About the magazine

A record of the Good Life.

South Side Drive Magazine is the editorial home for Black Chicago's South Side. For more than thirty years, we have chronicled the people, places, and ideas that make up the Good Life on this side of the city. We are published by Real Men Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1989 by Bing Edwards and the original Real Men Cook fathers. We circulate in print and digital across fourteen South Side communities.

Publisher **Yvette Moyo** Founder & Publisher

“Our mission is plain. We tell the truth about this neighborhood, beautifully. We center the people whose work has built it and the people whose work is keeping it alive. The Good Life is not a brochure. It is a living record. This magazine is part of that record.”

Yvette Moyo, founder and publisher

Family of organizations

Three independent entities. One purpose.

The Magazine sits inside a family of three organizations. Real Men Charities is the parent nonprofit and runs the wellness, mentorship, and family programs that anchor the work. South Side Drive Magazine is the publication that tells those stories and the stories of the wider community. The Quarry Event Center, at 2423 East 75th Street, is where many of those stories happen in person. The three are independent in operation and joined in purpose.

History

Thirty-one years on the desk.

1995
Founded in print as a community broadsheet.
2007
Relaunched as a full-color monthly.
2020
Expanded to a digital-first cadence.
2026
Distributed in fourteen South Side communities.

14 Communities

A record of the South Side, block by block.

Hover or focus a marker to see what we have published from each neighborhood.

Funders & partners

We proudly acknowledge support from the Chicago COVID-19 Journalism Fund (A McCormick Foundation Fund). Additional named funders below.

Chicago COVID-19 Journalism Fund (A McCormick Foundation Fund)
The MacArthur Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Providence Bank & Trust (paid sponsor, not grant)