“Start by resisting his agenda in your own community” WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. More than 500 resistance assemblies will be held nationwide Sunday with tens of thousands of people coming together in libraries, community centers, living rooms, churches and coffee shops to organize and plan resistance to President-elect Donald[Read More…]
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Resistance! Celebrities Announce Facebook Live Telethon on Inauguration Day to Benefit Nonprofits
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017 By Jen Hayden It’s not the star-studded concert many were hoping for, but this is a wonderful thing to do during the inauguration. A group of well-known celebrities are banding together for a three-hour live broadcast on Inauguration Day, proceeds benefiting the ACLU, Planned Parenthood[Read More…]
Windy City Times Releases 2004 Tapes of Obama Discussing LGBT Issues During Senate Campaign
Obama at the Chicago LGBT fundraiser May 7, 2004. Photo by: Tracy Baim CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. Two audio tapes from Barack Obama’s campaign for U.S. Senate from Illinois have been released by Windy City Times newspaper. The audio is in the online version of this story: http://tinyurl.com/Obama2004LGBT . Both tapes were[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds President Obama’s Designation of the National Monuments to Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights Sites and the First National Monument to Civil War Reconstruction
Darrah Hall in Beaufot County, South Carolina. Photo by National Park Service. Also Praises President’s Expansion of Existing National Monuments Protecting Natural & Cultural Resources in California & Oregon WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. As the country prepares to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally[Read More…]
Park Forest’s Annual Park Permit Lottery Set for Saturday, February 4
Park Forest’s Central Park (Source: villageofparkforest.com) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The Park Forest Recreation and Parks Department will hold its Annual Park Permit Lottery on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 beginning at 9 a.m. at Park Forest’s Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive. The event is held each year to allow[Read More…]
Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Presents ‘Night Runner,’ a World Premiere by Ike Holter
The Theatre School at DePaul University presents “Night Runner,” a world premiere by Ike Holter and directed by Lisa Portes, with musical direction by Mikel Patrick Avery, choreography by Breon Arzell, and fight choreography by Katherine Coyl. “Night Runner” is a part of The Theatre School’s Chicago Playworks for Families[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Survey Finds Over One-In-Four Consumers Contacted By Debt Collectors Feel Threatened
CFPB Also Releases Study of Consumer Risks in Online Debt Sales, Consumer Stories of Debt Collection Experiences WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2017. A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report released today found that over one-in-four consumers contacted by debt collectors felt threatened. The report was drawn from the first-ever national[Read More…]
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with First Defense Legal Aid on Monday, Jan. 16
Dr. King was a First Defender CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2017. In the summer of ’66, a group of youth was having fun playing in a fire hydrant on Chicago’s West Side when police told them to leave. When they returned to cool off again, CPD arrested them and took them into[Read More…]
ArtHouse Opens as Home for Entrepreneurship, Art and Community
A once-underutilized building in Gary, Ind. is now home to ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen, which opened in November 2016. Photo by:Brandon Fields. Courtesy of ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen Gary, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2017 By Andrew Bauld A feathery mix of purple, blue and green light glows from the newly opened ArtHouse:[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Department’s Annual Honors Ceremony Takes Place Saturday, January 14
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2017. The Park Forest Police Department will host its Annual Honors Ceremony on Saturday, January 14 at 9 a.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Boulevard. Over the course of 2016, Park Forest law enforcement professionals responded to more than 18,000 calls for police service. While this[Read More…]
