Serving People with a Mission

✨Serving People with a Mission Youth Summit 2026!✨ We’re heading to CineCity Studios to celebrate our intelligent graduates from SPM's servant leadership programs! Come through for an afternoon of awards, intentional networking, and great food.

📍 Where: CineCity Studios
How to Join Us:
🔗 Click the Linktree in our bio and fill out the Google Form to secure your spot.
See you there!

Our Hand-n-Hand students activated their philanthropy project back in January! Over the past few months, they have hosted a grassroots fundraiser and managed donation boxes to gather resources for their cause.

Stay tuned to see the conclusion of this year’s philanthropy project with SPM!

✨The Wait is Over: Serving People with a Mission Youth Summit 2026 RSVP Form is LIVE!✨

Join us at CineCity Studios to celebrate the brilliant servant leaders from Rauner College Prep and Arrupe College. This ceremony is a tribute to the hard work, vision, and heart of our graduates.

Expect an afternoon of inspiring award recognitions, food, drinks, and intentional networking with our community’s rising leaders and established professionals.

📅 Event Details & RSVP
Secure your spot by completing the Serving People with a Mission Youth Summit 2026 RSVP Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfok0Xu8avbpvFA2wG2hkavDsqh0NFPALDEzgxMDitSz4izbw/viewform?usp=dialog
You can find the Google Form in our Linktree bio!

🗓 When: Saturday, June 13th | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
📍 Where: CineCity Studios Chicago (2429 W 14th St)
🚗 Parking: Free parking available!

Serving People with a Mission Youth Summit RSVP, 2026 Join us at CineCity Studios to celebrate the servant leaders from Rauner College Prep and Arrupe College. This ceremony features award recognitions, food, drinks, and networking with graduates and professionals. Our Programs Hand-n-Hand Leadership Program: A youth-driven initiative empowering studen...

Schedule yourself to attend the Serving People with a Mission Youth Summit on Saturday, June 13th, at CineCity Studios in the powerful city of Chicago, an annual ceremony honoring rising leaders who are leading locally and prepared to lead globally. We are looking forward to seeing you and your network there.

We’re excited to welcome John to Serving People with a Mission!

John is passionate about cultivating a culture of purpose, helping Chicago’s future leaders bridge the gap between their potential and their professional goals. He believes servant leadership is the foundation of sustainable impact, focusing on empowering others and elevating the community.

🚲 Fun fact: John is a big Divvy advocate and loves biking along the Lakefront Trail.
💡Leadership style: Strategic

Welcome to the team, John!

We’re excited to welcome Izamar to the SPM team!

Izamar is driven by the opportunity to support our students as they grow into confident leaders and reach their full potential. She believes servant leadership starts with one person and creates a ripple effect of positive impact throughout the community.

💃 Fun fact: Izamar is a paralegal assistant and a dance instructor.
💡Leadership style: Strategic

Welcome to the team, Izamar!

Serving People with a Mission is officially headquartered in Lawndale, a strategically and centrally located neighborhood within the city of Chicago that allows us to effectively serve communities across the greater Chicagoland area. SPM is a collective of servant leaders from across Chicagoland, united by a shared commitment to advancing equity, leadership, civic access, and generational progress. 🙌✨

Through our Service arm, SPM creates meaningful impact by engaging community members through educational initiatives such as the Hand-n-Hand Leadership Program and the Young Executive Coaching Program. We advance civic access by connecting youth and families to decision-making spaces, public resources, and leadership opportunities that strengthen community voice and representation. In addition, we lead environmental and resource-driven efforts including our Professional Clothing Donations Drive promoting sustainability, circularity, dignity, and equitable community redistribution.

‼️As we continue to expand our work in Lawndale, we are actively seeking new partners in the area who believe in servant leadership, civic empowerment, and long-term community transformation.‼️ Together, we can serve people with a mission and build lasting change.
While SPM operates across Chicago’s South, West, and North Sides, Lawndale proudly remains our home base grounding our mission in the very community we are committed to uplifting.😊✨

Lawndale Photo 📸 by Luz Magdaleno Flores

"To our sponsors, attendees, and our incredible youth planning committee..Thank you!"

As our Chief Service Officers shared in their closing remarks, "This gala was more than a celebration. It marked five years of real impact, real change, and a bold look at what’s next.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who has stood alongside Serving People with a Mission and to those who believe in the power of serving people with a mission.
Thank you for spending the evening with us at the Willis Tower and helping us kick off this next chapter."
— Jacque Stefanic, CEO & People Officer, Serving People with a Mission ✨

We were honored to have Alex Calderon, Co-Founder & President of Dandole Tech and SPM Board Member, as a keynote speaker at the SPM Gala. Alex reminded our students, “thank you for serving people with a mission” a powerful moment of one young leader uplifting the next.

Through Dandole Tech, Alex continues to bridge the digital divide by expanding access to technology and education. We’re especially grateful for his continued support of SPM, including providing computers to our alumni Lupita and Ayline.

Thank you, Alex, for your leadership and partnership.✨