Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest has had its share of blighted, abandoned, and vacant properties to deal with through the years. The Village has worked many angles, often employing a combination of ideas and resources to start the process of transforming such properties from liabilities into assets. At the helm[Read More…]
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In and Around Park Forest for the Week of January 21, 2018
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Tall Grass Arts Associations’ ‘Water. Fire. Ice. Earth. Air.’ opened this week and will run through February 24. The exhibit features the works of five highly respected, nationally and internationally exhibited and awarded artists and includes drawings, paintings, prints, reliefs and books inspired by natural forms and forces. The artists all share concern[Read More…]
Chicago Women’s March 2018 Attended by 300,000
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser An estimated 300,000 people attended the Chicago Women’s March 2018 today, the 1 year anniversary of the inauguration of Donald Trump. Last year, about 250,000 women and men attended the event held on the day after the Trump inauguration. Saturday’s march was titled “March[Read More…]
100 Black Business Women in Child Care to Host Gubernatorial Candidate Forums
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2018 By: Mallie Hall In the spirit of the African American women who took the reins to bolster voter turnout in Alabama, turning a red senatorial seat blue; African American business women in child care are coming together to garner an understanding of each gubernatorial candidates’ platforms[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Responds to GOP Shutdown of the Government
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2018 By: James Lewis Congresswoman Robin Kelly released this statement following the government shutdown caused by President Trump and Congressional Republicans: “Republicans control the White House, Senate and House and still cannot manage to meet their most basic constitutional duty: funding the government. Yet again, we are[Read More…]
UChicago’s MLK Commemoration Highlights the Struggle for Civil Rights and Inclusion
Pioneering ‘Washington Post’ journalist discusses diversity in media CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By: Michael Drapa One of Dorothy Butler Gilliam’s first assignments at ‘The Washington Post’ was covering integration in the deeply segregated South. As the newspaper’s first African-American female reporter, the work carried particular pressures and dangers. Speaking at the University of[Read More…]
Durbin, Duckworth, Senate Dems Slam Trump Administration For Unprecedented, Harmful Medicaid Changes
WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 29 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan expressing serious concern with recent administrative actions and calling into question the Trump Administration’s decision to approve state Medicaid waivers[Read More…]
Jan. 21, Day 2 of Marches: Shut Down Racism, War & Bigotry on 1st Anniversary of Trump Cosponsored by 31 Grassroots Chicago Organizations
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By John Beacham, Coordinator, ANSWER Chicago Thirty-one cosponsoring grassroots social justice groups and their supporters will march to “Shut Down Racism, War, and Bigotry on the One Year Anniversary” of grassroots resistance to the Trump administration. The march will take place on Sunday, January 21st, 1:00 p.m.[Read More…]
Freedom Hall Presents Unforgettable: Falling In Love With Nat King Cole Starring Evan Tyrone Martin
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Could we ever forget the incandescent voice of Nat King Cole? Soon, at Park Forest’s Freedom Hall, you will have the opportunity to experience the “liquid, soothing” voice of a Chicago original, via the presentation of Evan Tyrone Martin. On Friday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m., the[Read More…]
Western Suburb Citizens Group Challenges Video Gambling With Ballot Referendum Requiring Signatures From 25 Percent of Registered Voters
This citizens’ petition could be the first one placed on a ballot in Illinois after the state legalized video gaming that has a chance of overturning local video gambling. Forest Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2018 By: Jordan Kuehn and Kris McCoy On December 18th, 2017 a group of local citizens, organized[Read More…]
