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• Brandon Johnson Envisions Higher Heights For Black Chicago

  29-01-2023 23:17
  
  Photo Credit : Amber Marie Green
  Cook County Board Commissioner and Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson discussed his policies, vision, and hopes for a grander, more equitable Chicago for Black residents with members of Chicago’s legacy Black press in a 90-minute editorial roundtable on Friday afternoon. Johnson, a former Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher at Jenner-Academy and Westinghouse College Prep, has previously organized with the Chicago Teachers Union to advocate for great
  
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• JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS, MANUEL “TORTUGUITA” TERON, AND KEENAN ANDERSON!

  29-01-2023 22:16
  NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE! Come out on Monday, January 30 to Federal Plaza at 6 PM to demand Justice for Tyre Nichols, Keenan Anderson, Manuel “Tortuguita” Teron, and all those murdered by police! Rain, snow, or shine, we will be out in the streets this coming Monday demanding JUSTICE, for these families and for our communities who refuse to continue to live under police tyranny.
   
  A Statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression:
   
  The National All
  
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• WESTSIDE COMMUNITY WINS THE CHICAGO PRIZE

  29-01-2023 12:05
  
  Church Leads in $10 Million Miracle Grant for Garfield ParkThis Sunday, New Mount Pilgrim Church celebrates securing the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s $10 million community development grant to launch Sankofa Wellness Village. It’s the first major redevelopment in Garfield Park since the MLK riots in 1968. The grant recipient was announced over MLK weekend.
   The Sankofa Wellness Village is a $50 million “Garfield Rite to Wellness Collaborative” project. The pro
  
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