40+ Cities Hold National Week of Action to Push Back Against Suspensions & Policing in Schools, Oct. 4-11
Project NIA releases white paper on gains and ongoing challenges in organizing to interrupt school-to-prison pipeline (STPP) & organizes a...
Year: 2014
After Burge, what changed?
One group seeks to provide free defense attorneys in Chicago police stations to prevent torture once and for all First...
Lt. Gov. Simon Kicks Off Domestic Violence Awareness Month Cell Phone Drive
Urges Illinoisans to donate phones during October BELLEVILLE, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon was joined by domestic violence...
Volunteer to Become a Wish Granter: Training Session Now Open for Registration
CHICAGO, IL – More than 12,000 children across Illinois have experienced the magic of a wish coming true, thanks to...
Cast and Creative Team Set for Twist Your Dickens, or Scrooge You! At Goodman Theatre in Partnership With The Second City
Chicago favorite Francis Guinan is Scrooge in Holiday Send-Up by Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort and Directed by Matt Hovde...
Former Chicago Police Commander Burge is Being Released From Prison While Those he Tortured Continue to Suffer
When Will Chicago’s City Council Pass the Ordinance Providing Reparations for the Burge Torture Survivors? On Oct. 2nd, convicted, former...
NAACP to Launch Justice Tour: Pressing for Equality, Fighting for Fairness
BALTIMORE, MD – Only three months on the job, NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks is on the road...
“Members of the Congressional Black Caucus hold Attorney General Holder in the highest esteem” – CBC Chair Fudge
CBC Chair Marcia L. Fudge's Statement on Attorney General Holder's Resignation WASHINGTON, DC - Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia...
Black TV Pilot Presentation Premiere in Atlanta Area
Director Mike Ray’s debut TV Pilot Presentation of “The Productive Lie†to Premiere in Atlanta area on October 4th The...
Cook County Businessman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud
CHICAGO, IL – Judge Clayton Crane of the Circuit Court of Cook County sentenced Mohammad Aburish, to a term of...
