Events and Announcements

New Mount Pilgrim MB Church is proud to have collaboratively developed the Sankofa Wellness Village, winner of the 2023 Chicago Prize.

MAAFA IMPACT TIMELINE

1994

NMP purchases St. Mel Holy Ghost Parish Buildings
1996

PDC, NMP’s development arm incorporated
2000

NMP builds first housing development (10 single family homes)
2000

Installation of North Star and MAAFA Remembrance Stained Glass Windows
2005

NMP purchases 4258 W Washington as Parsonage
2013

PDC purchases St. Barnabas Church, 3 Flat & 2 Flat along Washington Blvd
2017

MAAFA Redemption Project Founded
2017

12 program members graduate in First Cohort
2018

MAAFA one of 28 Chicago Bulls Charities Award recipients
2019

MAAFA featured on NBC Left Field
2019

‘Sankofa Peace’ Window dedicated in church sanctuary
2019

Sankofa trip to Accra, Ghana
2020

MAAFA convenes non profit group to administer Oprah Winfrey’s $5M Covid relief package in Chicago
2020

We Raise Foundation Awards $300,000 to MAAFA Redemption Project
2021

MAAFA partners on a social impact campaign for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and featured in ‘We Witness’ documentary
2021

Gloabl premiere of ‘All These Sons’ at Tribeca Film Festival
2021

Marshall Hatch Jr. featured in ‘44 Hours with the Obamas’
2022

MAAFA occupies St. Barnabas Church as program headquarters
2022

MAAFA serves 42 young men, graduates its 5th cohort; takes Sankofa trip to the South
2022

MAAFA shortlisted for the Chicago Prize to realize “The MAC”
2022

MAAFA launches the MAAFA Alumni Program (MAP) — an institute for community leadership
2022

NMP opens Sankofa Recreation Zone