Greater Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce

06/02/2026

06/01/2026

🎓 HELP US SEND STUDENTS TO COLLEGE SUCCESSFULLY! 🎓

The INC Spot's 11th Annual Scholar Sendoff is approaching, and we need your support! For over 10 years, we have helped graduating students transition to college by providing essential dorm and school supplies, easing the financial burden on families, and setting students up for success.

Every donation makes a difference and helps us continue this important community tradition.

💙 Donate Today:
Cash App: $GDBCC
Zelle: [email protected]

Together, we can ensure our future leaders have the resources they need to thrive on campus. Thank you for investing in our students and their dreams!

05/27/2026

Thank you Ms Alida Graham for your Donation to our 11th Annual Scholar Sendoff Program!
We currently have 20 DPS students we are collecting ALL DORMITORY ITEMS FOR! We need 20 of EVERYTHING
1. 20 Lamps
2. 17 sheet sets
3. 4 pillows
4. 20 garbage cans
5. 20 TVs (32 inch)
6. 20 Comforters
7. 20 refrigerators
8. 20 Laundry baskets
9. 20 detergents
10. 20 cleaning agents
11. 20 towel sets
12. 20 toothbrushes/toothpaste
13. 20 deodorants
14. 20 body washes
15. 20 lotions
16. 20 plate/cup sets
17. School supplies (highlighters, post-it’s, 3 ring binders, spiral notebooks, pens

If you just want to donate (have my team shop), you can send money to:

Cashapp: $GDBCC
Zelle: [email protected]

Check made to: Greater Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce 269 W Eldorado St

05/21/2026

Use discount code THEINCSPOT — all caps — and get $20 OFF any tickets you purchase.

Please share it with your family, friends, coworkers, and supporters. Let’s come together and support an amazing event and continue showing the power of community support.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to our volunteer Nilah Gauss.

05/11/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NCxzKYBKR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Since 1983, the Decatur Park District and Illinois State Board of Education have partnered to provide FREE meals for kids across Decatur through the Summer Food Service Program!

Free meals for children 18 & under
Monday - Friday, June 1 - July 31
Available at park & school locations throughout Decatur (locations posted below)

Plus, join the Yellow Hat Park Leaders at 9 neighborhood parks during lunch hour for fun games and educational activities every weekday!

decatur-parks.org/blog/2025/05/27/summer-lunch-program/

04/24/2026

Erase a People’s Memory… Control Their Future

“When a people forget, they can be rewritten.”

Frances Cress Welsing warned that memory is resistance. Across Africa, history was not just ignored—it was replaced. Names changed. stories erased. identities reshaped.

So ask yourself:
Who benefits when you don’t know where you come from?

Because reclaiming memory isn’t nostalgia… it’s power.

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Refs: Welsing; UNESCO General History of Africa