Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. Park Forest’s Sustainable Saturdays for gardeners returns April 18 with a workshop on vegetables in raised beds and container gardening. The free lecture series, presented by the Village of Park Forest in collaboration with the Park Forest Environment Commission, Thorn Creek Nature Center, and the[Read More…]
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Vote for Favorite Young Artist in 2015 Congressional Art Competition
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)-April 10, 2015. The public is welcome to vote online for their favorite young artist in U.S. Representative Robin Kelly’s annual Congressional Art Competition for high school students. Voting opens April 10 at 4 p.m. and ends April 15 at 11:59 p.m. Voters can link to the artwork from Rep.[Read More…]
Cornel West Calls for April 14 Shut Down in Response to Wave of Police Killings of Unarmed People
Jet Magazine: Cornel West Sparks #ShutDownA14 Movement CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. During the extraordinary EMERGENCY program held Monday in New York, the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew shook with the passionate determination to put a STOP to the killing of unarmed black and Latino people. Cornel West spoke with[Read More…]
Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. The Center for Constitutional Rights asked a court to issue a subpoena to Martin Ssempa, a prominent anti-gay crusader in Uganda, to testify in a case brought on behalf of the Ugandan LGBTI rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda against U.S.-based anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.[Read More…]
White House Petition Response: On Conversion Therapy
“Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let’s say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he’s held as long as he can remember. Soon, perhaps, he will decide it’s time to let that secret out. What happens next depends on him, his[Read More…]
Hidden Ponds Hike in Thorn Creek Woods on April 19
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. Spend some time in Thorn Creek Woods and you will notice little patches of color making its way into the brown and gray woodland. Spring beauties are poking their little white and pink heads out, the greens of the wild leeks and onions are becoming[Read More…]
Think Spring – Reserve Your Garden Spot at Prairie State College Today
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2015. The Prairie State College (PSC) Community Garden will be open for its fourth season this year. Are you an expert gardener needing more room to plant? Do you have little or no gardening experience? Reserve a garden plot at PSC’s Community Garden and make[Read More…]
NASA to Celebrate Earth Day with #NoPlaceLikeHome Event
Get involved in highlighting the amazing places and landscapes on our home planet this Earth Day, April 22, by posting photos and videos of your favorite place on Earth. Image Credit: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015. This Earth Day, April 22, NASA is asking people around the world to share[Read More…]
Spring 2015 Events at Thorn Creek Nature Center
Legacy of Jon Mendelson, longtime GSU professor, field ecologist and chair of Thorn Creek’s Management Commission who died last November will be honored on Earth Day (Photo: www.tcwoods.org) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2015. Spend some time in Thorn Creek Woods and you will notice little patches of color making its[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Brief to Address Health Care for Prisoners Suffering from Gender Dysphoria
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest today in the Middle District of Georgia in Diamond v. Owens, et al. The plaintiff in that case, a transgender prisoner, alleges that the Georgia Department of Corrections failed to provide adequate care for her gender[Read More…]
