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Kidney Coach Wants To Create Healthy Communities
Peggy Riggins believes a person’s health is personal and that a personalized approach to health is important. She created the Kidney Party Project as a fun, festive way for people to get more excited about taking their health into their own hands. She likes to say, “give yourself to yourself before you give yourself away.”
Step Afrika! Premieres Work Based On The Migration Of African Americans
Artist Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series” is the inspiration behind Step Afrika!’s “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence.” The series depicts the story of African Americans from the South and their Great Migration to the North. The Migration uses motifs, images and colors from Lawrence’s series to bring it to life on stage, with dance and vocals.
Black Arts Month Celebrates The Work And Contributions Of Black Artists In Chicago
The Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago (BACA) is gearing up for Black Arts Month, which will take place in October. The goal of Black Arts Month is to center Black artists in Chicago and their contributions to the arts and cultural sector in the city and all over the world.
Bank of America Engages Park Forest Community With Mobile Financial Services
For three days Bank of America partnered with OAI, Inc. to engage residents with its mobile financial center, financial education workshops and one-on-one counseling services. The goal of the event was to provide convenient access to the banking services to the community. Associates and specialists were on site, from small business to home loans, as well as bankers and Operation Hope counselors, to bring a full suite of specialists’ resources to support the market.
First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice Talks About Memoir
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson walked on stage at the Harris Theater Millennium Park to a standing ovation for her sold out lecture, which was part of Chicago Humanities.
Opening Doors of Opportunity Can Heal the Nation
January 1, 1994 is as good a date as any to recognize as the beginning of the end of the US manufacturing sector as we knew it. That is the date the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. Going back to the 1970s, foreign competition in manufacturing had already led to America’s Steel Belt being dubbed the Rust Belt, but NAFTA and other trade agreements like it greatly accelerated factory closures.
One Million Degrees Hosts Inaugural Welcome Event at South Suburban College
Thirty-nine scholars attended the inaugural One Million Degrees (OMD) Welcome Event at South Suburban College (SSC) on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. OMD, a renowned community college student success program, supports scholars on their journey to meaningful careers. The program is delivered through SSC’s Multicultural Wellness Center, which began offering OMD support in the Fall semester.
“I AM THAT WOMAN RETREAT” ANNOUNCES SPEAKER LINEUP
Dozens of women who hail from across the country will gather in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2024 I Am That Woman (IATW) Retreat – a five-day, four-night women’s wellness experience, Oct. 2 – 6, at the Westin Beach Resort and Spa at Frenchman’s Reef. The event is sponsored by the Chicago-based I Am That Woman Movement, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, led by Founder and President Twyler Jenkins.
Help Keep Your Brain Healthy With Foods We Eat Everyday
It can happen all too often. Someone is talking and – right in the middle of a sentence – lose their train of thought, forget someone’s name or even a word they want to use. Whether it is called a senior moment, memory lapse or just plain forgetfulness, it can be quite embarrassing – and sometimes, even scary.
THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES JORDAN BRAND AS 2024 FREEDOM AWARD PRESENTING SPONSOR, HONORING SPIKE LEE
Memphis, Tenn., GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- The National Civil Rights Museum announced Jordan Brand (NIKE, Inc.) will be the Freedom Award presenting sponsor in 2024. Jordan Brand is key to the museum’s connection to honoree Spike Lee and the Freedom Award.
Mortgage rates are dropping: what it means for Chicago homeowners and homebuyers
Homeownership is more than just a lofty American dream—it’s how many can build generational wealth. For the Black community, 90% of wealth gains come from homeownership, meaning that owning a home continues to be a crucial method for Black households to build and accumulate wealth.
MISSY ELLIOTT MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO EARTH AFTER HISTORIC DEBUT HEADLINE TOUR OUT OF THIS WORLD — THE MISSY ELLIOTT EXPERIENCE
Spaceship757 has officially completed its mission. For the first time in her stellar 30-year career, global superstar and Hip-Hop/R&B pioneer Missy Elliott took a voyage to 29 arenas across North America for her debut headline tour, OUT OF THIS WORLD — The Missy Elliott Experience.
EASTSIDE GOLF RELEASES 'EVERYONE'S GAME' FALL COLLECTION, DEBUTS NIKE COLLABORATION
Eastside Golf, the lifestyle apparel brand dedicated to driving cultural change in the game, today revealed its highly anticipated fall collection, titled "Everyone's Game," which includes its debut footwear collaboration with Nike.
3,000+ Attend 124th National Black Business Conference as Liberian President Joseph Nyumah Boakai Delivers Keynote Address
More than 3,000 attendees gathered at The National Business League's 124th National Black Business Conference in Atlanta to hear a powerful keynote address by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, the 26th President of the Republic of Liberia. This landmark event, co-hosted in partnership with the National Alliance for Black Business and its co-founders—the National Black Chamber of Commerce, The World Conference of Mayors, and their hundreds of Black-led member organizations—focused on enhancing economic partnerships and collaboration between Black American businesses and the African continent, with a particular emphasis on Liberia.
