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AMA joins collaborative to improve health on the West Side
American Medical Association is now a partner in a mission to improve health outcomes and close health gaps on the West Side of Chicago.
Lecrae Partners with Love Beyond Walls To Plant Portable Wash Stations Around Atlanta Metro Area
Multi Grammy Award-winning platinum selling artist, Lecrae has partnered with Love Beyond Walls to plant portable hand washing stations around the Atlanta Metro Area for homeless and displaced people to clean their hands in response to Coronavirus (Covid19). The initiative kicked off this past Thursday March 19th at Love Beyond Wall’s Center located at 3270 East Main Street, College Park, GA 30337. Lecrae joined the Love Beyond Walls team to assemble the sinks after which they where filled with water, loaded on trucks, and distributed to key locations frequented by the homeless in the Atlanta Metro Area.
LOCAL OFFICIALS HOST MEETING ABOUT 2020 CENSUS
Greg Mitchell, 7th ward Alderman; Leslie Hairston, 5th Ward Alderman; and Bill Lowry, District 3 Cook County Board Commissioner, participated in a community meeting about the 2020 Census on Thursday, March 12, at the Quarry Event Center, 2324 E. 75th St.
IDHS Launches LetsTalkCannabisIL.com
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) recently announced the launch of a statewide public awareness campaign and website that provide go-to resources for health and safety information about legal cannabis use in Illinois.
UPS’ ‘Circle of Honor’ Recognizes The Company’s Safest Drivers
UPS recently announced the induction of 1,316 men and women into an elite group of UPS drivers who have not had an avoidable accident for 25 years or more. With those new inductees, the Circle of Honor now includes 10,411 of UPS’s active brown-clad drivers.
National Museum of African American Music Announces Grand Opening Date
After more than 20 years in development, the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is ready to open its doors to music lovers of all ages. The 56,000 square foot facility located in the heart of downtown Nashville will officially open to guests on Thursday, September 3, 2020 kicking off a Labor Day weekend packed with grand opening events that will help introduce NMAAM to Nashville and the world.
Englewood Community Pushing to Reopen Shuttered Green Line Train Station
A recent groundbreaking at 63rd Street and Racine Avenue for Phase I of an economic development plan, “Go Green on Racine,” that includes opening a fresh produce store this fall; converting a nearby vacant, 16,500 square-foot building into a 12-unit apartment complex, and repurposing the former Granville Woods Academy building, 6206 S. Racine Ave., into a recycling facility
CHICAGO HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC CONTINUES MISSION
Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness believes in integrated health and is continuing the mission it started 17 years ago at the Chicago Heights Community Health Clinic, located on 1536 Vincennes Ave. Aunt Martha’s acquired the site after St. James Hospital approached them about taking it over. Aunt Martha’s President and CEO Raul Garza said the payer exchange moved from being largely commercial insurance to Medicaid.
Next Step Announced in Sale of Former Howe Development and Tinley Park Mental Health Centers
Governor JB Pritzker and Senator Michael E. Hastings recently announced an important step forward in the future sale of the former Howe Development Center and Tinley Park Mental Health Center property.
Map Tracks Coronavirus Outbreak In Near Real Time
Th e Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built and is regularly updating an online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
MARIJUANA USE DURING PREGNANCY INCREASINGLY COMMON, LINKED TO STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS
A new study has found that women who experience more stressful life events in the year before childbirth have greater odds of marijuana use before and during pregnancy.
Sunshine Week: Fighting a virus with truth and transparency
As the scope and threat of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clear, people all over the world hunger for two things: an effective vaccine and truthful information about the disease. The former may be more than a year away, but the latter is critical to stemming the pandemic in the meantime.
State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza to headline Quad County Urban League’s Women’s Empowerment Summit (WES)
State Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza, Illinois Appellate Court Presiding Justice Cynthia Y. Cobbs, State Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford, Illinois State Representative Stephanie Kifowit, Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller and Sylvie Legere, president of the Policy Circle are among the headliners for the Quad County Urban League’s (QCUL) sixth annual Women’s Empowerment Summit (WES) on Friday, March 13th at the Chicago Marriott Southwest Hotel in Burr Ridge. The theme of this year’s WES is Women Being Heard and Giving Voice: 100 Years of Disruption. Registration opens at 7:15 a.m. and there will be a closing reception at 3:00 p.m.
FULL SERVICE GAS STATIONS WOULD RETURN UNDER PROPOSED STATE LAW
Not since the late 1970s has Chicago had a full-service gas station, but under proposed state legislation that would change next year.