368 attendees

7 speakers

June 17, 2023

CineCity Studios

Highlights from the Evening

Distinguished Awards

The President’s Medal of Honor

Benn Greenspan

Community Investment Award

North Lawndale Employment Network

Tikkun Olam Award (Repairing the World)

Dr. Aleta Clark “Englewood Barbie”

West Side United

The Tree of Life Award

Taller de Jose

Leadership Award

One Lawndale Collaborative

Rodney Brown and Luis Gutierrez

Youth Hero Award

Chicago AMACHI Mentoring Program

Children Today Leaders Tomorrow Award

N’Dia Palmore

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Platinum

Alex S. and Patricia M. Pissios and Family

Gold

Cinespace Chicago Film Studios

Steans Family Foundation

Sodexo

CineCity Studios

Silver

Leslie Mitchel Bond and Rob Bond

Old National Bank

Polsinelli

Rush University

Rachel and David Sternberg

Wintrust Bank

Allied Universal Security Services

Microsoft Philanthropies

Flowers Grow in Our Community

The Roots of SCI

Debra Wesley is the President and Founder of Sinai Community Institute (SCI), which provides community-based health and social service programs to improve the health and well-being of its clients. Approximately 14,000 families each year benefit from SCI’s services, from infants to adolescents to adults.

Photo of N'Dia Palmore

The Artist Behind the Theme

N'Dia Palmore • Artist, SCI Member

I am a 21-year-old student at Illinois State University, studying Biological Sciences in the Physiology, Neuroscience and Behavior sequence. I plan to become a neurosurgeon. I have been a part of Sinai Community Institute since the age of nine, through the "Learn Together” after-school program. During high school, I became a mentor with the program, and I have continued as a mentor throughout college, coming back every summer to work with the children. I have grown an extended family within the community life at Sinai, and I’ve always had a passion for art, taking it on as a hobby. I take pride in helping Sinai Community Institute represent their established and growing roots.