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Phocas Financial Issues First Quarter 2023 Investment Outlook for REIT Market
Phocas Financial Corporation ("Phocas"), an employee-owned registered investment adviser specializing in equity REIT and small-cap value equity investing, issued its Q4 2022 commentary and Q1 2023 REIT investment outlook.
President Barack Obama Reflects on Tragedy to Transformation at Sandy Hook Promise Benefit Ahead of 10-Year Remembrance
On Tuesday, Dec. 6th, Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) hosted a benefit evening at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City to commemorate the 10-year remembrance of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. More than 450 supporters, advocates, and business leaders joined the event to honor the lives taken that tragic day – and celebrate the lifesaving impact of Sandy Hook Promise's Know the Signs programs.
Hyde Park Art Center presents DESTINATION/EL DESTINO: A DECADE OF GRAFT
Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT, the largest exhibition to date of the Puerto Rican artist, educator, and community organizer Edra Soto. Rooted in themes of cultural hybridity, the exhibition features a new large-scale commission of the artist’s GRAFT series with porous sculptures, documentary photographs, drawings, and games that activate the Art Center’s indoor/outdoor main gallery. Creating a playful and open environment for dialogue, transformation, and communal healing, Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT is on view from April 23rd to August 6th.
Gun Violence Survivors and Advocates, Gun Sense Legislators Urge Passage of Critical Gun Safety Legislation
State Representative Bob Morgan and other legislators, Moms Demand Action and the Everytown Survivor Network, and gun violence survivors and advocates held a press conference urging passage of the Protect Illinois Communities Act, or HB 5855. Following the press conference, the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the legislation, which featured testimony from gun violence survivors in the Chicago area.
PRIDE PIPE & SUPPLY MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST BLACK-OWNED HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY IN THE MIDWEST
Herman Pride announced the launch of Pride Pipe & Supply, the first Black-owned heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) company in the Midwest. The launch of the business includes a partnership with Trane, a world leader in air conditioning systems, services and solutions.
Bank of America Commits $13 Million to Chicago-Area Nonprofits
Bank of America announced it has committed $13 million in funding to more than 100 Chicago-area nonprofit organizations working to drive economic opportunity for individuals and families in underserved Chicagoland communities.
Dolton 149 “Breakfast with Santa” Brings Toys for Kids 1,000 Holiday Meal Boxes for Families
With no warning to residents, Santa Claus last week slipped past the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s radar, and made an early, unscheduled stop in Calumet City.
National Louis University Celebrates Upward-trending Undergraduate Enrollment as Challenges in Higher Education Persist
National Louis University, a Chicago-based institution providing educational opportunities to all types of learners for more than 135 years, welcomed the class of 2026 to its expanding community along with significant growth in Fall 2022 student enrollment.
The Gift That Keeps Giving for Your Child This Holiday Season
Financial education is crucial to longterm success – and that education begins at an early age. Research suggests many of the habits we carry into adulthood are set by age seven. For parents, it’s important to lay a foundation early that children can build on. Gifting a child a bank account this holiday season is one step to promoting financial literacy, empowering them to learn and develop healthy savings goals and budgeting habits that can help set them up for future financial success.
Olympic Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee Wraps “The Lincoln Laureates” 2022 Season
As a world champion athlete in the heptathlon and long jump , Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee traveled the globe with a goal larger than sports: to return to her roots in Illinois and build a youth center to serve the community that raised her.
Illinois Tech Joins Chicago ARC as Founding Innovation Partner in Pursuit of Innovative and Equitable Health Care
The Chicago ARC and founding innovation partner Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) announced that they will come together to focus on equity in the management of chronic diseases and access to quality behavioral health services, including those for substance use disorder, as the first priorities for action using market-driven, community-informed solutions and the attraction of startups. Innovation and health care partners, which represent nearly 750 health care delivery and training locations across Illinois and neighboring states, gathered this week to set the strategic direction for the Chicago ARC venture collaborative at its first meeting.
SOUTHLAND COLLEGE PREP CELEBRATES BEING EXEMPLARY
The Southland College Prep Charter High School opened in 2010 with 121 ninth grade students, with a vision to create and refine a model that could be replicated and established a new standard of academic achievement and college success.
COURSE TEACHES ENTREPRENEURS TO MANAGE THEIR SMALL BUSINESS
Harold Washington College and the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have launched Introduction to Small Business Management. The eight-week course is aimed at helping small business owners. On Tuesday, Dec. 6, there was a celebration for participants who completed the course in late November.
COVID-19 grief: four ways to cope with loss during holidays
The holiday season is touted as the most wonderful time of the year, but for so many, it’s painful to endure after losing loved ones to COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 1 million people have died of COVID-19 since 2020. Among them are more than 56,000 Black people who have lost their lives.