Julie Murphy, senior vice president, Walmart U.S. addresses the audience during the Walmart groundbreaking on July 25. According to Murphy, the future store plays an important step in allowing Walmart to pursue additional opportunities to spur local economic development in the city of Chicago. (Photo by Thelma Sardin)

Julie Murphy, senior vice president, Walmart U.S. addresses the audience during the Walmart groundbreaking on July 25. According to Murphy, the future store plays an …

Published on July 26, 2011
Jimmy Akintonde, president, UJAMAA Construction, Inc. addresses the audience during the Walmart groundbreaking. Akintonde's company is managing the construction of the new Walmart through a joint effort with Powers & Sons Construction. (Photo by Thelma Sardin)

Jimmy Akintonde, president, UJAMAA Construction, Inc. addresses the audience during the Walmart groundbreaking. Akintonde's company is managing the construction of the new Walmart through a …

Published on July 26, 2011
Several dignitaries were on hand for the Walmart groundbreaking. (L to R) Former State Senator Howard Brookins, Sr., Willie Brown, A.C. Brown Construction Company, Inc., Labeed Diab, vice president and general manager, Walmart, Ald. Howard Brookins, Jr. (21st), Julie Murphy, senior vice president, Walmart U.S., Sandra Harrison, president, West Chatham Improvement Association, State Senator Emil Jones III (D-14), Rev. Dr. Howard Randolph, New Faith M.B. Church, Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6th), William Garth, Sr., publisher, Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, Inc., and State Rep. Monique Davis (D-27). (Photo by Thelma Sardin)

Several dignitaries were on hand for the Walmart groundbreaking. (L to R) Former State Senator Howard Brookins, Sr., Willie Brown, A.C. Brown Construction Company, Inc., …

Published on July 26, 2011
Students in the Freshman Connection program meet with CSU faculty and staff. (Photo Credit: Wanda Wright)

Students in the Freshman Connection program meet with CSU faculty and staff. (Photo Credit: Wanda Wright)

Published on July 26, 2011
Social justice adocate, Thomas N. Todd, Esq. (left) and Chicago Public Schools' Area 24 Chief Area Officer, Harrison Peters (right) discuss education during the Freshman Connection day at CSU. (Photo Credit: Wanda Wright)

Social justice adocate, Thomas N. Todd, Esq. (left) and Chicago Public Schools' Area 24 Chief Area Officer, Harrison Peters (right) discuss education during the Freshman …

Published on July 26, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced nationwide commitments from major food retailers to open or expand more than 1,500 stores to help provide healthy, affordable food to millions of people in areas that do not currently have easy access to fresh, nutritious food.

First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced nationwide commitments from major food retailers to open or expand more than 1,500 stores to help provide healthy, affordable …

Published on July 26, 2011
According to Frazier, volunteering in the Black community is imperative. There is so much work to be done in our communities to improve the quality of life...However, it is essential that we engage and embrace volunteerism to save our children from the negative culture that now permeates too many of our communities, he said. (Photo Courtesy of Gerald Frazier, Sr.)

According to Frazier, volunteering in the Black community is imperative. There is so much work to be done in our communities to improve the quality …

Published on July 26, 2011
Gov. Quinn recently signed legislation to help protect trained individuals who provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a person having a heart attack or suffering cardiac arrest. House Bill 1549 was an initiative of the American Red Cross and American Heart Association. (Photo Credit: American Red Cross Chicago)

Gov. Quinn recently signed legislation to help protect trained individuals who provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a person having a heart attack or suffering cardiac …

Published on July 26, 2011
Eunice M. Thomas

Eunice M. Thomas

Published on July 26, 2011