FIRST ANNUAL INNER CITY CHESS TOURNAMENT
QBG Foundation and it’s parent company The Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group have partnered with the ABT organization to announce their 1st Annual Chicago Inner City Team Chess Tournament to be held at the Headquarters of the QBG Foundation. This event will serve as an introductory to encourage the game of chess as a positive outlook for inner city youth. Research shows that the continued participation in the game of chess can improve learning, thinking, analytical power and decision making.
Footaction Fuses Old School Flavor With New School Style In Video Docuseries ‘Footaction Free Flow’
Footaction, a national retailer of apparel and footwear lifestyle brands, announced its new digital docuseries, “Footaction Free Flow,” that brings together the industry’s top musical talent from multiple generations in an unfiltered discussion about today’s hottest topics.
Virtual Reality Hackathon Kicks Off in September
Dhat Stone High Tech Learning Academy (Compton, CA) and Bay Area Tutoring Association (Oakland, CA) recently announced plans to host the highly-anticipated ‘We Are Code’ Virtual Reality Hackathon during Labor Day weekend (Sept. 3-4, 2016).
Capital Funding Campaign Underway
The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation is working in partnership with the South Side Community Federal Credit Union on a community development capital plan called the 50/50 Campaign.
Law & Community Training: Re-building Trust Between Youth, Community and Police
WGCI’s Afternoon Personality Tone Kapone and the WGCI Street Team will be onsite to help kickoff the Law & Community Training Youth Conference on August 31 from 10 am to 1 pm at the South Suburban College Field House located on 15800 S. State Street in South Holland.
Common Cause Illinois Works to Make Voter Registration Automatic
All across the country Republican state representatives and governors are waging war on African American and Latino voters. According to a unanimous panel of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals summary North Carolina voter I.D. laws targeted black voters with “almost surgical precision.” The state waited 17 days after that ruling then asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its voter-ID law, cuts to early voting, and ban on preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds.
Domestic Workers Celebrate Hard-Fought Landmark Victory
Chicago, IL) --Illinois home cleaners, nannies and care workers recently celebrated a significant victory in the growing movement for domestic workers’ rights through the state’s first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. After a five-year campaign led by the Illinois Domestic Workers Coalition, the state’s 35,000 workers won a monumental change in state law. The 1938 federal Fair Labor Standards Act explicitly excluded domestic workers, majority of whom are Black women, women of color and immigrant women, and was mimicked by many states, including Illinois.
Fun Fresh Veggie Farm Days in Bronzeville
Food Deserts is often a phrase you hear when it comes to a lack of access to fresh, healthy and nutritious food options in the African American community. As defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, food deserts are defined as parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas.
Westside Coalition for Mental Health Fights for Services
State budget cuts have resulted in an unprecedented decline in mental health services, according to a recent report published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The report ‘State Mental Health Cuts: A National Crisis’ gives a state by- state account of changes in public funding for mental health since 2009.
Citizens Bank Names Lamont Young Head of Digital
(Black PR Wire)—Citizens Bank recently announced the appointment of Lamont Young as Head of Digital. Young will also continue to manage his existing responsibilities for Multi-Channel Marketing. With more than 20 years of digital and marketing experience in the consumer goods and financial services industries, Young will oversee Citizens strategic investments in digital, online and mobile banking, digital marketing, user experience and social media. Young was also named to the Executive Committee for Citizens Consumer Bank.
Illinois Goes Mobile
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The days of calling or visiting an office for assistance are quickly disappearing. Today, people want to find information and answers when and where it’s most convenient for them, which is often from a mobile device. To coincide with that growing preference, the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is releasing four new mobile responsive applications to provide citizens with easier access to government services and information.
SECC and Bank of America Renew Business Development Partnership
CHICAGO - The South East Chicago Commission (SECC) recently announced a renewed grant partnership with Bank of America for SECC’s Business District Program for the second consecutive year. This funding will help SECC, a City of Chicago Neighborhood Business Development Center (NBDC), provide technical assistance and build capacity of businesses within its five-community footprint on the mid-South Side: Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oakland, Washington Park and Woodlawn.
The African Festival of the Arts Announces Rose Royce and Howard Hewett to headline ‘togetherness” celebration
The African Festival of the Arts Announces Rose Royce and Howard Hewett to headline ‘togetherness” celebration
The Entrepreneurial Institute Offers Business Leaders A Chance To Compete For $10,000
Innovative entrepreneurs with cutting-edge ideas and superb pitching skills will have the opportunity to win $10,000 in business funding by participating in the National Black MBA Association® Innovation Whiteboard
July Unemployment Numbers Unchanged at 4.9%; Voter Participation Will Help Determine Future Stats
The Chicago Urban League’s Workforce Development Director Andrew Wells recently issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) July 2016 jobs report:
THIS IS WHY BLACK-OWNED NEWSPAPERS MATTER
In 2017, we will celebrate 190th anniversary of the Black Press in America. Since the first publication of Freedom’s Journal on March 16, 1827 in New York City, Black-owned newspapers have led the way when it comes to raising a voice of consciousness for Black America. Today, in 2016, Black-owned newspapers still matter.
Did You Know Your Eye Makeup Could Be Making You Sick?
(NewsUSA) - For a lot of women, eye makeup is an essential part of being properly dressed -- just as important as a stylish outfit or nice shoes. But while mascara and eyeliner can create different looks, from subtle to striking, they can also make you sick.
Mary Kay Entrepreneur And Harvard MBA Reaches Pinnacle Of Success
PRNewswire-- What started as a small goal to make $200 extra dollars a month turned into a record-setting accomplishment and extraordinary success story for Mary Kay Independent Elite Executive National Sales Director Gloria Mayfield Banks.
Violence and Race: Citizen Panel Explores the Issues
During a panel discussion hosted by the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc. entitled, "Violence and Race Relations in America: Where Do We Go From Here?" a group of panelists came together to discuss numerous topics under the banner of violence and race relations in the US.
