Citizen Week of Aug. 22, 2018
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CHATHAM SOUTHEAST
Legendary singer/songwriter Aretha Franklin (pictured) performed “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee’” at the U.S. Capitol during President Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. This was a moment which will not soon be forgotten. Photo Credit: Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force
FUNERAL SERVICES PLANNED FOR THE QUEEN OF SOUL Funeral services for Aretha Franklin, who died last week have been announced. There will be a public viewing on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and a private funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple also in Detroit. See more on Page 2
Business: Chicago, Cook County Homeownership to Get Boost with $8 Million NeighborhoodLIFT Program — Page 4 Fashion: Local Lifestyle Expert Shares Her Food Journey To Highlight Food Allergies That Develop Later In Life — Page 8 |
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NEWS briefly EDUCATION
NEW LAWS BY COLLINS SIMPLIFY TEACHING LICENSURE, FIGHT CHRONIC ABSENCES Under two new education provisions by State Senator Jacqueline Collins, qualified individuals working toward their teaching credentials will have a smoother path to obtaining them, and schools will review chronic absence data to find ways of fighting truancy. Senate Bill 3536, sponsored by Senator Collins, would allow educators who lack a Professional Educator License but already possess similar credentials to participate in a licensure program while they continue to teach in a community-based program. House 5771 provides that schools receiving Preschool for All or Preschool for All Expansion funds will collect and review their chronic absence data and determine how schools can help families overcome the reasons their students are absent. The first public report on those findings will be scheduled for 2020. The governor signed both measures into law recently. They both take effect July 1, 2019.
HEALTH
US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) CLEARS NATURAL CYCLES AS THE FIRST DIGITAL METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES Natural Cycles recently announced that its application for De Novo classification as a Class II medical device has been granted by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making Natural Cycles the only app to be cleared in the United States as a form of birth control. Natural Cycles can also be used to help plan a pregnancy by identifying their most fertile days. For more information, visit https://www.naturalcycles. com/en
LAW & POLITICS
NEW SIMS LAW REESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO REVIEW POLICE PRACTICES State Senator Elgie R. Sims Jr., a Democrat from Chicago, recently announced that the Commission on Police Professionalism will continue to review police practices to ensure better police-community relations. The commission was established when a groundbreaking law enforcement reform package became law in 2015. This legislation, signed into law recently, includes many recommendations issued by President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and extends the commission’s sunset date from Dec. 31, 2018 to July 1, 2019. The commission was designed to review current training, the certification process of law enforcement and law enforcement duties and to determine whether some law enforcement officers should be licensed. “This commission is all about working closely with law enforcement throughout our state to form better relationships between police and the communities they serve,” said Sims. Senate Bill 3263 takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.
Funeral Services Planned for the Queen of Soul Continued from page 1 BY KATHERINE NEWMAN
Funeral services for Aretha Franklin, who died last week have been announced. There will be a public viewing on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and a private funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple also in Detroit. Known as the Queen of Soul, Franklin has a musical and cultural history that touched millions of people over the last six decades, from her first recording as a teenage gospel star to her most recent RCA Records release called Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics, according to her official website. One of her most notable performances in recent memory was her moving performance of “My Country Tis Of Thee’” sung at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. “Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace,” President Obama tweeted just hours after the news of Franklin’s passing became public. Franklin also performed at the inaugural gala of President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and she performed “I Dreamed A Dream” at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993, according to Time Magazine. In 1967, Franklin won her first two Grammy Awards for her song Respect which was chosen as the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording and the Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance by a Female that year. Since that time, she received 44 nominations and 18 total Grammy Awards for her classic songs like, “Chain Of Fools,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Hold On I’m Comin,” and “Never Gonna Break My Faith”. In 1991 she was awarded the Grammy Legend Award, in 1994 she was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and for now, she has five recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame, according to the Recording Academy. There is no question that Franklin touched lives with her music, but more than that, she changed lives through her work as a civil rights activist and often used her platform as a musician to spark a deeper conversation. In the second half of the 20th century, Franklin publicly supported Angela Davis, a well known revolutionary and civil rights activist, and in 1970 when Davis was arrested on charges of murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy, Franklin told Jet Magazine that
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Louise Franklin (pictured in 1967), died on Aug. 16 at the age of 76 after battling advanced pancreatic cancer. The 18-time Grammy Award winner passed away at her home in Detroit with her family and loved ones by her side. Photo Credit: Atlantic Records.
she would post Davis’ bond, “whether it was $100,000 or $250,000.” The Dec. 3, 1970 issue of Jet Magazine went on to quote Franklin as saying “My daddy (Detroit’s Rev. C.L. Franklin) says I don’t know what I’m doing. Well, I respect him, of course, but I’m going to stick by my
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beliefs. Angela Davis must go free. Black people will be free.” There is no doubt that Franklin had a soul that was cherished and will be missed dearly,but her voice will forever live on through her robust catalog of music that has truly transcended race, class, and time.
