Help Keep Your Brain Healthy With Foods We Eat Everyday
It can happen all too often. Someone is talking and – right in the middle of a sentence – lose their train of thought, forget someone’s name or even a word they want to use. Whether it is called a senior moment, memory lapse or just plain forgetfulness, it can be quite embarrassing – and sometimes, even scary.
THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES JORDAN BRAND AS 2024 FREEDOM AWARD PRESENTING SPONSOR, HONORING SPIKE LEE
Memphis, Tenn., GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- The National Civil Rights Museum announced Jordan Brand (NIKE, Inc.) will be the Freedom Award presenting sponsor in 2024. Jordan Brand is key to the museum’s connection to honoree Spike Lee and the Freedom Award.
Mortgage rates are dropping: what it means for Chicago homeowners and homebuyers
Homeownership is more than just a lofty American dream—it’s how many can build generational wealth. For the Black community, 90% of wealth gains come from homeownership, meaning that owning a home continues to be a crucial method for Black households to build and accumulate wealth.
Giannoulias Launches Teen Organ Donation Initiative
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced the launch of the Lifesaving Education and Awareness on Donation (LEAD) program, enabling high school students to serve as “ambassadors” for the Illinois Organ and Tissue Donor Program.
Black Harvest Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years
The Black Harvest Film Festival is celebrating a milestone and continuing its legacy of showcasing films from the African diaspora that highlight the African American and Black experience.
EASTSIDE GOLF RELEASES 'EVERYONE'S GAME' FALL COLLECTION, DEBUTS NIKE COLLABORATION
Eastside Golf, the lifestyle apparel brand dedicated to driving cultural change in the game, today revealed its highly anticipated fall collection, titled "Everyone's Game," which includes its debut footwear collaboration with Nike.
MISSY ELLIOTT MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO EARTH AFTER HISTORIC DEBUT HEADLINE TOUR OUT OF THIS WORLD — THE MISSY ELLIOTT EXPERIENCE
Spaceship757 has officially completed its mission. For the first time in her stellar 30-year career, global superstar and Hip-Hop/R&B pioneer Missy Elliott took a voyage to 29 arenas across North America for her debut headline tour, OUT OF THIS WORLD — The Missy Elliott Experience.
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER’S 2024 OPEN HOUSE EVENT FEATURES 20+ NEIGHBORHOODS, ADDS 25 NEW SITES AND PHOTO COMPETITION
The Annual Public Festival, the Largest of its Kind in the World, Provides Free Access to Culturally, Architecturally and Historically Significant Sites Throughout Chicago’s Diverse Neighborhoods on October 19 and 20
3,000+ Attend 124th National Black Business Conference as Liberian President Joseph Nyumah Boakai Delivers Keynote Address
More than 3,000 attendees gathered at The National Business League's 124th National Black Business Conference in Atlanta to hear a powerful keynote address by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, the 26th President of the Republic of Liberia. This landmark event, co-hosted in partnership with the National Alliance for Black Business and its co-founders—the National Black Chamber of Commerce, The World Conference of Mayors, and their hundreds of Black-led member organizations—focused on enhancing economic partnerships and collaboration between Black American businesses and the African continent, with a particular emphasis on Liberia.
Prosperity Now Announces RISE Challenge Award Winners at the 2024 Prosperity Summit
Prosperity Now is excited to announce the winners of the RISE Challenge, a transformative competition designed to empower and uplift entrepreneurs of color by harnessing the power of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The winners were revealed today at the 2024 Prosperity Summit, an event that has gathered over 1,500 experts, advocates, policy makers, and financial executives to envision a more inclusive American economy.
The Sister Accord® Foundation Celebrated 11th Anniversary With Weekend of Sisterhood & Love
The Sister Accord® Foundation, the organization whose movement is changing the way girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other, marked its eleventh anniversary with "A Weekend of Celebrating Sisterhood & Love." Spanning August 30th and August 31st, this special weekend featured a series of distinguished events and notable moments in iconic Cincinnati venues, including:The Sister Accord®'s 30th Leadership Development Tea Party, one of the Foundation's signature programs and wide-reaching initiatives. Hosted in partnership with Prime Cincinnati, girls and women learned about the importance of strong, healthy, positive relationships with each other and the importance of emotional, mental, and physical health and wellness.
THE AUDITORIUM OPENS 2024-25 SEASON WITH RETURN OF AWARD-WINNING STEP AFRIKA!
90-minute work uses pulsating rhythms and visually stunning imagery to relate the story of early 20th century African American migration to the North; joyous finale celebrates the historic role Chicago played
FORE! GOLF FOR A CAUSE AT CHICAGO SCOTS’ 23RD ANNUAL
Chicago Scots, the first and oldest non-profit organization in Illinois, is celebrating Scotland’s greatest contribution to the world of sports – golf – when the 23rd Annual Kilted Classic Golf Tournament returns to Cantigny Golf Club, located at 27W270 Mack Road, on Thursday, Sept. 26. The tournament begins with a shot gun start at 11:00am. Proceeds benefit Chicago Scots principal charity, Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.
Hope Center Foundation Aims To Build Affordable Homes In Roseland
The Hope Center Foundation is taking on affordable housing and is on a mission to build new affordable homes in Roseland as part of its Reclaiming Roseland.
