Richton Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– There will be a new/prospective member meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area on Saturday February 13 from 10 to 11:30 am at Rich Township, 22013 Governors Highway, Richton Park, IL 60471. For new and prospective members, this is an opportunity to[Read More…]

The SSESC’s Silent Auction returns February 14. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The South Suburban Earth Science Club will hold its annual Silent Auction on Sunday, February 14th from 1:00 to 4:00p.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd., Park Forest, IL. Auction items include rocks, minerals, quartz, shells, books, jewelry[Read More…]

"Something Jazzy" is coming to Tall Grass in February.. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Tall Grass Arts Association will present an invitational exhibit entitled "Something Jazzy,” beginning Friday, February 12 and running through April 11, 2010. The exhibit was designed to showcase artists whose work interprets the spirit of jazz.[Read More…]

From the Philadelphia Gay News: About eight months after he pledged to introduce a bill that would institute a ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution, Pennsylvania Sen. John Eichelberger (R-30th Dist.) has made good on his promise. SB 707, which Eichelberger introduced Jan. 26, would add to the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 28, 2010 – President Barack Obama announced during his State of the Union address last night that he intends to work with Congress and the military during the year ahead to repeal the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Obama said he will aim “to finally repeal the law[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28 – During his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama said he would work with Congress and the military this year to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The policy, passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1993, states that openly lesbian[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 27 – A bill was introduced today in the House by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) that would, as Title IX did for girls and women, offer remedies for discrimination “based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity” in public elementary and secondary schools. The Student Non-Discrimination Act[Read More…]

From  Irena Zajickova at the Observer at Notre Dame: Student, faculty and other members of the Notre Dame community will participate in events this week to demonstrate their desire for the administration to add sexual orientation to the University’s non-discrimination clause. The events kicked off yesterday when students wore “Gay?[Read More…]

Note: This past Tuesday, a gay-bashing comic strip ran in The Observer. You can see the comic that ran in the paper, as well as the one that was originally rejected and the hateful conversation that transpired, here. GALA ND/SMC’s official response is below. As officers of the Gay and[Read More…]

Notre Dame, IN–(ENEWSPF)– The Jan. 13 issue of the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper The Observer included a cartoon that was inappropriate and offensive. “The University denounces the implication that violence or expressions of hate toward any person or group of people is acceptable or a matter that should[Read More…]