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Advocates tout economic benefits of renewable energy investment
Springfield – While advocates in Illinois were optimistic that a series of measures reforming the state’s energy landscape could pass in 2019, various factors caused the legislative package to stall while most of Gov. JB Pritzker’s first-year agenda eventually became law.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RECEIVE GRANT MONEY
Keiashia Wood has owned Key2Glam Hair & Makeup Artistry, located at 2150 S. Canalport, for almost four years. Like most business owners, Wood has felt the effects of closures due to COVID-19
Black Woman in Tech Creates New Fundraising Opportunities for HBCUs
Although spare change technology, also known as round-ups, has been around for a few years, Dominique King, Founder of I Heart My HBCU, was the first to bridge this technology to Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) via a single mobile app. “I Heart My HBCU became the first platform where users could donate spare change to any of the 104 HBCUs in one place,” says King.
THE DuSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO WELCOME 2021 WITH A NEW YEAR’S EVE VIRTUAL CELEBRATION!
The DuSable Museum of African American History will “ring in” 2021 when it presents Your Virtual New Year’s Lounge: Hope, Renewal, Unity on Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 11:00 PM until 12:30 AM. The virtual New Year’s Eve celebration which is serving as a Membership Drive for the Museum is sponsored by Tito’s Handmade Vodka with additional support from PNC Bank. The event will be streamed live on VON.TV and on the DuSable Museum website.
Ideabar Awards $250K of In-Kind Services to The King Center through Empowering Equality Marketing Program
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) has been awarded $250,000 of in-kind marketing services through “Empowering Equality,” a marketing program sponsored by Ideabar, a national marketing and media agency and Cox Enterprises company.
ENTREPRENEUR PROVIDES EXPERIENTIAL WINE EDUCATION
Regine T. Rousseau believes that wine is an art form. “If you can take a few minutes and taste the nuances, just like a poem or just like a painting, you’ll start to uncover all of these things and really listen to the story that’s in the bottle,” Rousseau said.
Rush Introduces Bicameral Legislation to Create One Million Jobs Through Environmental Conservation Projects
U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) recently introduced the Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work (RENEW) Conservation Corps Act, which would create a civilian conservation corps to provide communities with job training and employment opportunities related to the outdoor recreation economy and green infrastructure projects.
United Raises Miles for Dozens of Non-Profits that Rely on Travel
United recently invited MileagePlus members to give back on Giving Tuesday, but also throughout the holiday season by donating miles to nearly 40 non-profits through United Airline’s crowdsourcing platform, Miles on a Mission.
Bevel Presents, “Created For Kings”
Bevel is reminding the world that Black men deserve self-care too by introducing, “Created for Kings”, a new brand campaign commemorating the beauty, strength, and resilience of Black men.
Jazz at center of ‘Bebop Fairy Tales’
Mark Ruffin, best known for his articles and radio show centered on jazz, has taken his love for the genre and created a historical fiction novel entitled, “Bebop Fairy Tales: An Historical Fiction Trilogy on Jazz, Intolerance, and Baseball.”
The Association of Black Cardiologists Unveils Diversity Scorecard Initiative
The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) has launched an annual diversity and inclusion scorecard for academic cardiovascular (CV) training programs in the US. The results from this ranking initiative - ABC DIBS (Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Scorecard) - will be published annually.
TREE DISPLAY BRINGS AUSTIN TO MICHIGAN
This is the time of year when people line Michigan Avenue for the BMO Harris Bank Festival of Lights. But, this year, due to COVID-19, the event is different. Instead of floats and music, windows are decorated by different community organizations.
RESURRECTION PROJECT RECEIVES $7.2 MILLION TO BUILD HOMES
Chicago is one of seven winning cities in the JP Morgan Chase AdvancingCities Challenge. Resurrection Project, a collaborative of seven community organizations, will receive $7.2 million to boost long-term homeownership by building 150 affordable modular homes as well as provide financial products and coaching on the South and West sides.
TRUSTEE GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY
Tiffany Henyard, a Village of Dolton trustee, has been dubbed the “People’s Trustee.” During the Thanksgiving Holiday, Henyard showed her care and concern for the community by hosting two events.
