Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2014–The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will host a meeting on Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Cook County and Illinois and Health System Reform Initiatives on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:00 PM at the Park Forest Public Library, 400 Lakewood[Read More…]

Matteson, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2014. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, May 12, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. (just off Rt. 30). World traveler and naturalist, Rick Stuckey, will present his photos of the Galapagos Islands[Read More…]

Patrick J. O’Rahilly, managing director at Aspen Marketing Services, a division of Epsilon, is the recipient of Chicago Family Business Council’s 2013-2014 leadership award. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The Chicago Family Business Council announced that Patrick J. O’Rahilly, managing director at Aspen Marketing Services, a division of Epsilon, is the recipient[Read More…]

Surrealism and War, an Exhibition of Veterans’ Artwork that Explores the Relationship Between Surrealism and the Experience of War, Opens Memorial Day 2014 Chicago, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014 – On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will honor Memorial Day with the opening reception of[Read More…]

Protests Will Be Ongoing Until FCC Commission Meeting on May 15, 2014 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at noon the first in a series of actions will take place at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at 445 12th Street, SW to protest a proposal to end net neutrality and create a tiered[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host its monthly Healthy Living Group on Thursday, May 8. This month, speakers Lynn Lidbury, LCPC and Beverly Feldt will discuss meditation. The event will begin at noon with an optional bring your[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2014. Barbara Easterling, Ruben Burks Re-elected as Leaders of the Alliance The Alliance’s 2014 national convention took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday through Thursday of this week.  On Tuesday, Barbara J. Easterling, who has been President of the Alliance since February of 2009, was re-elected[Read More…]

“And we don’t want a 15th anniversary,” says Wolfson New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014.  Ten years ago Massachusetts became the first state in America where same-sex couples could share in the freedom to marry. Since then, 16 other states and Washington, DC have followed, resulting in 40% of Americans who now[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2014. Activists who have for decades been battling torture and shootings carried out by Chicago police officers have decided to get some pointers from their counterparts in New York City and elsewhere.  And, while they’re at it, they decided to “go wide” — creating a forum for presenters[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014.  In a guidance document released today, the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education has, for the first time, explicitly made clear that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity. Title IX prohibits discrimination on[Read More…]