Our Unseen Roots

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Our Unseen Roots Our Unseen Roots is a media channel that highlights and recognizes the women and men who nourish the Black community, providing a platform that tells their stories.  Our Unseen Roots is instrumental in telling the untold stories of fathers, strong women, community heroes and more.  Lionel Gentle will help bring more stories to the forefront at The Aux.  Website Services Podcast recording Story Telling Rentable Podcast time (TBD) Impact   Provides an opportunity for the community to tell their own story Supports healthy communication and increases literacy in health, wealth or just finding your voice Wellness Community Wellness Spiritual Wellness Emotional Wellness

Chicky’s Kitchen Creations

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

Sokana Collective

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

TBF Diagnostic

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

The Laundry Cafe

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

Aux Opportunities!

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The Aux is offering a unique opportunity for those that have mastered your craft, but haven’t made room for a full business quite yet.  There is a pop up space available for those that have mastered art, jewelry, crafts, food and more can be sold at The Aux through our Pop-Up space inside our Ikun. Ikun is a Nigerian (Yoruba) word that means “belly” and the Ikun is the center here at The Aux. It is our meeting place of all things good. There are other opportunities in selected businesses throughout the building as well. Come connect! Services Impact Wellness Spiritual, emotional, social/community wellness

Sunshine Enterprises

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

Embrace Your Crown

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Chef Qs kitchen hosts upscale underground dining events, catering and private chef services. They also develop agricultural and culinary curricula that promotes cultural awareness and will offer cooking and gardening classes for youth, nonprofits and corporate teams.

2023 Tour

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The Aux did a tour of the facility with all upcoming vendors to showcase the space and bring the excitement for its future home! Check out our community or entrepreneurs!

WBEZ Features The AUX: “Evanston business incubator seeks to open doors for Black entrepreneurs”

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In 2018, cousins Jacqui White and Tosha Wilson had an idea to open a laundromat-meets-cafe business in Evanston’s historically Black fifth ward. They would name it The Laundry Cafe, TLC for short. White and Wilson envisioned TLC as a gathering place where Evanston residents could socialize and enjoy a cup of coffee, all while doing a load of laundry.