State Senator Hunter’s measure creating racial impact task force becomes law
Springfield, IL – Legislation creating the Racial and Ethnic Impact Research Task Force was recently signed into law by Governor...
Month: August 2011
8th Annual Angel Awards Benefit an Overwhelming Success!
Actress Terri J. Vaughn's Take Wings Foundation Hosted Standing-room-only Affair Benefiting At-risk Teens  San Francisco, CA – Ever displaying...
Illinois GOP unveils ballot for 2011 “Pre-Presidential” Straw Poll
Poll will take place in all 102 counties Springfield, ILÂ - In front of hundreds of GOP faithful at Republican Day...
Psychologist cites Civil Rights assassinations as cause of African American grief, social ills
 Chicago, IL - The failure to grieve the assassinated leaders of the civil rights era has caused the African...
Better Business Bureau says inquires for mold and mildew eradication spike
(A Message from the Better Business Bureau)   Chicago, IL - Following the recent storms and flooding that plagued ...
Alexi Giannoulias to chair Illinois Community College Board
Alexi Giannoulias has been appointed by Governor Quinn to chair the Illinois Community College Board.  The Illinois Community College system is the 3rd largest...
Bus Driver foils Blue Line robbery suspects escape
An alert CTA bus driver helped police apprehend two men who attacked and robbed a Blue Line passenger of his...
Pass the Urban Jobs Act Now
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban League  “This program would give city organizations the tools and...
Uncle M.L.: An Op-Ed on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Isaac Newton Farris, Jr. President/CEO, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Â Unfortunately, I never met The Reverend Dr. Martin...
Chicago South Side Preschool and Elementary School Fair September 24th
 South Side Parents, Hyde Park Parent Support Network, and Neighborhood Parents Network jointly present a school fair open to the...
