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REALTOR WANTS MORE PEOPLE TO OWN PROPERTY
QuoVadis Gates, founder of Quo & Co. Real Estate Agents, is on a mission to put blue collar families in a position to help build generational wealth through the purchase of multi-unit properties. Gates, who grew up in Englewood, said by the time he graduated from Morehouse College, his neighborhood had been displaced because of Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s expansion. “That experience taught me why real estate, and specifically, ownership, is so important,” he said.
Momentum Builds for Coalition for Independent Work to Protect Flexibility & Independence for App-Based Drivers
The Illinois Coalition for Independent Work announced recently, that several new community groups, advocacy groups and racial equity organizations have joined the coalition to advocate for app-based drivers’ independence and improved access to benefits.
Burn Survivor Who Avoided Looking at Scars in Mirror for 25 years Reveals Steps that Led to Healing in New Book
While most 18-month-old toddlers are learning to say their first words and perfecting their walking skills, Audra Bryant had much bigger issues to deal with at that age.
Pouring With A Purpose -- BLQK Coffee Donates 25% of Profits to Social Justice Initiatives
The recently launched BLQK Coffee is serving caffeine with a cause, having committed to pouring 25 percent of their profits into the support of social justice initiatives. Coffee lovers can now purchase the coffee online at BLQK.Coffee.
Influencer Launches Platform to Help Moms of Color Connect With National Brands
As we honor notable accomplishments of trailblazers from the past during Black History Month, it’s also important to recognize the leaders who are blazing trails today.
National Women’s Business Council Releases 2020 Roundtable Report
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) has released its 2020 #LetsTalkBusiness Roundtable Series Report, a collection of testimonials from women entrepreneurs on current challenges and opportunities associated with access to capital, childcare, and patenting and trademark
Walgreens Expressions Creative Art Contest Expands to High School Students Across the Country Program encourages teens to use creative expression as a means for coping with challenging situations
More than 10 years ago Walgreens launched its first Expressions Challenge program to encourage teens to use creative arts as an outlet to manage some of life’s stressful circumstances and to guide students to make better life choices. Offered only in Chicago and St. Louis, Walgreens worked with high school districts, teachers and guidance counselors to promote the contest to students grades 9-12.
Mayor Lightfoot and CDPH Announce Significant Improvement in Racial Equity in Vaccine Distribution Half of vaccine administered in the most recent week went to Black or Latinx Chicagoans
Racial equity has been the driving force behind the city’s COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health today announced significant improvement in the percentage of vaccine administered to Chicagoans of color. These improvements are the result of the City being laser-focused on ensuring equity in its COVID response and vaccine distribution, and the work it has been doing with many community partners including through the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team (RERRT) and its Protect Chicago Plus initiative.
LADIES OF VIRTUE SHOWS LOVE TO YOUNG BLACK WOMEN
For Valentine’s Day, Ladies of Virtue hosted an event to show young Black women how much they are loved. The mentoring program which aims to empower girls ages 9-18, provided 300 LOV boxes to young women on the South and West sides.
Feed the Soul Foundation Celebrates Partnership with Grubhub
Feed the Soul Foundation, the non-profit arm of Black Restaurant Week, LLC, celebrates their partnership with Grubhub. As a recipient of the food ordering and delivery platform’s Donate the Change program, Feed the Soul Foundation is benefiting from diner donations this month, as well as from Grubhub’s virtual concert series, Sound Bites.
SPEAKER SERIES EXPLORES STORYTELLING WITH DIVERSE VOICES
Mo G is a Chicago-based natural hair artist, known to many on Instagram as @ gotothemo. While she is doing people’s hair for hours, there is an opportunity for sharing stories, learning people’s stories and telling her own, as well as explaining the history of natural hair.
WOMAN CREATES DEVICE TO HELP PARENTS
Tiffany McCoy was trying to find a solution to keep her daughter’s tablet charged and to keep the tablet accessible while McCoy was driving. So, she came up with the idea of creating a booster seat companion kit.
Two Southland College Prep Speech Team Seniors Place First and Second in IHSA State Final Speech Tournament Events
Two Southland College Prep Charter High School seniors placed first and second in separate events of the Illinois High School Association virtual 2020-21 State Speech Championship tournament.
South Side Community Organizations Say the Chicago Fire Department Needs More Life Saving Apparatus Like Tower Ladder 34
Concern citizens from neighborhoods serviced by Tower Ladder 34, a specialized lifesaving apparatus housed at Engine Company 72 in the city’s South Shore neighborhood, are banning together to extinguish a burning issue inside the Chicago Fire Department (CFD}. Rally and Press Event Scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25, at 10:30 AM.
