Community Focus
Ark Entrepreneurial Center partners with the Citizen Newspaper Group to prepare young moguls for the Black Women’s Expo
Sunny Davis Nicholson wanted to create a place where young people would learn skills that would set them up for future success. Davis Nicholson started Ark Entrepreneurial Center, located at 2458 S. Millard Ave. She describes it as a youth business school.
CHATHAM DISCOVER CUSTOMER CARE CENTER HELPS WITH BACK TO SCHOOL
Employees at the Discover Customer Care Center, located at 8560 S. Cottage Grove, packed backpacks with school supplies for Cradles to Crayons’ Ready for Learning. The goal was to pack and distribute 60,000 backpacks to children throughout Chicago.
Real Life Uncle Remus Celebrates 95th Birthday
Gus and Mary Rickette met a vendor who was trying to sell a sign that a previous customer no longer wanted. The sign read “Uncle Remus,” and the couple knew immediately it was exactly what they wanted to hang over their restaurant door. That was in 1969; and, as they say, the rest is history. Uncle Remus, a fictional character from a collection of African American folktales, has been representing the brand fittingly.
M.A.D.E. Foundation Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
A vision in the middle of the night is what prompted Theo Hill to found the M.A.D.E. Foundation in 2001. Hill was a professional basketball player and left the profession. He was looking for something to do. He tried working in corporate America and found it wasn’t for him.
Police Commander Watson talks about handling crime in the 3rd District
Roderick Watson has been Commander of the 3rd District since December 2020. In that time, he has developed a strategy, Together We Can, a holistic approach to handling crime in the District, which encompasses Woodlawn, South Shore and Greater Grand Crossing.
SONG EMPOWERS GIRLS AND WOMEN TO HAVE A QUEEN MENTALITY
Joryin Pender is a singer, songwriter and plays the guitar. She wanted to write a song to empower dark skin Black girls with her song, “Queen Tone.”
LOCAL CAREER COACH HELPS ORGANIZATIONS NAVIGATE THROUGH THEIR OUTCOMES
Dr. Angela Swain helps organizations achieve their outcomes. She is passionate about leadership development. She uses her experience and knowledge with one-on-one coaching, talking to business leaders to get to the heart of what they want to see and achieve in their organizations.
FOUNDER EXPOSES YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORLD OF TAP
Bril Barrett considers himself a taptivist. The founder of Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms and M.A.D.D. Rhythms Tap Academy spent his whole life wanting to be a professional tap dancer. “At a certain point, I decided that I wanted to try and help expose young people from the community like me to the art form, to offer it as a solution, or possibility for an option for them, as well,” he said.
DISCOVER CUSTOMER CARE CENTER HOSTS OPEN HOUSE
The Discover Customer Care Center, located at 8560 S. Cottage Grove, hosted an open house on Monday, June 7. People were able to tour the 25,000 square foot temporary space, which includes the call center, conference rooms, training center, cubby spaces and a kitchen.
CHICAGO’S BLACK CHURCH COMMUNITY MOURNS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOSPEL MUSIC DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS IN THE NATION
Bishop Larry D. Trotter-Senior Pastor of the Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago- will be joined by 1000 Gospel Music Artists, Musicians, Chicago residents and fans of Gospel Music as Chicago Gospel Music Industry Icon James Lott will be laid to rest. Lott died on Saturday at Trinity Hospital after a battling an illness over the past few months
Mayor and Police Announce Summer Safety Strategy
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, along with Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown and other community stakeholders announced a new safety strategy for the summer.
WOMAN’S JOURNEY INSPIRES AND EMPOWERS OTHERS
Karli Butler is an acid attack survivor and inspirational speaker, who shares her journey and shows what resilience looks like. Butler was attacked twice in 2006. Once in March and again in May. She sustained third degree full thickness burns during the second attack. It would change the course of her life.
JONES LEADS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HOSPITAL’S PLANS
Thaddeus Jones, mayor of Calumet City, says that downsizing and the potential closing of St. Margaret Hospital would affect residents of his city.
RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS BEAUTIFY COMMUNITY
Greater Englewood Unity Day was the brainchild of Jane Carter-Hill, co-founder of Imagine Englewood If… Hill was devoted to having people connect, communicate and collaborate.
