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Another HBCU Receives Multi-Million Donation from Honey Bear Project
After nearly 75 years, Central State University (CSU) will be breaking ground this month on a state-of-the-art turf football field, courtesy of nearly a $1 million donation from HBCU Field of Dreams, through the Honey Bear Project.
CLB Architects Releases Monograph - Inspired by Place
CLB Architects, a multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm based in the Rocky Mountain West has released their first monograph, Inspired by Place. Published by ORO Editions and written by Chase Reynolds Ewald with forwards by Ian Volner, Tom Kundig, and Agnes Bourne, the monograph highlights eleven timeless spaces by CLB Architects. The book is now available for purchase on the ORO Editions’ website, Amazon, Barnes & Noblebookstores, and other retailers
NEW INITIATIVE AT MSI TO INVOLVE MORE GIRLS IN STEM CAREERS
A donation from Ann M. Drake, business leader and Museum of Science and Industry trustee, will enable the institution to create an initiative to encourage more girls to enter STEM careers.
DePaul University receives $21 million for scholarships, homelessness institute
DePaul University alumnus George L. Ruff and his wife, Tanya S. Ruff, have made estate and monetary gifts to the university totaling $21 million to support scholarships and DePaul’s Institute of Global Homelessness. In recognition of the gift, the institute will be renamed the George and Tanya Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness.
Fire in Little Africa Set for May 28
Fire in Little Africa – a groundbreaking album of original material, written and recorded by a collective of Oklahoma hip hop artists to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre – will be released on May 28 by Motown Records/Black Forum in partnership with Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Center® and Woody Guthrie Center®.
THE PARK SUPPER CLUB EYES END OF MONTH OPENING
Owners of The Park Supper Club, located at 65 E. Garfield Blvd., were in the process of preparing to open. Then COVID-19 hit, and the process was put on hold. Now, the Washington Park music and dining establishment is looking at opening by early May.
Pritzker urges schools to focus COVID relief funds
Gov. JB Pritzker took to the road recently to urge local school districts in Illinois to carefully target the roughly $7 billion in federal funds they will soon receive in order to help students overcome the learning loss they may have suffered during the pandemic.
MEYERS-MARTIN REPRESENTS SOUTHLAND IN SPRINGFIELD
Debbie Meyers-Martin is the Illinois State Representative for the 38th District. There are 15 municipalities in the 38th District. Meyers-Martin has been an Illinois State Representative since 2019.
Many Americans unable to pay bills or cover unexpected expenses and lack critical financial knowledge, survey shows
Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults report they are unable to pay their bills in full and on time in a typical month, and 30 percent would not be able to cover an unexpected $2,000 expense, according to new data from the fifth annual Personal Finance Index (P-Fin Index) released by the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at the George Washington University School of Business.
Editorial: Please, Don’t Throw Away Your Shot
It is no secret that this pandemic has devastated communities across our state — and Black and Brown communities have been hit the hardest, both in terms of lost lives and lost livelihoods.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CONTINUES LEGACY TO SERVE RESIDENTS
Imani Community Development Corporation, located at 2314 E. 83rd St., has been serving the Southeast side of Chicago since it was founded in 2001. The Reverend Jeffrey Hodges, pastor of King of Glory Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, is also the founder and president of Imani Community Development Corporation.
Chicago-Based LoveMoves.Us Partners with Campaign to Support the World’s Most Vulnerable Children
Chicago-based nonprofit LoveMoves.Us, whose mission is to breathe life and love into families who foster or adopt by engaging people in the community to serve and support so every child and family will flourish, announced its inclusion in the Orphan Myth 100 Percent Participation Campaign.
The Culture Launches The State Of Black Entrepreneurship
Forbes has launched The State of Black Entrepreneurship, an ongoing project that aims to accurately define, rectify and create Black history. Driven by For(bes) The Culture, the world’s preeminent community for Black and Brown professionals, The State of Black Entrepreneurship incorporates historical research that will unveil decades of forgotten and omitted Black business successes.
SBA Administrator Comments On Biden Signing PPP Extension Act of 2021
President Joe Biden recently signed the PPP Extension Act of 2021 into law, extending the Paycheck Protection Program an additional two months to May 31, 2021, and then providing an additional 30-day period for the SBA to process applications that are still pending.
