Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center, in Syracuse’s Southside neighborhood, is inviting members of the community for a giveaway of items for women and families.
1:00 – 5 pm, July 31
Café Sankofa, 2331 South Salina Street
Everything is free to the community and includes diapers, wipes, feminine hygiene products, baby clothes, maternity clothes, nursing bras, and more. The event will be from 1:00 to 5:00 pm Saturday, July 31 at 2331 South Salina Street. Everyone in attendance must wear a face mask.
“We want families in the Sankofa district and around the city to know they deserve to have their basic needs met because a healthy family and healthy life is a human right. Giving back to our community has been especially important considering how so many families have been isolated from their support systems and financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our goal at the Center is to reimagine what community healing can look like through radical love, mutual aid, and community-led reproductive justice for the families we serve,” said SeQuoia Kemp, co-founder of Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center and director of the childbirth education and doula services.
This is the second Sankofa Community Giveback. The first was organized in August last year, inspired by the difficulties many families faced in the COVID-19 pandemic. Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center intends to host a Community Giveback once every summer.
There will be a live DJ, face painting, and a fresh-food giveaway, as well as multiple raffles for items including two strollers, a breastpump, a carseat, and many other essentials.
Sankofa thanks QueerWOC: The Podcast, Syracuse University’s Black Graduate Students’ Association, the CNY Black Artist Collective, BLM Syracuse, Vera House Inc., Upstate University’s Student National Medical Association, and RAHA Syracuse for their support–and thanks community members for their donations!
Reporters interested in learning more about the event should contact SeQuoia Kemp at communitycare@sankofaheals.com
