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Survey Highlights Challenges for Post-9/11 Wounded Veterans During Pandemic
One-third of post-9/11 wounded veterans who responded to a recent Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) survey noted they have or expect to run out of money due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Give Blck: New Database Connects Donors to Black Nonprofits
Give Blck, a new digital platform that raises visibility for Black-founded nonprofits across America, launched recently. The tool helps donors easily identify these organizations in order to drive more dollars to underfunded causes and help solve racial disparities in philanthropic funding.
Hospitals Hit Setbacks on Road to Recovery
August was a challenging month for hospitals nationwide as margins declined across the board, reflecting continued volatility in the sixth month of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Kaufman Hall September National Hospital Flash Report.
African American State & Local Government Employees Have Higher Concerns About Health and Financial Risks of COVID-19
A national poll of state and local employees finds that African American workers are more concerned than their colleagues about the potential health and economic impacts of COVID-19. Thirty-nine percent of African American state and local employees are worried about contracting the coronavirus at work as compared to 22 percent of all other survey respondents. Twenty-one percent of African American workers are concerned about a reduction in pay, which is nearly twice the level of other state and local employees (11 percent).
Missguided Powerhouse Teams Up With Iconic Streetwear Brand Sean John To Drop Their First Women’s Collaboration
Global fashion brand MISSGUIDED and iconic streetwear brand SEAN JOHN have introduced SEAN JOHN X MISSGUIDED The Classics, a capsule collection for fall.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.® DOES IT AGAIN AND RAISES $1 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF HBCUS
For the third consecutive year, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® has successfully raised $1 million in 24 hours for the benefit of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
United We Rise Works To Collectively End The HIV Epidemic For Every(Black)Body
United We Rise (UWR) recently launched nationally with the goal to unite and mobilize a collective force to end the HIV epidemic and uplift the quality of life for Black people. This new national effort is a pioneering collaboration of over 30 groups brought together by three organizations–National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition (NBGMAC), National Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Network (the Network), and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC). Together, these groups and their UWR partner organizations are working to build a Black-led, intersectional initiative that ends HIV, while fighting for a just response to COVID-19. The work of UWR is also grounded in the dismantling of racism that permeates Black life.
Kapor Foundation Gives $1 Million In Grant Funding To Social Justice Organizations
Kapor Foundation is giving $1 million in grant funding to national civil rights and local grassroots organizations focused on voter education and engagement, voter and election protection, and building political power within Black and Brown communities
NOTICE FROM COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR FRITZ KAEGI
This issue of the Suburban Times Weekly contains a 112-page supplement of the Real Estate Assessment List for Bloom Township. The listing contains Property Index Numbers, street names, addresses and the proposed, assessment values recently mailed to Bloom Township taxpayers. Our office is dedicated to increasing ethics, fairness and transparency in our work. As your Cook County Assessor, I hope you find this information helpful.
Keith E. Sonderling Sworn In As EEOC Commissioner And Vice Chair
Keith E. Sonderling was recently sworn in as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sonderling was nominated by President Trump on July 17, 2019, re-nominated on March 16, 2020, and was confirmed on September 22, 2020 by a Senate vote of 52-41 to serve as Commissioner, for a term expiring July 1, 2024. Sonderling was also designated by President Trump to serve as Vice Chair of the Commission. Sonderling joins Chair Janet Dhillon and Commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Victoria A. Lipnic on the presidentially appointed bipartisan Commission. One vacancy remains on the Commission.
State Representative to run for Mayor
Thaddeus Jones was the first African-American Alderman in Calumet City when he was elected in 1996. Now, he wants to be the first African-American mayor of the city, which is in the South Suburbs.
BLACK-LED INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDES MEDICARE OPTION
Open enrollment lasts until Tuesday, Dec. 15. Zing Health, a doctor-founded startup insurance company, is offering Medicare Advantage HMO plans.
FATHER OF FIVE MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITY
Joseph Williams, husband and father of five, wanted to be a more involved father, so he started to become active at his children’s school. Williams began doing lunchroom duty and moved into reading books in the classroom. In 2017, he got the idea to start Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club, a non-profit organization which promotes literacy among children and which provides a male role model in the lives of children.
Federal Judge Certifies Class, Orders Trump Administration to Stop Denying Pandemic Relief Funds to Incarcerated Persons
On September 24, 2020, Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an Order certifying a nationwide class of people incarcerated in state and federal prisons, and granting the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and the United States of America (“Defendants”) to stop withholding CARES Act stimulus funds from plaintiffs or any class member on the sole basis of their incarcerated status.
