Upcoming Events
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
Open Hours at the Praise House
The Praise House open hours are underway. Each activation is absolutely magical. Join us as we recall the tradition praise and worship with Sister Thessalonian, the Praise and Worship leader at Historic Lilly Hill Baptist Church.
Bring your tambourines and cowbells and participate in the magic of improvisational communal prayer through song, grounded in gratitude as we remember our Reconstruction to Civil RIghts era ancestors who rest at South-View Cemetery.
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE at the @praisehouseproject
STUDIO LOCATION: 1884 Jonesboro Rd. SE.
SUNDAY SERVICE: COMMUNITY HAIR BRAIDING CIRCLE WITH COURTNEY BROOKS
Sunday, Feb 15th.
Open Hours 12-5pm
Braiding demonstration and fellowship 1:30-3:30pm
History Tour, 4-5pm
The Praise House open hours are underway. Each activation has been absolutely magical.
Courtney Brooks, founder of Journey of a Black Girl, hosts our braiding circle, as we recall the tradition of communal self-care.
Sitting on the stoop, in community, spilling the tea, gathering supplies, knocker-balls and bows, cornrows and loc twisting, Courtney’s work celebrates that power of Love, Family and Beauty.
Community care centering love, family and beauty is super magical!
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: RECORD ORAL HISTORY WITH SEAN JONES OF ASALH
Meet Sean Jones and learn about the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
Bring your elders and your young people. Record your oral histories as part of the archives of the Praise House at South-View which will ultimately live at the Auburn Avenue Research Library for African American History and Culture.
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: VISION BOARDING WITH FREEDOM T. JONES
Every Sunday from 12 to 5 the Praise House Project will offering community gathering at our studio, ending with a tour of the historic cemetery and then a visit to the Praise House. Each creative activation wil be inspired by our faith traditions, healing and wellness practices, community and resistance.
STUDIO: 1884 Jonesboro Rd SE (next to @southview_cemetery .
PRAISE HOUSE: 2017 Jonesboro Rd SE (across from the historic entrance of South-View). Note, we are not able to host inside due to delays with permitting, so we are hosting our gatherings at the studio, complete with an immersive exhibition within a small historic home with hardwood floors, perfect for stomping (shouting). Asé!
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: YOGA MEDITATION WITH MARSHA SHACKELFORD
Every Sunday from 12 to 5 the Praise House Project will offering community gathering at our studio, ending with a tour of the historic cemetery and then a visit to the Praise House. Each creative activation wil be inspired by our faith traditions, healing and wellness practices, community and resistance.
STUDIO: 1884 Jonesboro Rd SE (next to @southview_cemetery .
PRAISE HOUSE: 2017 Jonesboro Rd SE (across from the historic entrance of South-View). Note, we are not able to host inside due to delays with permitting, so we are hosting our gatherings at the studio, complete with an immersive exhibition within a small historic home with hardwood floors, perfect for stomping (shouting). Asé!
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: HONORING OUR GULLAH GEECHEE HEREITAGE WITH TENDAJI BAILEY
Every Sunday from 12 to 5 the Praise House Project will offering community gathering at our studio, ending with a tour of the historic cemetery and then a visit to the Praise House. Each creative activation wil be inspired by our faith traditions, healing and wellness practices, community and resistance.
STUDIO: 1884 Jonesboro Rd SE (next to @southview_cemetery .
PRAISE HOUSE: 2017 Jonesboro Rd SE (across from the historic entrance of South-View). Note, we are not able to host inside due to delays with permitting, so we are hosting our gatherings at the studio, complete with an immersive exhibition within a small historic home with hardwood floors, perfect for stomping (shouting). Asé!
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: MENTAL HEALTH AND ANCESTRAL MEMORY WITH YEYESANGOPEJU WITH SPARKING BLISS
Every Sunday from 12 to 5 the Praise House Project will offering community gathering at our studio, ending with a tour of the historic cemetery and then a visit to the Praise House. Each creative activation wil be inspired by our faith traditions, healing and wellness practices, community and resistance.
STUDIO: 1884 Jonesboro Rd SE (next to @southview_cemetery .
PRAISE HOUSE: 2017 Jonesboro Rd SE (across from the historic entrance of South-View). Note, we are not able to host inside due to delays with permitting, so we are hosting our gatherings at the studio, complete with an immersive exhibition within a small historic home with hardwood floors, perfect for stomping (shouting). Asé!
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
SUNDAY DINNER - FEAST OF GRATITUDE
Join Chef Oșunkoya Chavon as she curates a special culinary Sankofa (looking back to see forward), as her menu and experiences honor our food ways and ancestral traditions of gathering to break bread.
All proceeds support the move of the Praise House to South-View. Be a part of this important act of remembrance.
Open Hours at the Praise House
SUNDAY SERVICE: POETRY AND PERFORMANCES FEATURING KEMI BENNINGS.
Every Sunday from 12 to 5 the Praise House Project will offering community gathering at our studio, ending with a tour of the historic cemetery and then a visit to the Praise House. Each creative activation wil be inspired by our faith traditions, healing and wellness practices, community and resistance.
