L!VE Cafe and RGW Consulting Fundraiser

As a small business ourselves, Cira Center for Behavioral Health (CCBH) is intimately familiar with the strains that COVID-19 has put on our small business communities.  And we're especially feeling for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) small businesses who are not only dealing with COVID but also have racism to contend with.  We want to stand in solidarity with our BIPOC Entrepreneurs AND do our part to help continue to dismantle white supremacy.  And one of the best ways we can think to do that is by fundraising for two of the most important Black and Womxn Owned businesses in Oak Park: L!VE Cafe and Creative Space and RGW Consulting owned and operated by the one and only Reesheda Graham Washington.

The mission of L!VE Cafe and Creative Space is to innovate transformational event cafes as a place to enjoy quality coffee, and leverage the space as a means for inspiration towards courageous, authentic, and abundant L!VING!  You can learn more about L!VE here: https://livexclamation.com/page/about

The mission of RGW Consulting is to create communities of individuals who possess a growing consciousness of the cultural space they occupy and exercise their agile ability to navigate a variety of cultural spaces, toward a more viable and sustainable framework for doing business equitably.  You can learn more here: https://rgwashington.com/about/

A donation to this fundraiser does so much more than simply benefit a coffee shop.  L!VE Cafe and Creative Spaces are HYPER-local when it comes to where they get their products and food from.  And not only that, they form intersection partnerships, working with other local Black-Owned businesses in order to lift everyone up with them.  Additionally, a donation to this fundraiser does so much more than simply benefit a consulting business.  Reesheda's aim is to bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to every person and organization that she works with.  And isn't that what this world needs more of right now?  Join us in supporting these amazing businesses, and this amazing woman, who are working tirelessly to make this world a more just, safe, and equitable place.