Community Focus
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.
SOUTHLAND COLLEGE PREP CLASS OF 2021 ALL ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE
All 138 seniors at Southland College Prep Charter High School have been accepted into college. To commemorate the accomplishment, the class hosted a virtual “All-In” Celebration.
ADOPTION ADVOCATE PENS ‘MY JOURNEY TO JOSHUA
Deborah Farmer always knew she wanted to foster a child and possibly one day adopt a child through foster care.
ARTIST TALKS ABOUT EMPOWERMENT THROUGH POETRY
Leslé Honoré is known for her poems about Meghan Markle, Vice President Kamala Harris and Serena Williams. The Blaxican artist, activist and author is a graduate of Xavier University in New Orleans and has read her work at Obama Foundation events as well as at the Silver Room Block Party.
Culinary apprenticeship program prepares students for a career in the hospitality industry
Fifteen students, some of whom have been laid off during the pandemic, began an eight-week culinary apprenticeship program where they will learn skills that will prepare them for a career in the hospitality industry.
ENTREPRENEURS TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL CANNABIS LICENSES
4-20 is known to many as Cannabis Cultural Day. On January 1, 2020, Illinois legalized recreational marijuana use. Since then, sales have netted more than $600 million. Since January 2021, marijuana sales have netted more than $100 million. Apriel Campbell is the founder of Ivy Care, LLC, a self-care beauty and wellness brand, and Ariel DeNey Rainey is CEO and founder of The Mary Jane Group.
STUDENTATHLETES TALK ABOUT PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON SPORTS
When COVID-19 caused school buildings to close for in-person learning, student-athletes’ seasons were put in limbo. A new docuseries, “Champions Adjust,” from True Star Media, gives voice to students on how COVID-19 has affected their lives.
ALDERMAN TO RUN FOR ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE
Pat Dowell, alderman of the third ward, has announced that she is running for Illinois Secretary of State, a role held by Jesse White since 1999.
Chicagoans Mourn The Loss of Christ Universal Temple Own Rev. Dr. Helen Carry
On Thursday, April 8, 2021, our beloved teacher, former Executive Minister and spiritual mother, the Reverend Dr. Helen Ward Carry, made her transition. We lovingly hold her up in prayer as we release her into the grace, peace, and harmony of God's presence.
GIVEAWAY PROVIDES COMMUNITY WITH MUCH NEEDED GOODS
“Have you ever seen anything like this in your life,” asked Larry Huggins, founder of Christmas in the Wards, while people set up for the Burnside Giveaway.
