programmers are partner groups that offer daily or weekly programming at Woodlawn Collaborative and participate as active members of our governing body, the Woodlawn Collaborative Committee.

 

The 64th Street Print Shop is a community printmaking studio housed in the Woodlawn Collaborative. Funded by the University of Chicago but open to all, we offer free classes and workshops in letterpress, screen printing, bookmaking, and textile painting, as well as open studio hours for more advanced students. 

 

Affinity is a social justice organization that has been serving the LGBTQAI communities of color and our allies for over 15 years. At WC, we offer support groups, wellness programs, and educational activities targeted to this audience, as well as programming for our Youth Leadership Institute.

 

MAGIC strives to help youth become agents of change for the conditions and policies that hinder their chances of a prosperous and healthy adulthood. Our Teen REACH after-school program provides youth empowerment and leadership development to young people in the Woodlawn community and surrounding area through mural arts, digital media and film production, and youth organizing around social issues.

 

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WC Partners include groups aligned with our mission who have been approved to submit space requests for more sporadic programming or larger-scale events. All partner groups hold a stake in the governance of Woodlawn Collaborative and are invited to participate in the Woodlawn Collaborative Committee.

 

AREA Chicago – a group that supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics through their newspaper, website, and events.

 

Bronzeville Historical Society – a non-profit historical organization currently working on an Underground Railroad tour of Chicago that includes First Presbyterian Church, where WC is housed.

 

Green Campus Initiative (GCI) – a UChicago student organization that promotes sustainable and eco-friendly practices on campus and environmental activism in the broader Chicago community. This also includes a group within their organization called UCAN, or University Climate Action Network. 

 

Performing Arts for Effective Civic Education (PAECE) – a UChicago student organization that mentors high school students and allows them to express social and political issues in their communities through spoken word, dancing, singing, and acting out skits.

 

South Side Solidarity Network (SSN)- a UChicago student organization that aims to work with community members fon the South Side on important issues. They hold quarterly events for student activists in our space.