Below is a joint statement from the following members of the Chicago Ebola Resource Network: the Chicago Department of Public Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Rush University Medical Center and the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) announced that the City will be partnering with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA); All Chicago; and the Corporation for Supportive Housing to end homelessness among veterans in Chicago by the end of 2015.
The month of October is a busy month for Bishop Larry D. Trotter, Senior Pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago, and Presiding Prelate of New Century Fellowship Churches, Inc. Trotter is celebrating 40 years of preaching the gospel, 33 years as senior pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church, and 21 years as a Consecrated Bishop. There has been a month long celebration going on at Sweet Holy Spirit Church located at 8621 S. South Chicago Avenue.
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 22, 2014 4:45 p.m.
For weeks now, residents of the newly constructed, mixed-use, mixed-income complex at 47th St. and Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago, have been moving into their new residence, a combination of condos, apartments and businesses, including a new Walmart Store.
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 22, 2014 4:28 p.m.
Activist and scholar, Dr. Conrad Worrill, 73, director and professor at the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, began teaching at Northeastern in 1976, where he is the coordinator and professor of inner-city studies education.
By: Lee Edwards - October 22, 2014 4:23 p.m.
On Oct. 8, After School Matters (ASM) released its annual Request for Proposals (RFP) which provides the guidelines and pertinent information to independent contractors and community organizations who are interesting in to conducting after-school and summer programs for Chicago’s youth, through the ASM network. The deadline to respond is submit Nov. 7, 2015.
Comer Cottrell, a black-hair-care entrepreneur who brought Jheri curl to the masses, has died.
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 22, 2014 3:21 p.m.
The cold and rain on Saturday did not deter the many who turned out to hear Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce a $20 million investment for a new state-of-the art, indoor, track and field facility slated for construction on Chicago Park District land next to Gately Stadium on Chicago’s south side.
By: Lee Edwards - October 22, 2014 3:03 p.m.
Sisters Network, Inc. (SNI) is a national non-profit organization and sisterhood of members that supports African American breast cancer survivors. With over 40 nationally recognized chapters, SNI’s Chicago chapter serves both the south side and south suburban Chicago municipalities.
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 22, 2014 2:57 p.m.
Throngs of media from as far away as France, and spectators turned out on Sunday for the Early Vote Rally with President Barack Obama and Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn at Chicago State University’s (CSU) Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center, named for named for former Ill. Senate president, Emil Jones, Jr. and his late wife.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everyone coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak will now be screened for the deadly disease at one of five airports, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation's Ebola response on Friday as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded, reaching a cruise ship at sea and multiple airline flights.
The development of a vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease will be accelerated with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 17, 2014 2:03 p.m.
Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are expected to announce a $20 million investment for a new state-of-the art, indoor, track and field facility for Chicago’s south side, according to Dr. Conrad Worrill, director and professor of the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd.
By: Lee Edwards - October 16, 2014 4:20 p.m.
A historical tribute ceremony was held Oct. 10, at the Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave., to pay homage to the legacy of one Chicago’s most influential and multi-faceted native sons, the late Oscar Brown, Jr.
