Day: June 28, 2016

Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Park District Announce Nike Investment to Provide Specialized Training for 1,500 Park District Recreation Leaders this Summer

Nike’s Swoosh Summer Academy to Provide Camp Leaders with Training on Positive Sportsmanship to Lead 40,000 Campers this Summer CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016.  Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Park District today announced that camp recreation leaders will begin the summer season with fresh perspective and new skills to bring to their[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel Breaks Ground On Plumbers’ Local 130 Training Center

State-of-the-Art Center Will Support More Than 4,000 Journeymen and Apprentice Plumbers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Business Manager James Coyne and leadership from Plumbers’ Local 130 to break ground on the union’s new training center in the West Loop. When complete the center will provide a modern,[Read More…]

UN Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Terrorist Attack at International Airport in Istanbul

A busy street in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 June 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, according to his spokesperson. “He expresses his deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to[Read More…]

Senator Durbin Speaks Out Against Anti-Muslim Bigotry in Ted Cruz Hearing on ‘Radical Islam’ (Video)

Rebukes Subcommittee Chairman Cruz’s call for increased police patrols of “Muslim neighborhoods” across America WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016.   U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today condemned the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric and bigotry in the United States during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights,[Read More…]

Celebrating the New Stonewall National Monument

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016 National Park Service employees unveil a banner to celebrate the designation of the Stonewall National Monument. The new monument is located at Christopher Park, a historic community park at the intersection of Christopher Street, West 4th Street and Grove Street, directly across from the Stonewall Inn[Read More…]

Intervention Dramatically Lowers Violent Crime Arrests for At-risk teens

Crime Lab study finds Becoming a Man program also boosts high school graduation The University of Chicago Crime Lab has studied the positive effects of Becoming a Man, a counseling/mentoring program in Chicago.  Photo by: Robert Kozloff CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016 By: Mark Peters A school-based intervention for at-risk teenagers in[Read More…]

Families Will Rally to Disarm Hate on Wednesday, June 29

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2016.  Join Jan Schakowsky, Steny Hoyer, Danny Davis, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, and Mike Quigley to take a stand against gun violence and #DisarmHate. Families will be rallying at Federal Plaza, 219 South Dearborn in Chicago at 9 a.m. to make our voices heard. Source: http://www.now.org    [Read More…]

‘New Revelations’ From Benghazi Report Notably Old

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016.  Republican efforts to exploit the Benghazi tragedy to score political points against Hillary Clinton has been both disturbing and fruitless. Two years and $7 million after its inception, the taxpayer-funded partisan witch hunt known as the Benghazi Committee concluded quite fittingly: Republican members, who insisted in[Read More…]

Youth Delegation from Village Leadership Academy Returns from Cuba

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016.  Chicago’s premier social justice school, Village Leadership Academy (VLA), sent 21 South and Westside youth to Cuba this summer as part of their annual World Scholars Program (WSP).  Recently featured on WBEZ for their CTA train takeover and civic engagement project that educated voters on the importance[Read More…]

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