CITIZEN | Chatham Southeast | Week of Aug. 22, 2018
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NEWS Local Chef Launches Grab-And-Go Vegan Burrito In 187 Jewel-Osco Stores BY KATHERINE NEWMAN
The Fiesta Wrap from Moon Meals, Inc. is a vegan burrito that recently became available in the grab-and-go section of 187 Jewel-Osco stores in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Moon Meals was founded by LaForce Baker who created the Fiesta Wrap to be a fast, affordable, and healthy food option for people. Over the last four years, Moon Meals has perfected their production of plant-based meals and their ingredients. Most of their recipes use vegan meats, cheeses, and sauces and along with local and organic products. “Moon Meals is a producer of plant-based meals and their ingredients. Our flagship product is our Fiesta Wrap which essentially is like a healthy burrito. It’s really tasty, it’s vegan, and we make our own vegan meat, cheeses, and sauces that go into our vegan meals and they are really easy to grab and go right off the shelves,” said Baker. Even though the Fiesta Wrap is vegan, Baker said it will still satisfy the customers craving for a meaty and cheesy burrito in a healthier way. “The Fiesta Wrap is vegan, so no meat eggs or dairy, but it still has a meaty cheesy slightly spicy taste. We make our own vegan chorizo or taco meat that goes into the Fiesta Wrap and will remind you of a ground beef. We make our own vegan nacho cheese sauce which is really reminiscent of that very creamy nacho cheese sauce that you get from a movie theater but we make it in a healthier way and we color the nacho cheese sauce with turmeric instead of yellow number 5 and then we have black beans, sweet corn, brown rice, and some spinach in a green spinach wrap,” said Baker. Growing up in an area that didn’t have many healthy food options, Baker became slightly overweight as a young person. His motivation to lose weight also became his inspiration to teach himself how to prepare delicious healthy food. “For me, I grew up on the far south side of Chicago in Washington Heights and where
The Fiesta Wrap from Moon Meals, Inc. is a vegan burrito that recently became available in the grab-and-go section of 187 Jewel-Osco stores in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Moon Meals was founded by LaForce Baker (pictured) who created the Fiesta Wrap to be a fast, affordable, and healthy food option for people. Photo Credit: Moon Meals
I grew up it was pretty much a food swamp, I’m not gonna call it a food desert because there were food options but they were all fast food like McDonald’s, Popeyes, and J&J’s Fish. Growing up in an environment like that it’s really easy for someone to become overweight
and that was me,” said Baker. Today, Baker is proud to be able to provide food options and recipes for people who are interested in eating fast, healthy food. He said that having the fiesta Wrap launched in 187 Jewel-Osco stores feels like a dream come true.
“I’m just excited that people get to experience what I get to experience on a day-to-day basis and not have to suffer with an unhealthy option just because there is nothing readily available when you don’t have a lot of time or a lot of money,” said Baker.
