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"We are the men of the MAAFA Redemption Project. We recognize that we cannot redeem our families and communities until we first redeem ourselves. Therefore, our mission is to invest in the mind, body and spirit so that we may repair and rebuild our city, one life at a time."
MAAFA IMPACT TIMELINE
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1994
NMP purchases St. Mel Holy Ghost Parish Buildings
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1996
PDC, NMP’s development arm incorporated
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2000
NMP builds first housing development (10 single family homes)
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2000
Installation of North Star and MAAFA Remembrance Stained Glass Windows
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2005
NMP purchases 4258 W Washington as Parsonage
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2013
PDC purchases St. Barnabas Church, 3 Flat & 2 Flat along Washington Blvd
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2017
MAAFA Redemption Project Founded
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2017
12 program members graduate in First Cohort
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2018
MAAFA one of 28 Chicago Bulls Charities Award recipients
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2019
MAAFA featured on NBC Left Field
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2019
‘Sankofa Peace’ Window dedicated in church sanctuary
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2019
Sankofa trip to Accra, Ghana
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2020
MAAFA convenes non profit group to administer Oprah Winfrey’s $5M Covid relief package in Chicago
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2020
We Raise Foundation Awards $300,000 to MAAFA Redemption Project
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2021
MAAFA partners on a social impact campaign for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and featured in ‘We Witness’ documentary
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2021
Gloabl premiere of ‘All These Sons’ at Tribeca Film Festival
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2021
Marshall Hatch Jr. featured in ‘44 Hours with the Obamas’
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2022
MAAFA occupies St. Barnabas Church as program headquarters
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2022
MAAFA serves 42 young men, graduates its 5th cohort; takes Sankofa trip to the South
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2022
MAAFA shortlisted for the Chicago Prize to realize “The MAC”
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2022
MAAFA launches the MAAFA Alumni Program (MAP) — an institute for community leadership
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2022
NMP opens Sankofa Recreation Zone
