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Crown Royal Regal Apple And Harlem’s Fashion Row Support Designers Of Color
Crown Royal Regal Apple and Harlem’s Fashion Row (HFR) – a premier agency creating a bridge between brands and designers of color in the fashion industry — united on Tuesday evening for HFR’s New York Fashion Week Style Awards, Runway Show and After-Party. Committed to empowering the next generation of artists and creatives, Crown Royal Regal Apple collaborated with HFR’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ICON360, to award four $10,000 grants to emerging Black designers that help push culture forward in innovative, new ways.
Dr. Ian Smith partners with National Minority Health
Physician, best-selling author, and TV personality Dr. Ian Smith lends his support to a new National Minority Health Association (NMHA) initiative that aims to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among those living in medically underserved communities.
The LUV Institute Displays Parade Of Hearts
The Love, Unity and Values (LUV) Institute, founded by Cosette Nazon-Wilburn, is inspiring healing and transformation in communities that need it the most with its Parade of Hearts. It is an art installation that will be on display in 11 communities.
Workforce Training Recruits Candidates to Build Obama Presidential Center
Alderwomen Jeanette Taylor (20th), Leslie Hairston (5th), and Stephanie Coleman (16th), hosted Unity in the Community Resource Fair on September 11th for South Side residents. The fair provided demonstrations of skilled trades for residents to better understand construction trade jobs available in the community, including with We Can Build It, an Obama Foundation initiative to increase diverse and residential participation in the construction of the Obama Presidential Center and in the building trades generally
$2.6 Million Grant Awarded to Fight Opioid Overdoses
One of Illinois’ largest providers of substance use disorder treatment services has received a multi-year federal grant to fight opioid overdoes on Chicago’s South and West Sides.
Now and Later® Teams Up with Keshia Knight Pulliam and Terrence J
Now and Later® candy is excited to announce the launch of its #RecognizeTheChew Class in Session Series. In alignment with the brand’s vision to celebrate hard work and making a difference, the program recognizes the hustle of ambitious entrepreneurs, go-getters and leaders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program is founded on the C.H.E.W. mantra, an acronym which stands for Champion, Hustle, Empower, and Win.
Out of the Darkness Walk set for October
The Illinois Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) announces its annual Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Walk taking place Saturday, October 2nd from 9 am-1 pm. Since the first walk in 2004, events like the Chicagoland Walk have provided a platform to create awareness of mental health and suicide prevention
The Son Of Revolutionary Activists Keeps father’s legacy alive
August 30 would have been Fred Hampton’s 73rd Birthday. Hampton, Chairman of Illinois’ Chapter of the Black Panther Party was assassinated on Dec. 4, 1969. There has been a concerted effort to make the Hampton’s childhood home in Maywood, Ill., a historical landmark. Fred Hampton, Jr., Chairman of the Black Panther Party Cubs, has been working to keep his father’s story in the forefront. Hampton, Jr. describes his father as someone people could relate to and a servant of the people.
The Long Awaited Comprehensive Clean Energy Bill Passes
The Senate Bill 2408 was passed by the Illinois Senate 83-33 on Monday, Sept. 13, and has been signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on Wednesday, Sept. 15.
Mother-Daughter Team Create A Skincare line
Adrienne Hughes-Jackson and Brittany Hughes experienced adverse reactions to popular skincare products and decided to create their own lotions and creams. When they saw they weren’t getting any adverse reactions to what they created, they started handing it out to their family and friends. It snowballed from there to become a skincare line, Nzuri Body Essentials.
Auburn Gresham/Englewood Foster Families Received Shoes
Children cheered as Chicago Bears Defensive Linemen Akiem Hicks approached the building at SOS Children’s Villages Illinois in the Auburn Gresham/Englewood neighborhood recently. Inside a room, children and families had homemade signs to welcome him. Hicks, along with the United Healthcare provided new shoes to 170 children.
U.S. Department of Education Announces Over $40 Million to New Cohort of Promise Neighborhoods Grantees
The U.S. Department of Education today awarded over $40 million to the newest cohort of Promise Neighborhoods grantees across seven states. This announcement comes as U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona continues the Department’s “Return to School Road Trip” in Indiana today.
$1.4 million in new COVID-19 Emergency Relief + Recovery Grants Announced by Illinois Humanities
At a time when the impacts of COVID-19 continue to devastate communities around the state, Illinois Humanities is awarding its largest grant pool in the organization’s history for pandemic relief and recovery: $1.4 million to 254 organizations in 72 counties. These awards support public humanities organizations in communities whose residents have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, and which are often bypassed by traditional funding streams due to their size, organizational capacity, or geographic location.
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Do You Want To Build Wealth For Your Family or Find A Great Job? The City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Can Help!