The LUV Institute

You are invited to the 3rd Annual Restoring LUV Breakfast on Friday, August 21, at the Chicago Urban League Empowerment Center. ♥️

🩵Join us as we come together to uplift and invest in young people of color who have experienced trauma, helping them build pathways to college, careers, and brighter futures.🤍
Since 2013, the LUV Institute has served over4,000+ youth across Chicago, with:
✨ 75% program completion
✨ 78% job and/or college placement

📅 Mark your calendar — tickets and details coming soon!

🇲🇽LUV Institute would like to wish our Mexican family a happy and joyful Cinco de Mayo and taco Tuesday🌮! It’s a celebration of Mexican and Latino culture celebrated throughout the world. We honor your culture and the contributions of Mexican Americans and immigrants everywhere! 🇲🇽

💪🏽History-making women remind us to be outliers. To stand out. To speak up.📢

Anita Hill, attorney and educator, should be remembered not only for challenging a Supreme Court nominee but bravely challenging a system and empowering women to report sexual harassment in the workplace. SPEAK UP! 🗣️

🧑🏽‍⚕️Thinking about your future? How about a career in nursing? 🩺

The U.S. was short more than 78,000 registered nurses last year. The shortage is deepening with the aging population. The LUV Institute’s Training Program is a pathway to becoming an RN, and classes fill up every session. So, don’t delay! 🧑🏽‍⚕️🩺
Visit luvinstitute.org and learn more about our CNA training program and be prepared to win!

Two years ago, LUV Institute Executive Director Cosette Nazon-Wilburn rewrote the famous America Ferrara monologue from the movie “Barbie” from her perspective as a Black woman. During , it bears repeating.
Read it here and be inspired: https://www.luvinstitute.org/youth-empowerment-about-us/gloria-monologue-from-barbie-the-black-girl-magic-version

💗Rising Black girl . . .

Today, your assignment is to imagine yourself in the fierce skin of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968. She represented a district that included the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn for seven terms. Then in 1972, she became the first Black candidate to run for a major-party nomination for president of the United States. 💗

Babygirl, there’s nothing you can’t do! 💪🏽💪🏽

Should Black people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?☘️

Absolutely! Black and Irish people have a shared history of British oppression and being “othered” in American society. Many Irish were staunch abolitionists and activists for freedom. Black and Irish communities mingled. They lived in the same neighborhoods and blended cultures. Tap dancing, in fact, is a blend of African and Irish dance. 💚

☘️So wear your green and clover proudly today! 🍀