DuSable Museum Hosts Free Evening Events
The DuSable Museum of African American History is being highlighted as one of five South Side cultural institutions that are opening its doors after regular hours during this summer for a series of free events.
Gifted Boy Helps Boost Accessibility of African-American Children’s Literature
Most African-American parents understand how challenging it can be to find books for black children and statistics from Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) attests to this.
Healthy Chicago 2.0 Comes to Hamilton Park In Englewood
Over the course of the last few months, a new initiative was launched by the City’s Department of Public Health called Healthy Chicago 2.0.
ICC Approves $18.5 million in Settlements with Peoples Gas
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has approved two landmark settlements under which $18.5 million will be paid to customers of Peoples Gas (Peoples) and the State of Illinois by Peoples and its parent company, Integrys Energy Group (Integrys), which is owned by WEC Energy Group Inc. (WEC).
NHS East Chatham Revitalization Program Ending Soon
In 2007, at the beginning of the housing market crash, neighborhoods that were on the rise soon fell back into despair and declining property values due to the excessive number of foreclosures.
Operation Help-A-Hero Calls for a City-Wide Collection Effort to Help Formerly Homeless Veterans
Large populations of the homeless in the city are men and women who once valiantly served their country in a branch of the armed forces, veterans.
Running Track at Brooks Middle School in Harvey Gets $150,000 Facelift
The Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School located in Harvey School District 152 has a history of producing successful track & field athletes.
She Leads Africa
She Leads Africa, the West African social enterprise and women’s business-focused movement is going global, and bringing its hugely successful boot-camp programme, SheHive, to New York City from June 2-5th 2016.
Remix Of Harlem Globetrotters’ Theme Song, “Sweet Georgia Brown,” Now Available On iTunes
As part of their 90th year celebration, the world famous Harlem Globetrotters commissioned Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter Teddy Riley to remix the team’s legendary theme song, “Sweet Georgia Brown.” That remix is now available for purchase for the first time ever on iTunes.
Microbusinesses Offer Millennials Pathways Out of Unemployment
With headlines nationwide raising concern about disaffected youth, particularly in minority communities, the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) recently released a timely report that outlines the critical ways the microbusiness industry can link millennials to economic opportunity.
FIFTH THIRD BANK HONORS COMMUNITY LEADERS
Fifth Third Bank recently honored eight diverse leaders in the community at its 6th Annual 2016 Community Leaders Award Breakfast.
Pastor John F. Hannah
John F. Hannah, Senior Pastor at New Life Covenant Church Southeast, is a man on many missions.
Program encourage homebuyers to choose Woodlawn
Renew Woodlawn is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Foreclosure Settlement Awards and the City of Chicago. Three Chicago nonprofits that specialize in affordable housing have partnered with the city of Chicago Department of Planning and Development (CDPD) on the program and they are Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH); Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc. (NHS); and the Community Investment Corporation (CIC).
Doing the Math Adds Up for Harvey School District 152
Children in the Harvey School District, which includes pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, “graduate fully-prepared to succeed at the high school level and beyond.”
Protesters Gather In A Prayer for Peace
Prayer On The 9 On a brilliant, cloud-free, sun-kissed, Saturday, an estimated 4,600 community residents joined the friends and family of murder victims and laid down along every block of east 79th St. from Greenwood Ave. to the Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 94) to honor the lives of neighbors and loved ones lost to gun violence, and to make a citywide plea for peace.
79 year-old weightlifter uses experiences to uplift others
79 year-old weightlifter uses briefly experiences to uplift others Making Shephard’s story evenmore amazing is that she didn’t begin bodybuilding until she was 71 having not even begun physical fitness until she was 56.
Chatham resident making a difference in the community
Chatham resident Jacqueline Samuel, PhD, has devoted her life to people and communities on Chicago’s SouthSide.
