Andre C Russell is proud to be a product of his environment. Having been born into a single parent household and raised on the South side of Chicago with the support of grandparents from both sides of the family - Read More
The Smith Center will focus on creating and supporting various community ACTION projects in an effort to create family involvement and investment in the community. Most of these projects will function on a quarterly and annual basis. The following is a list of projects accomplished thus far. Further details about these events can be found in our Updates Section
The Smith Center for Community Advancement
Mission
The Smith Center for Community Advancement (SCCA) is a nonprofit organization that serves the South Side of Chicago. We believe strong families are the cornerstones of strong and thriving communities. We seek to elevate family stability, improve academic success, counteract harmful behaviors, and strengthen community pride and involvement. - Learn More
The Smith Center for Community Advancement will focus on two components of service that will be broken down specifically to address the key core concerns of the client.
The Smith Center will focus on creating and supporting various community ACTION projects in an effort to create family involvement and investment in the community.
The Smith Center for Community Advancement is a 501c3 Sponsored Organization with Goodcity Chicago. All donations and contributions are tax deductible.
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It’s 2014 and we have started the ball rolling already! We started a GoFundMe campaign in order to raise the money to file for our 501c3 and it was a SUCCESS!!! Now we are applying for our 501c3 and soon we will be able to fully operate as a nonprofit organization and begin to seek […]
January 11, 2014
I am so excited to launch our new ongoing project “Smith Center Spotlight” by featuring a strong, beautiful and dynamic sister that has not only been an inspiration to me but a definite champion whose passion and hard work in the Black Community and even across the nation is beyond compare! Having founded the The BRIJ […]
August 31, 2017
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It’s 2015 and the Smith Center has successfully completed a FULL year of service to the community as a nonprofit organization! We have been very fortunate to have Goodcity as our Fiscal Sponsor and that has given us the opportunity to receive access to trainings and networking events to help advance our […]
January 5, 2015