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In
Chicago, Nominate
Heroes In the Hood
Nominations
To qualify, nominees must
be between the ages of 12 and 18, live in the city of Chicago and have performed
the community service in 2014. Winners will receive tickets, transportation and
lunch for a Chicago White Sox summer baseball game, a Plaque or certificate
honoring their achievement, Media coverage in the Chicago CRUSADER newspaper,
and other media, a "Heroes" T-shirt and Goody Bag. ALL applicants will be guests
at the free reception and awards ceremony and be given certifications of
recognition. Nominations for 2015 awards will begin January 1, 2015 and conclude
March 15, 2015.
Stop the ViolenceApplicants must be an adult leader of
teens, principal, teacher, counselor or community leader who has developed a
prevention, education or outreach project designed to reduce teen violence. The
winner receives $1,000, donated by GO Airport Express and the Chicago CRUSADER
Newspaper, to their school or project and both tickets and transportation for
their teen group members to a Chicago White Sox game. Applications for the
awards can be found here:
All nominees are invited to the
free awards reception and ceremony held at the DuSable Museum, where winners are
announced. Awards are given to the top three individuals; the top group and the
Stop the Violence winner. All nominees are presented a certificate for their
efforts.
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The Nation of Islam
invites churches, schools
and girl groups to
Saturday, April
18, 2015
9:30 am to 12:00
noon
Muhammad
University of Islam
7351 South Stony
Island
Chicago, Illinois
Call 773.269.1587 for more information
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Experience Radiant Health
with
Dr. Paul L. Hannah
Healing, Preventive Medicine and Therapeutics,
Nutrition, Exercise, Body Maintenance, Spiritual Development, Relaxation and
Martial Applications
Thursday,
March 19, 2015
6:30 pm to
8:30 pm
The
Connection
4321 South
Cottage Grove
Chicago,
Illinois
Please
call 773.285.9600 for more information about Dr. Hannah or this
session.
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This is one reason we must
fight for strong Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (and there are so many more)!
This racist
chant, caught on video, is from members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (SAE)
at the University of Oklahoma. The fraternity has since been banned from the
University of Oklahoma. Here is the chant:
"There will never be a nigger in
SAE!
There will never be a nigger in
SAE!
You can hang 'em from a
tree,
But they will never (inaudible)
with me!
There will never be a nigger in
SAE!"
Please protect Black students on
the campus of the University of Oklahoma and other college and university
campuses where Black students are a small minority.
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The Case For Strong HBCUs
While some
students (not all) from a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) were engaged in
racist chants, students from Morehouse College, a Historically Black College or
University (HBCU) traveled to Chicago from Atlanta, Georgia to help teach young
Black boys to read. This is one of the best cases for maintaining strong HBCUs.
There are many more!!! These young men represent all HBCUs.
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The Men from Morehouse with a Morehouse Man, Corey Hardiman (center, red
jacket) helping teach young Black males to read
well.
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The Black Star Project
presents
2015
Weatherization specialist training
Train
for a new career in the growing field of residential
weatherization!
- MUST PASS DRUG SCREEN AND BASIC MATH / READING TEST
- MUST RESIDE IN DOUGLAS, BRONZEVILLE, WOODLAWN OR NEW CITY
NEIGHBORHOODS
- MUST BE MOTIVATED TO SUCCEED AND ABLE TO ATTEND ALL SCHEDULED
CLASSES DURING THE 10 WEEK COURSE
- CLASSES MEET IN THE EVENINGS AND SATURDAYS
- PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE HELPFUL BUT NOT REQUIRED
This
FREE part-time course prepares you for certification with the Building
Performance Institute. This national certification is the industry standard in
residential weatherization work. You will learn the theories behind residential
weatherization and gain hands-on experience installing insulation and
air-sealing measures. Workers in this and other green construction fields earn
competitive salaries.
For more information, please
call 773.285.9600 or email laura@blackstarproject.org
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In America, generally, the more education you
have, the more money you earn.
The
above diagram comes from a report titled "The College Payoff: Education,
Occupations, Lifetime Earnings" released 4 August in 2010 by Georgetown
University's Center on Education and the Workforce. As the title reflects, the
study looks at how lifetime earnings change based on education level and also by
occupation. The report looks at what percentage of the time that occurs, and
what occupations are the highest and lowest paying based on levels of
education.
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Click Here to View and Hear the Speech
at Union Theological Seminary in New York City
Click Here to Purchase a Copy of Her
Book, The New Jim Crow from a Black Bookstore
This posting is courtesy of Gloriadine
Smith, Board Member of The Black Star Project.
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