Advocates call for a moratorium on expressway expansion in Chicagoland For decades, regional planning leaders have urged cities and villages across metropolitan Chicago to build communities in ways that reduce driving and increase walking, bicycling and public transit ridership. But a new analysis by the Active Transportation Alliance shows that the region has only grown more car dependent. The analysis demonstrates the region’s inability to build its way out of traffic congestion. Between 1996 and 2015 alone, the region spent billions of dollars to add more than 1,000 miles of new roadway that was purported to reduce congestion. The data is consistent with research showing that roadway expansion in urban areas only exacerbates traffic congestion in the long run by inducing more driving
that over time fills in the additional roadway space, with congestion rebuilding to previous levels. For these reasons, Active Trans is calling for a moratorium on expressway expansion. “The region should stop wasting money on roads that don’t relieve congestion beyond the short-term and spend the money instead on effective strategies like walking, biking and transit that are also healthier and more sustainable,” said Ron Burke, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance. “Shared-use and autonomous vehicles will largely replace the inefficient and deadly practice of relying on 3,000-pound single occupancy vehicles to move people in urban areas, so we need to plan for how to repurpose roads and parking spaces,
not expand them.” Despite relatively slow population growth and the construction of new roads, traffic congestion in metro Chicago has become much worse. According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the average Chicagoland commuter lost 31 hours per year to traffic congestion in 1982 and 61 hours in 2014. A larger percentage of Chicagoland residents are driving to work today compared to 1980, and the total amount of driving in the region has grown approximately four times faster than the population since 1980. While the region’s population grew by 18 percent since 1980, the traffic increased by 66 percent in the same period. This rapid growth in driving has led to comparatively more traffic www.thechicagocitizen.com
congestion, crashes, injuries and fatalities, as well as more air pollution, flooding and chronic disease due to physical inactivity. It also has made it more difficult for people to access jobs and other destinations without a car, worsening economic hardship for low-income residents. The Active Transportation Alliance’s 2018 Regional Mode Share Report analyzes commuting trends in the city and suburbs, breaking down the data by transportation mode, county and demographics. For suburban residents, the percentage of work trips by car increased from 84 percent in 1980 to 86 percent in 2016, while the percentage of suburban work trips by walking, biking and transit decreased from 14.1 to 8.1 percent over the same period. In the city of Chicago,
58 percent of residents drove to work in 1980. The number increased to 65 percent in 2000 before falling back to 58 percent in 2016. Walking, biking and transit accounted for 40.4 percent of Chicago work trips in 1980 and 36.5 percent in 2016. Another problem with building a region that requires a car to get around is the hardship it creates for people who cannot physically drive or cannot afford a car. “The region’s continued investment in car-dependency and underfunding of other travel modes discriminates against the poor and people who cannot physically drive by making it difficult to reach jobs and other destinations without a car,” said Burke. Continued on page 7
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BUSINESS Chicago, Cook County Homeownership to Get Boost with $8 Million NeighborhoodLIFT Program
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Unveils Two Newly Acquired Premium Chicago Properties
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, recently announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program will expand to the Chicago area with an $8 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership in Cook County. The event in Chicago is Wells Fargo’s 62nd LIFT program launch conducted in collaboration with NeighborWorks America and its network members. The 2018 NeighborhoodLIFT program for Cook County follows the 2012 Chicago LIFT program, which created 547 homeowners by offering homebuyer education plus down payment assistance grants as a result of a $10 million commitment by Wells Fargo. “The NeighborhoodLIFT program is another example of our commitment to Chicago and Cook County,” said Monica Cole, Wells Fargo’s head of middle market banking for the North region. “The effort will contribute to the strength of the community by helping hardworking families and individuals get on the path to achieve successful and sustainable homeownership.” FREE NEIGHBORHOODLIFT EVENT IN CHICAGO AUG. 24–25 The free NeighborhoodLIFT event will be held Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the McCormick Convention Center, Grand Ballroom, South Building, level one located at 2301 S. King Dr., Chicago, Ill., 60616. To learn more about the eligibility requirements and documents needed to apply for a down payment assistance grant, visit www.nhschicago.org/lift. Participating homebuyers can obtain mortgage financing from any participating lender. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago will determine eligibility and administer the down payment assistance grants. “This innovative collaboration will create about 425 homeowners,” said John Santner, regional vice president, Midwest region, NeighborWorks America. “The required homebuyer education classes provided by certified professionals better prepare NeighborhoodLIFT homebuyers to achieve their goal of sustainable homeownership.” To be eligible, annual incomes must not exceed 80 percent of the local area median income, which is about $67,700 for up to a family of four in Cook County. In addition, there are special parameters for veterans and service members, teachers, law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians who may earn up to 100 percent of the local area median income, which is about $84,600, to reserve $17,500 down payment assistance grants within eligibility requirements. Approved homebuyers will have up to 60 days to finalize a contract to purchase a home in Cook County. To reserve the full grant amount, participants buying a primary residence with the NeighborhoodLIFT program must commit to live in the home for five years. “We are ready to assist Cook County families and provide homebuyer education and down payment assistance to help them achieve successful and sustainable homeownership,” said Kristin Faust, president, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. “This unique program both prepares people for homeownership and can also help overcome the barrier of coming up with a sufficient down payment.” Since February 2012, LIFT programs have helped create more than 18,000 homeowners in 60 communities. A video about the NeighborhoodLIFT program is posted on Wells Fargo Stories. About Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago and NeighborWorks America: Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America, a national organization that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. NeighborWorks America supports a network of more than 245 nonprofits, located in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Visit www.nhschicago.org or www.neighborworks.org to learn more.
