“It’s been my baby,” Corinna Sac, owner of the Lake in the Hills-based establishment, told the Tribune. “It’s important for me, for my staff. I have seven families working here, so that weighs heavily on me, but then also the community needs me.”
at the end of the month after an eight-month period of financial hardship and targeted negativity stemming from harassment that began in July, when the bakery was vandalized ahead of a “Starry Night Brunch Drag,” a highly anticipated, family-friendly drag show event that was sold out.
David Goldenberg, regional director for ADL’s Midwest chapter, started the online fundraiser for UpRising and said the organization began working with Sac last summer to offer support to her and the business. Goldenberg also testified at the same House of Representatives hearing as Sac. He said he hopes Sac can come to the decision that “is in the best interest of her and her business,” but hopes other businesses will see her work as “courageous just like her” and that “being an ally is not a passive activity but requires activeness.”
“I found baking to be a stress relief and coping skill as I struggled with mental and emotional health during high school,” Sac said.
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