Office of State Senator Jacqueline A. Collins, January 6, 2021
Community Highlights, Government Resources and Services, Healthcare/Health Resources—Collins secures new location for Auburn Gresham COVID Testing Site.
December 17, 2020
CAN TV, Community Highlights—Hunger Among Families is Soaring during the pandemic. Please consider supporting our partner the Greater Chicago Food Depository!
December 14, 2020
Business News, Community Highlights—The Illinois Commerce Commission today approved ComEd’s request for a $14 million decrease in delivery service charges in 2021 compared to rates in effect this past January.
Reprinted By HAL DARDICK CHICAGO TRIBUNE | DEC 10, 2020 AT 6:56 AM, December 10, 2020
Community Highlights, Housing/Real Estate—Disinvestment in African American communities in the city dates back to at least the 1968 riots after the Rev. Martin Luther King’s assassination. Swaths of Black neighborhoods went up in… Continue
UChicago Medicine and Community Partners, December 10, 2020
CAN TV, Community Highlights, Healthcare/Health Resources—On Thursday, December 10th, Join UChicago Medicine & Community Partners for a Virtual Community Grand Rounds about African American Men's Mental Health. Come have a conversation about the effects… Continue
December 7, 2020
Healthcare/Health Resources—New Pisgah MB Church now offering COVID-19 mouth swab tests once a week!
Tifair Hamed VP of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, AGB Investigative Services, November 27, 2020
Business News, Community Highlights—Hello! AGB would like to be a source of joy for the children and families of these communities by gifting 100 bikes to the 2-7-year-olds of the community.
December 2, 2020
Community Highlights—There is a groundbreaking and critically important research initiative currently underway to test for and study the impact of COVID-19 in disproportionately-affected communities of color.
November 20, 2020
Education Initiatives, Workforce and Career Development—St. Sabina Employment Resource Center is now registering youth ages 16-24 for our IYIP Program. Learn how the program can help you with job readiness and securing work placement. Registration link… Continue
November 10, 2020
Business News, Business Resource Network (FREE), Education Initiatives, Government Resources and Services—Join the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to learn about the Business Interruption Grant Program (BIG). In this webinar, Latinx, Latino, Latina, and Hispanic owned… Continue
Urban Growers Collective, November 13, 2020
Business News, CAN TV, Community Highlights—Join us in celebrating the launch of our new Fresh Moves Mobile Market bus. Cook dinner along with the incredible Chef Erick Williams (Virtue) and Chef Nyesha Arrington (Top Chef) from the comfort of… Continue
November 13, 2020
Community Highlights—Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) has announces info webinar Seed Grants with updated and stronger focus on racial equity and addressing root causes of inequities.
November 12, 2019
Business Events, Community Events, CAN TV Programs—The Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA) are giving thanks and giving back as they celebrate their 20th anniversary of their Food for the Body and Spirit turkey and sides giveaway.… Continue
November 9, 2020
City of Chicago, Business News, Community Highlights—Department of Planning and Development announces the first-ever Artists-In-Residence for four of the city’s INVEST South/West neighborhoods, with communities and it includes and artist for… Continue
November 5, 2020
Healthcare/Health Resources—Wellness on Wentworth: Community Health and Wellness Event All Services Complimentary on NOVEMBER 6TH, 2020 only.
October 19, 2020
CAN TV, Community Highlights—We are looking for donations of new coats for young people. All sizes needed. See flyer for more info.
April 1, 2020
Community Highlights—The Auburn Gresham Quality of Life Plan 2017 has been published! Electronic copies of can be downloaded now...
Valerie F. Leonard, October 25, 2020
Common Sense Media—Nonprofit Utopia has just completed the facilitation of two of three workshop series for members of the Bold Solutions Network , sponsored by Lever for Change , an affiliate of the MacArthur… Continue
October 16, 2020
Community Highlights, Healthcare/Health Resources—Drive Thru & Walk-Up Testing: 1156 W. 79th Streer (79th & Racine - northeast corner parking lot) No waiting Monday, Wednesday and Fridays From 9 am - 4pm.
Valerie F. Leonard, October 25, 2020
Common Sense Media—Successful fundraising includes more than developing a strong case for support and writing the "perfect" grant proposal. The depth and quality of your relationships with funders can make the… Continue
October 8, 2020
Healthcare/Health Resources—ACCESS Community Health Network is offering several services, click for more details.
Cassie Richardson, July 31, 2020
Healthcare/Health Resources—GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer honors Southeast Side hospital with nationally-recognized designation
—We are a remote-based Secretarial Service. Anything your Secretary can do from the office, we can do on a remote basis. Our goal is to save you time and money, and to take those monotnonous tasks off… Continue
ffice of State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins - Newsletter July 17, 2020, July 17, 2020
Apprenticeship, Business News, Workforce and Career Development—This week, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced a $4.7 million investment that will expand the Illinois Apprenticeship Program to… Continue
Northern Illinois University, January 29, 2020
Education Initiatives—New ‘test-blind’ policy is first of its kind for an Illinois institution.
Jason Feldman, February 3, 2020
Business News, CAN TV, Community Highlights—Green Era Educational NFP is submitting an application to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Revolving Loan Fund to help fund the environmental cleanup activities at 650 West 83rd Street,… Continue