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“We are pleased to extend our relationship with MAM and add these two historic hotels to our portfolio,” said Interstate Hotels & Resorts CEO, Mike Deitemeyer. “As a global leader in hotel management, we look forward to continuing to deliver value to our owners.”
nterstate Hotels & Resorts unveiled the addition of two new premium branded hotels to its growing portfolio – the Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown /N Loop/Michigan Avenue and Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop-Theatre District. The hotels were developed by Murphy Development Group (MDG), parent company of Murphy Asset Management (MAM), a leading hotel management support company whose partnership with Interstate continues to bring best-in-class service to the hotel management industry. “We are pleased to extend our relationship with MAM and add these two historic hotels to our portfolio,” said Interstate Hotels & Resorts CEO, Mike Deitemeyer. “As a global leader in hotel management, we look forward to continuing to deliver value to our owners.” Interstate Hotels & Resorts currently manages another MAM asset, Hyatt Centric The Loop Chicago, extending their portfolio to three MAM properties. The award-winning Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown/N Loop/Michigan Avenue is a 143-room property, located in the historic Chicago Motor Club building which is located one block south of the Chicago River. The Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop – Theatre District, a vintage 22-story, 199-room property, was originally constructed in 1927 and is situated above the historic Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre. This prime location merges business in the Loop with the highenergy nightlife of Chicago’s popular River North and Streeterville neighborhoods. “Interstate has been a strong manager for us and we look forward to their support with these two iconic Chicago hotels,” said John T. Murphy, chairman and CEO of MDG. For more information on Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit www.InterstateHotels.com.
Hertz Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Special Edition Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) – one of the most iconic car rental brands in the world – is celebrating its centennial anniversary by teaming up with Chevrolet to offer the Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06. One hundred high-performance Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06s will be available to rent exclusively at select U.S. Hertz locations. “Hertz is a leader in the car rental industry for delivering a premium experience that is fueled by our longstanding commitment to provide our customers with caring and efficient service, and access to a variety of specialty and top-rated vehicles,” said Hertz Senior
Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06
Vice President of Brand Jayesh Patel. “We’re thrilled to continue to delight our customers and build upon our legacy
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of superior service and unique vehicle offerings with our special Hertz 100th Anniversary Edition Corvette Z06.”
CITIZEN | Chatham Southeast | Week of Aug. 22, 2018
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NEWS What Harvard can learn from Texas: A solution to the controversy over affirmative action BY DAVID ORENTLICHER
When it comes to the use of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions, no one seems to be happy with the way it’s playing out. Opponents charge that taking into account an applicant’s race or ethnicity amounts to “reverse discrimination.” Supporters recognize that disadvantaged minorities have been losing ground under affirmative action. Blacks and Hispanics are less likely to attend a top college than they were 35 years ago. As a professor of constitutional law, I’ve studied an important college admission policy from Texas that – when paired with affirmative action – can more fully address inequality and its consequences. This policy bears more relevance now that the Trump administration has reversed Obama-era support for affirmative action, following instead a Bush administration guideline that “strongly encourages race-neutral” admissions practices. I believe the policy could also be instructive for Harvard, which is currently facing a lawsuit charging that the university’s efforts to increase racial diversity discriminate against Asian-Americans. THE TEXAS TOP 10 PERCENT POLICY The college admission policy in Texas holds that if students graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class, they earn automatic admission to the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M and other state-run universities. This promotes diversity in the colleges’ entering classes because students at poor, mostly minority high schools have the same odds of admission as students at wealthy, mostly white schools. At UT-Austin, which admits students through both a modified top 10 track and a standard track with an affirmative action component, the top 10 students are 34 percent Hispanic while the standard students are only 20 percent Hispanic. Nineteen percent of the top 10 students, but only 7 percent of the standard students, come from low-income families. When it comes to creating a diverse student body, the top 10 policy has done a better job than has affirmative action. The top 10 policy has become a model in other states and countries. For instance, France uses a top 10 policy for its universities. And New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a similar policy for New York’s elite public high schools. Some observers worry whether high school class rank is an adequate
