Community remembers author, leader Susan D. Peters in memorial service at DuSable Black History Museum
Lively music, smiles and laughter filled the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center during a celebration of life for award-winning author and community activist Susan B. Peters.It wasn’t the typical atmosphere of a memorial service but it’s one that embodied the spirit of Peters, who loved ones and friends described as “kind,” “generous” and “tactfully opinionated.”
Chris Harris, pastor of Bright Star Church and St. James Church and the CEO of Bright Star Community Outreach, then lead a prayer, but not before asking the crowd to cheer in celebration of her influential life. “Now we are where we are because of the foundation Susan helped to lay,” Harris said. “The legacy that Susan has built and left will live on. I pray that for generations to come the name Susan Peters will be remembered in the halls of classrooms and the hospital rooms and the community at large.”
Leif Elsmo, the executive director of community and external affairs at UChicago Medicine, reminisced on his time collaborating closely with Peters at the university, saying he was first to hire her onto the team. He later helped celebrate her retirement, only to “promptly hire her back” as a consultant.“When you’re around a talent and a person as special as Susan, it’s hard to shake and equally hard to let go,” Elsmo said.
For over a decade, Peters helped bridge University of Chicago Medical Center and its service area of 32 communities on Chicago’s South Side to help improve health and well-being.She also launched the weekly Community Health Focus Hour on WVON Radio 1690. She increased staff participation in community events, such as Real Men Cook, Black women’s Expo and more.
She received the Black Excellence Award for Nonfiction from the African American Alliance of Chicago and Mate E. Palmer award for Nonfiction from the Illinois Press Women’s Association.
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