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• Chance The Rapper: ‘Acid Rap 10 Year Anniversary Show’ Lights Up Chicago

  20-08-2023 23:10
  
  Photos: Tito Garcia
  Ten years after releasing his highly acclaimed mixtape, “Acid Rap,” Chance The Rapper kicked off the first of a three-concert series in his hometown, Saturday night.
  Thousands of people lined up outside the United Center, anxiously waiting for the doors to open. The sold-out show brought together 20,000 Chance supporters dressed in new and throwback Chance merch, excited and eager for the surprises in store.
  Things kicked off with SABA of Pivot Gang performing hit
  
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• Chef Maya-Camille Broussard: Pies, Passion and Advocacy on the South Side

  20-08-2023 16:00
  
  Chef Maya-Camille Broussard is a talented pastry chef, entrepreneur and advocate for Black-owned businesses. She founded Justice of the Pies, a bakery on the South Side known for its delicious sweet and savory pies. 
  Broussard not only makes pie, quiches and tarts. Her astute ability to make pies differentiates her from her peers.
  Losing 75% of her hearing at one made her hard of hearing. It also made her sensitive to those in the deaf community. However, her condition has given her leverag
  
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• Red Clay Dance Company’s 15th Anniversary Gala: ‘Paint the Town Red’ Fundraiser

  20-08-2023 14:00
  
  Celebrating a Legacy of ‘Artivism’ through creating, performing and teaching dances of the African Diaspora
  On August 3, The Red Clay Dance Company kicked off the beginning of its 15th anniversary season by hosting the “Paint The Town Red” fundraiser Soiree! This annual end-of-summer soiree celebrated Red Clay Dance Company’s 15FORWARD Season.
  The event was held at the Ivy Room and presented the Social Justice Artist and Community Activist Tonika Johnson L
  
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• One Year Later, Wins for the Environment and the Economy

  20-08-2023 14:00
  
  By Ben Jealous
  President Biden couldn’t have said it any more plainly when he said last week in Milwaukee, “When I think climate, I think jobs.”
  He was speaking the day before the one-year anniversary of the historic clean energy and jobs package that he and Congress agreed on; that was the third major economic push that federal government has made since 2021 along with earlier boosts for infrastructure and technology.
  So it’s a good moment to check the scorecard for what
  
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