Community Focus
Post-Father’s Day Facts
The idea of Father’s Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration,
New CHA Website Allows Low-Income Chicago Residents to Quickly Apply for Section 3 Jobs
The Chicago Housing Authority has launched a new website that allows Section 3 residents to apply for jobs with CHA and its contractors. Section 3 residents are public housing residents, Housing Choice Voucher participants and low-income Chicago area residents.
Historically Black Colleges Continue to Struggle
Black colleges historically have provided educational opportunities for the majority of African Americans seeking a higher education, but many of these schools now struggle to remain open. St. Paul's College is one.
NAACP Reacts to Racist Remarks Allegdly to Los Angeles Clippers Owner, Donald Sterling
The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) decided against awarding Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony scheduled for May 15, and is expected to rescind its previous award, following backlash from recorded racist comments allegedly made by the self-made billionaire.
Biden: Raise the Minimum Wage
In his address to the nation last week, Vice President Joe Biden discussed the importance of raising the federal minimum wage. The full transcript follows:
First Lady Visits China for First Time with Mom and Daughters
First lady Michelle Obama plans to avoid politics and focus on education and people-to-people contacts on her first visit to China.
U.S. Atty. Gen. Calls Rise in Heroin Overdoses ‘Urgent Public Health Crisis’ Vows Mix of Enforcement, Treatment
Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday that the Justice Department would combat the epidemic through a mix of enforcement and treatment efforts. As an added step, the Attorney General is also encouraging law enforcement agencies to train and equip their personnel with the life-saving, overdose-reversal drug known as naloxone.
President Obama’s "My Brother's Keeper" Remarks
Introduced by Christian Champagne, 18, a senior at Hyde Park Career Academy, Chicago, President Barack Obama, last week delivered a speech unveiling his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative at the White House, surrounded by African American and Latino young men, some of which are participants in the University of Chicago Crime Lab initiative called “Becoming a Man” (BAM), a program for at-risk youth, that served as the inspiration for Obama’s newly introduced program.
Report Says 5.6 Million U.S. Children Will Die Prematurely Unless Current Smoking Rates Drop
Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today – or one out of every 13 children under age 18 – will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases unless current smoking rates drop, according to a new Surgeon General’s report.
Is Your New Year Happy Yet?
The dreary weather may have you down, but it doesn’t have to A few weeks after the holiday season, everything seems to just stop. All the eating, shopping, celebrating and spending time with family seems to come to an abrupt end. All of a sudden we’re back to our daily routines.
CBA's Get Connected IT Ambassadors Give Local Small Businesses a Boost
Chatham Business Association’s (CBA) new Get Connected IT Ambassadors program develops young adults' computer literacy skills so that they can in turn, assist small local businesses with their computer based needs.
Inspiration for a Healthy New Year
Make being healthy your resolution and find ways to get and stay healthy this year. Many popular New Year's resolutions focus on how to improve your health. That is good news, considering that being healthy provides us protection against disease and injury, as well as strength and energy to help us have a good quality of life.
Breast Cancer Under Forty
When we hear the word mammogram, most of us think of a middle-aged woman headed for retirement. But, for some African-Americans, that word needs to start including those of us who are under age 40.
QBG Foundtion Mentee Inducted into the National English Honor Society
Congratulations to Stacie Webb, a Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School student was inducted into the National English Honor Society on October 8, 2013. Webb is also a QBG Foundation (QBG) mentee.
