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.
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss & Ernestine Shepherd partnered with UnitedHealthcare in a Celebration of Health and Wellness
UnitedHealthcare invited African-American seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries to the A Better You events in Chicago, the event was held recently at the Chicago Theological Seminary. The events kicked off the initiative nationwide.
Urban League Volunteers, Walgreens, Collaborate to #StandWithFlint
The Urban League Movement and Walgreens have partnered to support the youth of Flint, Michigan, amid the city’s water crisis. More than 80 volunteers from the National Urban League’s affiliate groups, the Young Professionals, and the Guild, along with a group of staff from the National Urban League’s New York headquarters, arrived recently in Flint to help distribute supplies donated by Walgreens and to mentor children and teens.
ConnXus Raises $5M in Series “A” Round
ConnXus, a supplier diversity technology platform, today announced that it has closed $5 million in Series “A” funding, led by Techstars Ventures, Serious Change L.P. and Impact America Fund.
EDEN BodyWorks Celebrates Beauty Beyond Borders
Since its inception, EDEN BodyWorks has been dedicated to encouraging women to embrace their own standards of beauty.
Support for Lucas Museum Building
The ‘Coalition 2 Build the Lucas Museum’ in a recent press conference announced their support for the Lucas Museum. In 2014, Star Wars creator George Lucas announced plans to bring his museum to Chicago after San Francisco rejected his initial proposed location.
Top Entertainers, Athletes and Business leaders Inducted into 26th Annual Alumni Hall of Fame
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) inducted eight new Club alumni into their Alumni Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in New Orleans, Louisiana recently.
The 31st Chicago Gospel Music Festival
Pastor Shirley Caesar to perform at the 31st Annual Chicago Music Festival
Posen FD Receives SHARP Status
Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) Director Hugo Chaviano recently recognized the Posen Fire Department (FD) as the first public sector employer to achieve Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status in Illinois.
OP/ED Some Look At Problems Through The Wrong End Of A Telescope
We need to recognize that the acts of violence and racial hatred committed across our nation, can also take place here in Thornton Township.
