Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015 – 12:52 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please, rest. Well, good afternoon. It is truly a pleasure to be here with all of you for the first ever More Impact Awards. Yes! (Laughter.) Let me start by thanking[Read More…]
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#BlackOutPride: Members of Black Queer Community Disrupting Chicago Pride Parade with Die-In at Addison & Halsted
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2015 — On Sunday, June 28th, members of the local Black trans and queer community and their allies are disrupting the Chicago Pride Parade at the intersection of Addison and Halsted with a public die-in to bring attention to issues that have received marginal attention in lieu[Read More…]
Fundraiser at Balmoral Park Racetrack for the Park Forest Health Department – Tickets Now on Sale
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2015. The Friends of the Park Forest Health Department will be hosting a fundraiser at Balmoral Park Racetrack, 26534 S. Dixie Highway, Crete, on Saturday, August 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Racing starts at 7:10 p.m. – come prepared to win and have fun[Read More…]
Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 Announces 2015-16 Registration Schedule
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 28, 2015. Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 will conduct registration for the 2015-2016 school year for new and returning students from June 23 through August 11 at 21st Century School, 240 S. Orchard Drive, Park Forest, on Tuesdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, and on Thursdays,[Read More…]
Legendary Activist Angela Davis in Chicago Sunday, June 28 to Support Rasmea Odeh
Former political prisoner to keynote sold-out event to support wrongfully convicted Palestinian American activist and organizer. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2015. Prominent Black Chicago groups, including Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter, We Charge Genocide, Southsiders Together Organizing for Power (STOP), and Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, will join[Read More…]
Local Group Forms to Support Bernie Sanders for President
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2015. Chicago Southland for Bernie Sanders has launched a group to campaign for the popular senator from Vermont, who has been climbing up in the polls and playing to huge crowds across the country recently. The group will have open regular meetings to discuss how to[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Ruling In Favor of Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. “This is a great day for marriage equality and a historic day for civil rights in our country,” said Durbin. [Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez: ‘America is Having a Very Good Week’
“I am extremely proud that my country is moving in the right direction.” – Rep. Gutiérrez Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of “justice and humanity” in the landmark decision about same-sex marriage. The[Read More…]
Statement from Mayor Emanuel on SCOTUS Decision on Marriage Equality
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015 “The City of Chicago applauds and celebrates today’s historic decision by the United States Supreme Court. By ruling that every American has a right to marry whomever they love regardless of where they live, today marks one of the great civil rights victories of our time. It[Read More…]
Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Chicago Teachers’ Union Negotiations
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015 “We are encouraged that both sides finally acknowledge that CPS is in a fiscal crisis and lacks the resources to provide additional compensation, and that is a step in the right direction. We urge CTU leadership to come back to the bargaining table. After years of[Read More…]
