Community Mental Health & Wellness Fair

On Saturday, June 27, Rizal Community Center will bring together mental health and wellness professionals from around Chicago to celebrate culture, care and community. Entrance is free and the event is from10 am – 5:30 pm.

Community Resources on Mental Health, Women’s Health, Parenting, Nutrition, Housing, Computer Literacy, Immigration, Health & Wellness programs, Adult & Family Care, Integrative Care, and  LGBT+ healthcare will be available from Trilogy, Trellus and Tapestry.

Stacy Subida, a Supervisor at the city of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services will give a presentation on Older Adult Resources, like Insurance, Caregiver Support and Respite Services.  

Meet local Filipino American mental health professionals like Angelica Pineda Johnson and Eliza Lachica Wangerin.  Listen to poetry by Barb Natividad, a disabled Filipina American writer living fearlessly.

Medical Screenings will be provided by the Chicago Mabuhay Centennial Lions Club, and local Home Health companies.

Find out more about Rizal Center’s programs like Martial Arts, the Balikbayan Book Club, Line Dancing, Pamana Children’s Library, Language Classes, and Arts and Culture collaborations with local Filipino American groups, like CIRCA-Pintig and Sinag Chicago Artists Group. 

Delicious Filipino food will be prepared by Leopoldo Catering and Larry Leopoldo will engage us in a talk about making Filipino food more nutritious. 

The Filipino School of Chicago will have coloring books and giveaways. Isang Hakbang, Northside Prep High School students will dance Tinikling and Pandanggo sa Ilaw. ***Opportunity to learn some of the dance steps will be available after their performance. 

Community Yoga will be provided by The Collective Yoga Co-op!

Tap into your inner Filipino spirituality by creating a healing space with Chamber Creative’s Somaflow — a movement practice for encouraging creative expression movement and nervous system regulation — designed to help people reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and creative flow. DON’T MISS IT!!!

We are excited to offer you these FREE workshops/classes! We are thankful to our partners and sponsors for making this event possible! Please Join Us! RSVP here: https://bit.ly/rc-health-fair

EVENT SCHEDULE:

10:00 am – Doors Open, Tabling begins

• Welcome & Intro
• Medical Screenings
• Introduction to Rizal Center programs
• Barb Natividad’s ‘s micro-memories 

11:00 am – Presentation

• SENIOR HEALTH SERVICES by Stacy Subida, MSW, LCSW 

12:00 pm – Lunch & Health Talks

• MAKING FILIPINO FOOD MORE NUTRITIOUS by Lawrence “Larry” Leopoldo
• Intro to Eliza Wangerin’s dream workshops scheduled for August & November 2026

1:30 pm — INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS/ACTIVITIES

• THE KAPWA TREE OF WELLNESS by Angelica Pineda Johnson, LCSW
• 2:30 pm – FOLK DANCING by Isang Hakbang, Northside Prep High School’s Filipino folk dance troupe. Students perform Filipino folk dances, Tinikling and Pandanggo sa Ilaw, then invite people to learn the dance steps
• 3:00 pm – Tabling ends, Closing remarks, Group photos
• 3:30 pm — COMMUNITY YOGA by Collective Yoga Co-op
• 4:30 pm – SOMAFLOW by Chamber Creative

The event is free and open to the public.

EVENT DETAILS

Rizal Community Center

1332 W. Irving Park Road

Chicago, Illinois

Saturday, June 27, 2026

10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Rizal Center Mental Health Team:

Mae Lant – Program Director

Roel Vivit – Advisor

Myra Kalaw – Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator

Barb Natividad – Mental Health Initiative Volunteer

Dr. Sonali Gupta, PsyD

Stacy Subida, MSW, LCSW

Md & Maryrose Joy Aparece Ali – Children and Family Wellness Volunteers