STUDIO: 1884 Jonesboro Rd SE (next to @southview_cemetery .
PRAISE HOUSE: 2017 Jonesboro Rd SE (across from the historic entrance of South-View). Note, we are not able to host inside due to delays with permitting, so we are hosting our gatherings at the studio, complete with an immersive exhibition within a small historic home with hardwood floors, perfect for stomping (shouting). Asé!
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICK OFF with SUNDAY SERVICE at the Praise House
STUDIO LOCATION: 1884 Jonesboro Rd. SE.
STORY QUILTS WITH JASIMINE AGAPE PENNYWELL.
Sunday, Feb 1st.
RYTHM AND DANCE WITH DJ SALAH ANANSE!
Open Hours 12-5pm
Story Quilting, 1:30-3:30pm
History Tour, 4-5pm
The Praise House open hours are underway. Each activation has been absolutely magical. Join us as we recall the tradition of story/freedom/memory quilting with Sister Jasimine Agape Pennywell. @world_of_agape
Freedom Quilting was a form of community and movement building done mostly among women. Quilting circles would often errupt into praise and worship and even sometimes, shouting, as women would work for hours together conjuring anew.
Bring your special fabric items to build on this tradition of community building, cooperative economics, and storytelling, as we remember our Reconstruction to Civil RIghts era ancestors who rest at South-View Cemetery.
Open Hours at the Praise House
BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICK OFF with SUNDAY SERVICE
RYTHM AND DANCE WITH DJ SALAH ANANSE! - the composer of our Praise House song! 💥
Open Hours 12-5pm
Story Quilting, 1:30-3:30pm
History Tour of @southview_cemetery , 4-5pm
The Praise House open hours are underway. Each activation has been absolutely magical. To launch #blackhistorymonth2026 join us for a day of conjuring and community building while we recall the tradition of story/freedom/memory quilting, and we remember our Reconstruction to Civil RIghts era ancestors who rest at South-View Cemetery in full fellowship through dance and movement with Dj Salah Anase. Let’s get lifted! 💥
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
MLK Day of Service in South Atlanta
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was first buried at South-View Cemetery. His parents now rest there.
Audiences will be able to assist with restoration efforts, a neighborhood clean up, and a clothing drive.
Open Hours at the Praise House
Starting January through March, audiences will be able to enter the Praise House for programming and viewing of the history of South-View.
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
Open Hours at the Praise House
Figure Drawing with Charmaine Minniefield
During the Praise House Project open hours, SUNDAY SERVICE is a creative love offering to the South Atlanta community, rooted in faith, wellness, community, and resistance. This curated series opens with a Figure Drawing Workshop led by Charmaine Minniefield, founder of The Praise House Project.
At the New Freedom Studio at South-View Cemetery
1884 Jonesboro Rd. SE, Atlanta, GA 30315
January 11th
Open Hours, Sundays 12-5pm
Creative Offering, 12:30 - 2:30pm
Historic Tour of South-View, 3-5pm
Open Hours at the Praise House
Starting January through March, audiences will be able to enter the Praise House for programming and viewing of the history of South-View.
Group Booking and history tours available by emailing Charmaine@PraiseHouseProject.org with a subject: Group Booking.
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
Watch Night Service at the Praise House
Experience a traditional Watch Night Service, standing in prayer in community for the new year along with the families of South-View, in South-Atlanta and in collaboration with the area’s historic Black churches and faith community.
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
Heritage Day at Penn Center
Join the Praise House Project in the Gullah Geechee Coorridor during Gullah Geechee Heritage Month to attend the Penn Center Heritage Day. Then join Chef Oşunkoya for a culinary Sankofa for a traditional southern meal which pulls from the indigenous food ways, gathering customs and agricultural traditions of the Gullah people.
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
First Friday Illumination of the Praise House
Night time illumination of the Praise House. See the history of South-View on the exterior of the Praise House. Families are welcome to gather at sunset and enjoy music and fellowship under the stars.
OPENING EVENT: Praise House Illumination
View the history of the cemetery and the history of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre projected on to the Praise House at sunset. Drive by, vist the New Freedom Studio nearby. Learn of the history of South-View.
OPENING EVENT: New Freedom Studios opening, “Prayer Circles”
View a new body work inspired by the history of South-View by founder, Charmaine MInniefield and special guests. Visit the new location of the New Freedom Studio, next to South-View Cemetery.
OPENING EVENT: Remembering the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
The Praise House Project opens at South-View: Recall the history of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre at South-View with dramatic interpretations and tours.
OPENING EVENT: Historic Tours of 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre history
Learn from historic interpreters of South-View Cemetery, the history of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre and the history of Brownsville.
Sankofa Youth Camp
Sankofa, a Ghanaian concept "To look back to see forward"
As a rites-of-passage and leadership training, the Praise House Project invites young people to learn about the traditional role of griot - community historian and storyteller.
Sunday Dinner - Black History Month
Join Chef Oșunkoya Chavon as she curates a special culinary Sankofa (looking back to see forward).
Her menu and experience will honor our food ways and ancestral traditions of gathering to break bread.
All proceeds support the move of the Praise House to South-View. Be a part of this important act of remembrance