Organizing Starts Now to Resist Attacks on the Environment and Communities. Leaders Call for a New Clean Energy Economy that StopsClimate Change and Creates Good Jobs for All WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. Climate activists have announced a major “People’s Climate March” on April 29th in Washington, D.C. and throughout[Read More…]
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South Suburban College Bulldogs’ Basketball to Host Community Day on Saturday, February 4
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. The South Suburban College Basketball Programs will host the Bulldogs’ Annual Community Day on Saturday, February 4th vs. Black Hawk College. The Lady Bulldogs will tip off at 1:00 p.m. followed by the Men’s Team at 3:00 p.m. All residents, businesses and employees of[Read More…]
South Suburban College Offering Free Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship Workshop Beginning Tuesday, February 21
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. Do you have a handcrafted item you’d like to sell? Not sure how to sell online or want to improve your results? Want some extra income from your hobby, or want to build a business around your designs or skills? South Suburban College is[Read More…]
South Suburban College to Host Small Business Workshop On Tuesday, January 31
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. South Suburban College is presenting a free workshop titled So You Want to Start Your Own Business on Tuesday, January 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., at South Suburban College’s Oak Forest Center in Room 5190. We are hosting a panel discussion to highlight[Read More…]
Trivia Night with First Defense Legal Aid on Thursday, January 26
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2017. In 2016, 1% of Chicago arrestees had a lawyer at any station at any point of their up-to-3 days in custody even though 100% had that right. While unacceptably minuscule, this statistic does mean that we are making a difference! The rate of access to counsel in[Read More…]
Chicago Southland’s ‘Let Them Eat Jazz’ Festival Celebrates a Century of Jazz with Music, Visual Arts, Food, and More
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017 – 1917 was the birth of many jazz masters, and the birth of a new era of sound. Ella Fitzgerald, “Dizzy” Gillespie, Lena Horn, Thelonious Monk, and so many more forever changed the musical landscape with their soulful, improvisational styles. Today, nearly 100 years later,[Read More…]
Activist Groups to Rally On Thursday, January 26, to Defend and Expand Sanctuary for All Chicagoans
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017. On Thursday, January 26 beginning at 1 p.m. at Chicago’s City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, community groups will rally together to tell Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago city council to stand up to Donald Trump and take action that doesn’t just symbolically defend immigrants, but[Read More…]
Illinois House Speaker Madigan Prioritizes State Budget, Economic Reforms that Strengthen Middle Class
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, issued the following statement Wednesday after Gov. Bruce Rauner’s State of the State address: “As we chart a course for Illinois in the coming year, we should begin by focusing on where we can all agree. We all agree[Read More…]
Governor Rauner State of the State Address, January 25, 2017 (Video)
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2017. Governor Rauner gave his State of the State address today. Video of the address is below. Source: http://illinois.gov
These Cancer Patients Couldn’t Go to the Women’s March, So They Had One In the Hospital Instead
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2017 By wagatwe Nurses and patients took a stand against Trump from the hospital. With millions of people around the world participating in “sister marches” to Saturday’s Women’s March, people were bound to get creative. And that’s precisely what happened at a hospital near Los Angeles. Two years[Read More…]
