(Source: Whitehouse.gov) WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama announced his support for marriage equality. In reaction, Center on Halsted CEO Modesto Tico Valle released the following statement: “I am overjoyed that President Obama has declared publicly that he supports full and unequivocal equality for LGBT[Read More…]

(Source: Whitehouse.gov) WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- In an interview today with ABC News, President Barack Obama voiced his strong support for full marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese released the following statement in response to the President’s remarks: “Today, President Obama made history by boldly stating[Read More…]

video platform video management video solutions video player WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- He’s evolved. At last. From the Huffington Post: In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. In a sit-down interview with ABC’s Robin[Read More…]

Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012.  The National Organization for Women urges North Carolinians to vote against “Amendment One” as they head to the polls tomorrow, May 8. The proposed measure would amend the state’s constitution to say “Marriage between one man and one woman is[Read More…]

Official Trailer Below NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2012. Shot on the frontlines and meeting spaces of the Occupy movement in NYC, Boston, and Washington, DC from the earliest days through the end of January 2012 by activist, writer and filmmaker Dennis Trainor, Jr, American Autumn: an Occudoc is an inside looking[Read More…]

Pictured from left to right: People’s Choice Award – Ken Dompling and Joe Dinova from Blue Island Fire Department – Ken and Joe’s Pulled Pork Ethnic Category – Dennis (Max) Malloy from Riverdale Fire Department – Jambalaya to the Max Chili Category – Bob Hopper Sr. and son Bob Hopper[Read More…]

Mike Jordan, ready to welcome new clients at Mike Jordan State Farm. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mike Jordan and his staff demonstrate why they have been successfully selling — and standing behind — auto insurance, life insurance, and more, for many, many years. In the video below, meet Mike[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Catholics for Equality, the country’s largest national political organization of pro-LGBT equality Catholics, issued the following statement in response to Vice President Joseph Biden’s announcement this morning on Meet the Press that he supports civil marriage equality: Catholics for Equality is proud of our Catholic brother, Vice President[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2012.  The Park Forest Nurses Club will host its final annual banquet on Thursday, May 17, at Carlo Lorenzetti’s restaurant, 560 W. Lincoln Highway, Chicago Heights.  Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Nursing scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $2,000, will be awarded[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2012. Alliance Members Prepare for 2012 Elections at Southern Regional Meeting Over 70 Alliance members from southern states gathered this week in Orlando for workshops and presentations to help educate and mobilize retirees for this fall’s elections.  Retiree activists participated in training sessions to learn the latest[Read More…]