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• Introducing the 2023 Men of Excellence Honorees

  08-05-2023 20:11
  
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• Mayor-Elect Johnson Releases Inauguration Ceremony Tickets to General Public

  08-05-2023 17:53
  
  Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announced Monday morning the release of tickets for the general public to attend next week’s mayoral inauguration ceremony. At the ceremony, Mayor-elect Johnson will be sworn in as the 57th Mayor of Chicago, alongside City of Chicago legislators and other executive officers. The ceremony will cap off a full schedule of inauguration events taking place over the weekend.
  “The people of Chicago have always been at the heart of this campaign and this transitio
  
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• Free Tickets Available to Brandon Johnson’s Inauguration Ceremony

  08-05-2023 17:53
  
  Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announced Monday morning the release of tickets for the general public to attend next week’s mayoral inauguration ceremony. At the ceremony, Mayor-elect Johnson will be sworn in as the 57th Mayor of Chicago, alongside City of Chicago legislators and other executive officers. The ceremony will cap off a full schedule of inauguration events taking place over the weekend.
  “The people of Chicago have always been at the heart of this campaign and this transitio
  
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• Review: Book Club: The Next Chapter

  08-05-2023 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Book Club broads have gone worldwide.
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• CTU Educators Stand in Solidarity with Oakland Educators

  08-05-2023 15:00
  
  A statement from the Chicago Teachers Union on the Oakland Education Association’s decision to go out on strike for the schools their students deserve:“The more than 25,000 educators, clinicians and school support personnel of the Chicago Teachers Union stand in solidarity with our union siblings in Oakland as they fight forward for better school conditions, more community schools, increased investments in historically Black neighborhood public schools and more supports for students
  
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• Extraordinary Nurse Educators Leading in Extraordinary Times

  08-05-2023 14:00
  
  (NewsUSA) – Nurse educators are in a unique position to make an impact by inspiring nurses in education and by promoting public health through work in schools, businesses, hospitals, and community agencies.
  The need for qualified nurses is ongoing, as is the need for nurse educators to prepare them, according to the National League for Nursing.
  Many nurses choose to become nurse educators to support the work of nurses who provide everything from routine primary care to lifesaving emergenc
  
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• Backyard bacchanal

  08-05-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Station Eleven, the impactful TV show based on Emily St. John Mandel’s novel of the same title, follows a motley crew of survivors around the Great Lakes region following a pandemic that killed all but .1 percent of the world’s population. As they renegotiate the human condition sans societal infrastructure, the nomadic band of protagonists […]
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• Man or Astro-Man? return to Chicago with a refreshed aggressive sound

  08-05-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Now that 90s nostalgia is trending hard, you’d think the decade’s wackier shit would get more attention. Man or Astro-Man? (often styled “Man . . . or Astro-Man?”) emerged in the early 90s as a punk-driven surf-rock band from the landlocked college town of Auburn, Alabama, with members who claimed to be extraterrestrials and infused […]
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• WATCH: Debra Lee on Triumphs, Struggles as Former CEO of BET

  08-05-2023 04:00
  
  After a decade as CEO of Black Entertainment Television, (BET), and several years prior as its Chief Operating Officer, Debra Lee, the iconic media mogul has penned a new memoir, “I Am Debra Lee”.
  The captivating memoir recounts her time at the cable network, showcasing both the attractive and unpleasant moments of being a dominant executive and Black woman in the entertainment industry.
  Lee recently visited our Real Times Media studios to provide insight on her life in the business
  
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