Oak Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2017. One Earth Film Festival has just announced the schedule for its sixth year of bringing outstanding and solution-oriented environmental documentaries and programs to the Chicago region. Expanded to include two weekends for the first time, the festival runs March 3-12. Among other films on this year’s schedule are:[Read More…]
Community
CORRECTION: Free Rain Barrels Available to Park Forest Residents in Will County
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–UPDATED January 30 with revised information received from the Village of Park Forest Free rain barrels are available to Village residents in the Will County section of Park Forest. Last year, a free rain barrel program was offered for Cook County residents. Now, Will County residents can get[Read More…]
Trump Issues Anti-immigrant Executive Order; Alderman Joe Moore and Others to Host ‘Know Your Rights Seminar’ on Sunday, Jan. 29
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2017. Chicago Alderman Joe Moore will be joining other elected official colleagues and community organizations to sponsor another ‘Know Your Rights Information Workshop’ for immigrants, refugees, their friends and supporters and concerned neighborhood residents. The workshop will take place this Sunday, January 29th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sullivan High School auditorium, 6631 N.[Read More…]
On Sunday, January 29, North Suburban Communities to Unite Against Muslim Ban, Call For Sanctuary Cities
Amidst Trump Executive Orders, Suburban Communities Unite Against Muslim Ban, Call For Sanctuary Cities Morton Grove, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2017. Multiracial and multi-faith group will call on suburban residents to express solidarity with Muslim and Arab communities, and urge that suburban towns pass immigrant sanctuary laws. President Trump’s ongoing flurry of executive orders banning refugees[Read More…]
The Drama Group to Hold Auditions for ‘Buried Child’ on Feb. 28 & March1
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2017. The Drama Group announces auditions for Buried Child by Sam Shepard on February 28 & March 1 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. This Pulitzer Prize winning play takes a hard look at the American Dream. An estranged grandson comes home to find his family in[Read More…]
Major Climate March in Communities Nationwide to Take Place on Saturday, April 29
Organizing Starts Now to Resist Attacks on the Environment and Communities. Leaders Call for a New Clean Energy Economy that StopsClimate Change and Creates Good Jobs for All WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. Climate activists have announced a major “People’s Climate March” on April 29th in Washington, D.C. and throughout[Read More…]
Trivia Night with First Defense Legal Aid on Thursday, January 26
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. In 2016, 1% of Chicago arrestees had a lawyer at any station at any point of their up-to-3 days in custody even though 100% had that right. While unacceptably minuscule, this statistic does mean that we are making a difference! The rate of access to counsel in[Read More…]
Chicago Southland’s ‘Let Them Eat Jazz’ Festival Celebrates a Century of Jazz with Music, Visual Arts, Food, and More
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017 – 1917 was the birth of many jazz masters, and the birth of a new era of sound. Ella Fitzgerald, “Dizzy” Gillespie, Lena Horn, Thelonious Monk, and so many more forever changed the musical landscape with their soulful, improvisational styles. Today, nearly 100 years later,[Read More…]
Activist Groups to Rally On Thursday, January 26, to Defend and Expand Sanctuary for All Chicagoans
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017. On Thursday, January 26 beginning at 1 p.m. at Chicago’s City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, community groups will rally together to tell Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago city council to stand up to Donald Trump and take action that doesn’t just symbolically defend immigrants, but[Read More…]
These Cancer Patients Couldn’t Go to the Women’s March, So They Had One In the Hospital Instead
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2017 By wagatwe Nurses and patients took a stand against Trump from the hospital. With millions of people around the world participating in “sister marches” to Saturday’s Women’s March, people were bound to get creative. And that’s precisely what happened at a hospital near Los Angeles. Two years[Read More…]
