It is award season, and time for the NAACP to honor the stellar per-formances by people of color for the past year. Leading the nomina-tions is the film ‘Harriet’ starring Cynthia Erivo. The winners will be spotlighted at 51st NAACP Image Awards live on Saturday, February 22, 2020, on the BET network.
New Year. New Laws. As of January 1st, more than 250 new laws have gone into effect in the state of Illinois. These new laws range from increased traffic fines to requiring gender-neutral options on drivers' licenses. While the legalization of recreational marijuana usage has been the most talked about, here are six new laws all Illinois residents need to know:
Children attending underperforming schools may be able to obtain scholarships to private and parochial schools covering up to 100% of tuition under the Tax Credit Scholarship.
It’s that time again, 'New Year, New You,", resolutions and goals for a better quality of life. We all have good intentions but end up abandoning them before Easter. However, goals can be hard to keep if there is no plan, and we cannot make plans without a purpose or why. It is essential to write them down, share them with family, friends, and decide how to hold yourself accountable. Begin by setting goals that will help you feel better physically, mentally, and are realistic. Here is how the New Year, New You can begin.
As most people were unwinding from the Christmas holiday and preparing for the New Year, twenty-one girls of color from the south side of Chicago headed on an all-expense-paid trip to London and Paris. This prodigious experience and opportunity were lead by Delores Tomorrow and her nonprofit organization iGlow Mentoring, whose focus is on empowering teenage girls of color so they can become catalysts of change in their communities. Delores Tomorrow is passionate about mentoring young women of color.
If you take a drive down 63rd, 71st, 75th, 79th and 83rd between Stony Island (East) and Damen (West),you will find a surplus of “food and liquor” stores every three blocks and "food marts" in every gas station. In fact, on 79th street, there is not one supermarket from Lake Shore Drive to Pulaski. This disparity of available quality, nutritious food choices is called a food desert and has plagued low-income, urban neighborhoods for several years.
The City of Chicago has opened up its Shared Cost Sidewalk Program for city residents today. Chicago residents can get their sidewalks repaired for less money when the city's Shared Cost Sidewalk Program opens to applications Tuesday.
As Mayor Lori Lightfoot approaches the end of her first year as mayor of Chicago, she recently sat down with local community-based media organizations...
