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Monthly Archives: April 2017

Seeking Church, Community Organizations to Help Spread Breast Cancer Awareness to Women of Color

Seeking Church, Community Organizations to Help Spread Breast Cancer Awareness to Women of Color

Did you know that more African-American and Hispanic women die from breast cancer than white women, even though more white women are diagnosed with the disease? Pin-A-Sister™/Examínate Comadre™, an initiative… Read more »

Triton’s Annual ‘Fun Family Fitness Day’ Features Activities and Resources

Triton’s Annual ‘Fun Family Fitness Day’ Features Activities and Resources

Children and adults of all ages can dance, run and play their way to a healthier lifestyle during Triton College’s second-annual Fun Family Fitness Day on Saturday, May 13th. Families… Read more »

Toyota’s ‘Juntos Somos Imparables’ Salutes Latino Achievement

Toyota’s ‘Juntos Somos Imparables’ Salutes Latino Achievement

Toyota debuted its Juntos Somos Imparables (Together We Are Unstoppable) community engagement series at Hispanicize 2017, the nation’s largest gathering of Latino professionals in digital content, marketing, journalism and entertainment…. Read more »

Spring Cleaning Time for your Tech

Spring Cleaning Time for your Tech

Just like your closets get overrun with clothes over the year, phones, too, can become low on space. But unlike closet cleaning, spring cleaning your electronics won’t cause you to… Read more »

John Lennon Bus Visits Clemente High School

John Lennon Bus Visits Clemente High School

The John Lennon Tour Bus visited Clemente High School in the Humboldt Park community Tuesday morning as part of its nationwide art and digital education tour. Clemente High School’s radio… Read more »

Parents Pressure Mayor to Keep Schools Open with TIF Funds

Parents Pressure Mayor to Keep Schools Open with TIF Funds

By: Ashmar Mandou Concerned parents and community leaders joined elected officials for a press conference on Tuesday morning inside City Hall to ask City Council and Mayor Rahm Emanuel support… Read more »

Latinx Youth Fighting Displacement Through Storytelling

Latinx Youth Fighting Displacement Through Storytelling

Caption by Ashmar Mandou Latinx youth from Logan Square orchestrated an event as part of #BrownInChicago, a project led by youth housing activists at Logan Square Neighborhood Association, who presented… Read more »

Millennium Park Summer Film Lineup to Feature First Spanish-Language Film

Millennium Park Summer Film Lineup to Feature First Spanish-Language Film

The popular Millennium Park Summer Film Series returns, Tuesdays, June 13 through September 5, at 6:30pm. This year’s line-up kicks off with the 1980 Chicago classic The Blues Brothers, the… Read more »

Rasmussen College Opens Chicago-Based Learning Center, Providing Access to Higher Education

Rasmussen College Opens Chicago-Based Learning Center, Providing Access to Higher Education

Rasmussen College, a regionally accredited private college, announced the opening of a new learning center in southwest Chicago. The Rasmussen College Centro de Aprendizaje (Learning Center), located at 3948 West… Read more »

A Night with Beloved Actor Eugenio Derbez

A Night with Beloved Actor Eugenio Derbez

Caption by Ashmar Mandou Enthusiastic fans spent an intimate evening with beloved actor and comedian Eugenio Derbez Tuesday night at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Derbez was in Chicago… Read more »