“It’s Always Something” Teen Essay Contest, open to high school students willing to share their experiences with cancer. Gilda’s Club Chicago is looking for honest, detailed and personal essays by high school students (9th-12th grade) who woudl like to share their stories about being impacted by caner. Entry deadline, March 2nd.
Calling all Westcott Elementary Parents!!! Join us, for the next information meeting to learn about the CVS/pharmacy, job program, Thursday, January 15th from 9:00-10:00am or 4:00-5:00pm, at Westcott Elementary, 409 W. 80th Street, in our new Parent Room #102. See you there!
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Dr. King was a prophet of peace and nonviolence and we want all Chicago to go blue in his honor, and to call us all to be peacemakers. On Tuesday, January 13th at 5:00pm, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Father Michael Phleger will light up Soldier’s Field blue. Please join us if you can, Tuesday January 13th @ 5:00pm (meet by 4:30pm), Soldier’s Field, 1410 Museum Campus Dr., Gate 14
At the Dream Center, they commit to loving the forsaken, remembering the forgotten, and pursuing the lost in our society. They intentionally reach out to homeless, drug addicts, prostitutes, convicts, felons, and runaways. They are an equal opportunity agency. At the core, the Chicago Dream Center provides food, clothing, shelter, life rehabilitation, education, job training, and much more through our various ministries and outreaches.
Dr. King’s Unfinished Agenda – Completing the Dream, celebrate at the 25th annual PUSH Excel Scholarship breakfast. To purchase tickets, visit www.pushexcel.org
Movie SELMA now playing, SELMA, an Outstanding drama about MLK’s fight for civil rights. Age appropriate, 13 years, rated 5-stars by CommonSense Media.
2015 COMMUNITY FIRESIDE CHATS, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! These FREE community events are designed for community residents, school leaders, local business owners and organization staffs and friends of GADC. As part of our comprehensive community work, the CHATS will allow us to network, learn, and share around meaningful and informative topics that you are interested in! The first community event is, Tuesday, January 13th, 5:30pm, at Urban Partnership Bank Community Room, 7801 S. State Street, January’s Fireside HEALTHY CHAT, topic “YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH”, Featuring World Renown Nutritionist, KARYN CALABRESE! Don’t delay, RSVP 773.483.3696.
HEALTH DISPARITIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE 2015, Friday February 6th, 2015 @ DePaul University’s DePaul Center, Keynote Address: “I Can’t Breathe” Racism and the State of Public Health in Chicago, Keynote Speaker: David Ansell, MD, MPH, Rush University Medical Center
School-bassed nonprofit Youth Guidance brings support to students & families in many of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods.