Jet Magazine: Cornel West Sparks #ShutDownA14 Movement CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. During the extraordinary EMERGENCY program held Monday in New York, the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew shook with the passionate determination to put a STOP to the killing of unarmed black and Latino people. Cornel West spoke with[Read More…]
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Public Talks Planned During Sister Helen Prejean’s Visit to DePaul University
Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., will offer a series of public talks throughout Chicago during her annual visit to DePaul University in late April. (Photo courtesy of DePaul University) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2015. Activist, author and anti-death penalty crusader Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., will offer a series of public talks throughout[Read More…]
National Touring Production Brings the Boogie to Governors State University on April 26
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. On Sunday, April 26 at 4 p.m., Governors State University’s (GSU) Center for Performing Arts celebrates the greatest generation with the swinging sounds of the 1940s in the national touring production, ‘In the Mood.’ Much more than a concert, this retro musicalfeatures singers, dancers and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan to U.S. Dept. of Education: Cancel Loans of Corinthian Students
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today urged the federal government to immediately relieve the federal debt burden of thousands of students who attended Corinthian Colleges, which operated six Everest College locations in Illinois and was forced to close last year. In a letter to the U.S. Department[Read More…]
Prairie State College Student Veterans Club Receives Generous Donation From Steger American Legion
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015 The Prairie State College (PSC) Student Veterans Club recently received a generous donation from the Steger American Legion Post 521 to purchase military branch flags to display on the PSC campus. Accepting the check from Pete Smith (right), commander for the post, was PSC Student Veterans[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Response to Senator Kirk’s Comparison of the Obama Administration to Nazi Appeasement
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. Senator Mark Kirk compared the Obama Administration’s framework for a nuclear deal to Nazi Appeasement recently in an interview. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response: “It is truly appalling for Senator Mark Kirk to equate the Obama Administration’s diplomacy with Nazi appeasement. As[Read More…]
Secretary Duncan Announces Education Department’s First-Ever Guide for Ed Tech Developers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan this week announced the first-ever guide for developers, startups and entrepreneurs from the department’s Office of Educational Technology (OET). The Ed Tech Developer’s Guide: A Primer for Developers, Startups and Entrepreneurs is a free guide that addresses key questions about[Read More…]
Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. The Center for Constitutional Rights asked a court to issue a subpoena to Martin Ssempa, a prominent anti-gay crusader in Uganda, to testify in a case brought on behalf of the Ugandan LGBTI rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda against U.S.-based anti-gay extremist Scott Lively.[Read More…]
White House Petition Response: On Conversion Therapy
“Tonight, somewhere in America, a young person, let’s say a young man, will struggle to fall to sleep, wrestling alone with a secret he’s held as long as he can remember. Soon, perhaps, he will decide it’s time to let that secret out. What happens next depends on him, his[Read More…]
GSU Student Campaign Against Higher Ed Budget Cuts Heads to Springfield
#SaveOurEducation University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2015. With the threat of serious budget cuts to Illinois higher education looming, the Governors State University Student Senate has started a campaign entitled #SaveOurEducation to tell government officials about the university’s positive contributions to the state and to voice their opposition to the proposed[Read More…]
