Photo Courtesy of Noah’s Arc Foundation
At Major Adams Community Center on Saturday, healing came through art and sports.
The Noah’s Arc Foundation, in partnership with the Ladies of the Arc — a group of mothers who have lost their children to gun violence — hosted expressive art and sports workshops for young people on Chicago’s West Side.
The event gave local youth a space to move, create, and process emotions, guided by women who have turned unimaginable grief into a force for good.
Saturday’s workshops were the latest chapter in a long-standing partnership between the Noah’s Arc Foundation and Major Adams, a place the organization calls its “birthplace.” During Joakim Noah’s playing days with the Chicago Bulls, he and his mother, Cecilia Rodhe — who co-founded the foundation — built a relationship with Major Adams staff. For more than a decade, they have worked together to offer art and sports programming aimed at giving young people healthy ways to express themselves.
The tradition continues — and on Saturday, it carried new meaning.
Photo Courtesy of Noah’s Arc Foundation
