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MORE JOBS COMING TO THE SOUTHLAND
More than 1,000 jobs are set to come to the Southland with the announcement of Amazon constructing three new fulfillment centers in University Park, Matteson and Markham. The newest fulfillment centers will open in Matteson and Markham.
MARCH CALLS FOR EQUITY AND MOVES FOR COLLABORATIVE BLACK CHICAGO
On Friday, June 19, marchers took to the streets of downtown Chicago, holding Black Lives Matter signs while a brass band played “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Once they arrived in Daley Plaza, people started to do the electric slide as Beyonce’s “Before I Let Go” played.
Pritzker signs vote-by-mail expansion
Springfield – Anyone who cast a ballot in the last three years or who registered to vote or changed addresses after the March primary will be sent an application to vote by mail after Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed a bill expanding the program.
SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Businesses and Residents of Illinois Affected by Civil Unrest
“The SBA is strongly committed to providing the people of Illinois with the most effective and customer-focused response possible to assist businesses of all sizes, homeowners and renters with federal disaster loans,” said Carranza. “Getting businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA.”
CHICAGO STIMULUS PAYMENTS COULD BENEFIT COLLEGE STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
For the first time in three years, Brielle Hampton, a 20-year-old college student, has not had a summer job, thus limiting monies she normally would use to buy school supplies and engage in summer activities.
Entrepreneur creates COVID-19 Vending Machine
Lolita Brown is an entrepreneur with a successful beauty business, Mental Beauty Supply. She is also an author and life coach. She found a way to offer products using a beauty supply vending machine that she repurposed.
Congresswoman Karen Bass Says CBC Wants Federal Dollars to Aid the Black Press
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.) joined the Black Press of America for a live interview to discuss the plight of African Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. Congresswoman Bass, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), called the pandemic a “double-punch” to African Americans.
Poets&Quants Names Best & Brightest MBAs For 2020
Poets&Quants, a news source for graduate business education, has released its 6th annual “Best & Brightest MBAs” feature, which honors 100 of the most accomplished full-time MBAs from the Class of 2020.
After becoming a nurse, CHA resident achieves second dream of purchasing home through Choose To Own
After getting married and watching her family grow, Tyra Jackson Williams went back to school and accomplished two goals: becoming a Registered Nurse at Schwab Rehabilitation, and, becoming a homeowner, which she did in March, thanks to the Chicago Housing Authority’s Choose to Own (CTO) homeownership program
With the Help of our Ancestors We Can Heal and Say “We CAN Breathe!
What we are experiencing now, is rooted in our past and will affect our future. Because our present experience is rooted in the past, we must think about the role of our ancestors, not only in the past, but the role they are playing now as they try to help with the healing.
Education is a Big Part of the Solution
The pain of George Floyd’s murder has sent shockwaves through our nation, including right here in Chicago. It was vicious and shocking but, sadly, not surprising.
MERIDIAN TEAMS WITH AUNT MARTHA’S TO OFFER FREE COVID-19 TESTS
Meridian of Illinois and Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness are offering free COVID-19 PCR tests and antibody tests to residents in the South Suburbs at Aunt Martha’s Pediatric Health & Wellness, located at 500 Dixie Highway, in Chicago Heights, and at the Kankakee (Illinois) Community Health Center, located at 1777 E. Court St.
CLARA KIRK REMEMBERED AS SAVIOR FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND A CHAMPION FOR ENGLEWOOD
Those who knew her best said the late Clara Kirk was more than a philanthropist, but a mother and grandmother to countless women and children she encountered during her time as a champion for the less fortunate.
Residents take advantage of COVID-19 testing at Compassion Baptist Church
With African Americans and Latinx communities being disproportionately affected by COVID-19, there was a need in Southeast Chicago for a COVID-19 Testing Site. Recently, Aurora Advocate Health and Compassion Baptist Church came together to help fill that void.
