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Sterling Bay Celebrates Pride Month by Flying Chicago’s Largest Progress Pride Flag
For the second year in a row, local real estate investment and development firm, Sterling Bay, is celebrating Pride Month in a big way by flying Chicago’s largest Progress Pride Flag in the city’s Fulton Market neighborhood.
20-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO SAVED VICTIM FROM BEING ELECTROCUTED FROM RED LINE TRACKS, TO GET BIG SURPRISE FROM PHILANTHROPIST EARLY WALKER
On Monday, 20-year-old Anthony Perry had just exited the redline train at 59th street when he noticed an unconscious man who appeared lifeless on the live rail track. The victim ‘s hand was also pinned under the track. Perry without hesitation jumped carefully in a clear spot between live tracks and pulled the man off the tracks.
Former Van Dyke Horn Public Relations Agency Rebrands as 98Forward
It’s true. The communications agency formerly known as Van Dyke Horn has a new name and brand: 98Forward. While the name and brand has changed — the 24 years of communications knowledge and expertise remains the same. The agency’s new name, 98Forward, not only marks the year that the agency was founded, 1998, it signifies the continuity with its institutional legacy, and the trajectory of the Black-owned, woman-owned businesses:
LICENSED AND UNBOTHERED®: A LIFECHANGING WEEKEND OF BRAND BUILDING AND COLLABORATION
Using the approach of “community over competition” in an industry that is historically known for its competitive nature, the third annual Licensed and Unbothered ® Conference in Downtown Chicago is back from June 10-12 at the Swissôtel to teach Savvy Chicks in Real Estate® how to build brands with multiple streams of income.
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY WELCOMES DAVID DUCHOVNY TO HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY CENTER JUNE 14 IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER SAGAL
Chicago Public Library (CPL) today announced that they will be hosting award-winning actor, writer, director, singer-songwriter and bestselling author David Duchovny at the Harold Washington Library Center June 14 at 6 p.m., in conversation with Peter Sagal, to discuss his new novella The Reservoir. Books will be available for purchase and Duchovny will be available to autograph copies at the conclusion of the program.
CPS to Benefit from Lollapalooza Arts Grants
The team behind Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza music festival highlighted the 50 Chicago Public Schools that have been receiving funding so far from the Lollapalooza Arts Education Fund. The money helps CPS meet its goal of providing arts education to every child in every school.
CHICAGO’S WNDR MUSEUM CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH WITH NEW ART GALLERY, BLACK LIGHT AT WNDR
WNDR Museum, Chicago’s original immersive art and technology experience, will celebrate Juneteenth with the opening of a new art gallery, Black Light at WNDR. Curated by WNDR Museum managers Randi Townsend and Huey Douglas-Small, the gallery will shine a spotlight on Chicago-based Black artists. Black Light at WNDR will be on view at WNDR Museum throughout the month of June.
Sheriff’s Office’s Assistant General Counsel for Litigation Appointed Editorin- Chief of the Illinois Bar Journal
Cook County Sheriff’s Office attorney Khara Coleman has been named the 2022-2023 Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Bar Journal, giving her the distinction of being the first Black woman to hold the position, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced recently.
New law provides $700 million for nursing home staffing
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they use that money to increase staff and wages in their facilities.
South Holland Resident Fatima Serrato Sworn in as Student Trustee at South Suburban College
South Suburban College (SSC) student Fatima Serrato was sworn in as Student Trustee at the college’s May meeting of the Board of Trustees. She was welcomed to her new role by Chairman Terry R. Wells.
Governors State University will receive $450,000 grant for workforce recovery
Governors State University will receive $450,000 for workforce recovery efforts as part of a $20 million state investment with support from State Senator Patrick Joyce.
Black, Latino, and Native American organizations form a consortium to address alcohol-related harm in the U.S.
The Multicultural Consortium for Responsible Drinking (MCRD), a working group focused on increasing awareness on the risks of alcohol-related harm and providing education in diverse communities across the country, launched with the support of Diageo North America and leading Black, Latino, and Native American organizations. In its initial phase, members of the MCRD met in Washington, DC, to establish a framework aimed at developing a national public awareness program to reduce the impact of alcohol misuse in communities of color.
Inaugural Juneteenth Village Fest Hosted by It Takes A Village Family of Schools & Village Leadership Academy After Students Officially Rename Douglass Park
It Takes A Village Family of Schools (ITAV) and Village Leadership Academy (VLA) are ecstatic to host the inaugural Juneteenth Village Fest that is free and open to the public on Saturday, June 18th from 12p-6p in the Anna & Frederick Douglass Park. This is a momentous occasion for the organization following the successful renaming of the park to pay homage to the legacy of the Douglass Family, through a student-led grassroots campaign. Those students, local families, and all of the great community residents surrounding Douglass Park can come celebrate this historic renaming annually on Juneteenth.
Girls Like Me Project, Inc. Awarded $50,000 From The Black Girl Freedom Fund
(Black PR Wire) CHICAGO, Ill. -- Girls Like Me Project announced receiving a $50,000.00 financial award from the Black Girl Freedom Fund ( BGFF) to support its work in training Black girls on how to proliferate their worldview through media so they can help others make meaning of the world through their perspective and unique experiences. GLMPI was one of 68 organizations to be awarded grants totaling $4 million.