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measure of student ability. The top students from a weak school may not be as capable as middle-of-the-pack students from a strong high school. But Texas has been able to maintain quality with its increased diversity. The top 10 students at UT-Austin achieve at the same levels as their classmates who are most like the applicants who were denied admission because of the top 10 policy. The top 10 students also graduate at the same rate. ADDRESSING ECONOMIC DISPARITIES Top 10 policies also address the problem of economic inequality by targeting a key cause – the “economic segregation” of neighborhoods in the United States. Economic inequality creates highly uneven opportunities for success in life. Children in wealthier communities have much greater chances for upward mobility than do children in low-income communities. And what matters more for children’s professional opportunities is not how rich or poor their families are but how rich or poor their neighborhoods are. Thus, a poor child living in an economically diverse community has much greater upward mobility than does a poor child living in a poor community. Traditional college admissions policies reward upper-income families for creating exclusive neighborhoods that have stronger school systems than elsewhere. The higher-quality high schools will more likely be seen as “feeder” schools for top colleges. But consider what would happen if elite colleges adopt something like the top 10 policy, where the best students from different high schools all have the same odds of acceptance. If that were true, parents would weaken their children’s chances of admission by creating exclusive communities. Their children’s chances of admission would be greater if they lived in economically integrated communities. Top 10-like policies can turn elite universities from www.thechicagocitizen.com
institutions that exacerbate inequality into institutions that foster equality. Would parents really choose less exclusive communities and lower-performing schools to improve their children’s chances for admission to an elite college? They have in Texas. Studies have shown that many parents select lower-performing schools and live in less prosperous school districts to take advantage of the top 10 policy. To be sure, the effects on school and residential choice have been modest – in the 5 to 10 percent range. But that’s because the top 10 policy doesn’t affect an applicant’s chances of admission to a private university or an out-of-state public university. If all elite universities followed the Texas model, the incentives for residential integration would be powerful. And the benefits from residential integration need not come with a sacrifice of academic excellence, as some critics charge. As the Texas experience indicates, colleges can treat the top applicants from all high schools equally and maintain the quality of their student bodies. To be sure, there are increased costs to smoothing the transition to the rigors of college studies for students from weaker high schools. Fortunately, elite colleges have ample financial resources to meet the need. PRESERVING DIVERSITY If affluent students move to lower-performing schools, wouldn’t they simply displace their less affluent peers from the top of the class? That will happen to some degree, but a few aspects are reassuring. Consider, for example, how top 10 policies affect the performance of students who already attend lower-performing schools. By increasing the chances for admission to an elite university, the policies give the students greater reason to work hard in school. And the students respond by achieving at higher levels. Other innovative reforms, such as the New Orleans charter school system, have the same impact. When policymakers level the playing field for disadvantaged children, those kids excel in school, too. Most importantly, colleges can pair the Texas model with affirmative action to realize the benefits of top 10 policies while also ensuring that their student bodies remain diverse. David Orentlicher is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Health Law Program at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Chicago State University Reinvents Athletic Program With New Hires BY KATHERINE NEWMAN
Chicago State University recently held a press conference to announce two new head coaches for the school’s basketball teams. The school has hired Misty Opat to lead the women’s basketball program and Lance Irvin for the men’s basketball program. Both teams will kick off their 2018-19 seasons in November. Opat comes to CSU most recently from Rock Valley College in Rockford, Ill. and Irvin has coaching experience at both the collegiate and high school levels and most recently, he was the varsity boys assistant basketball coach and dean of students at Chicago’s Morgan Park High School. The third new hire for Chicago State University athletics is Chris Zorich who was brought in as the athletic director in May. Zorich is a former Chicago Bear and most recently led the athletic department at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. Zorich plans to use his past experience to create a better athletic program for the school and for the student-athletes that will build excitement for the school through athletics. “I know that our student-athletes will benefit from my experiences and that’s really why I got into collegiate athletics because I feel that all of my life experiences have allowed me to be not only an example for young student-athletes but it has given me the knowledge of what you should do as an athlete and what you shouldn’t do as an athlete. The idea that I’ve been
there and done that and walked in their shoes is very important so I want to bring that to our student-athletes,” said Zorich. Last year, the Chicago State women’s basketball team won one game and the men’s team won three games. At the end of the season, the decision was made to terminate the women’s coach and the men’s coach who was also the athletic director. This meant that Chicago State had three positions to fill. Once Zorich was chosen as the athletic director it became his responsibility to find the right people to build up the basketball programs. “The challenging part was finding coaches that fit our system and had the understanding that we would have to overcome some challenges and that we don’t have the largest budget,” said Zorich. “Both Misty and Lance have accepted that challenge and at the end of the day, we’ve had poor records in the past but as coaches, they have the ability to turn that around.” Finding the right coaches was difficult but Zorich found that when he talked to applicants about the athletic department he wants to build at Chicago State University, it became easier to find the coaches that shared his vision. “Both coaches talked about how when I was hired as the athletic director they knew the school finally took athletics seriously and we have to build upon that. We now have coaches that are behind, and support, the athletic department and that is extremely important,” said Zorich.
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NEWS Advocates call for a moratorium on expressway expansion in Chicagoland Continued from page 3 Active Trans sent a letter to the region’s planning agency, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois Tollway Authority (ITA) calling for the exclusion of expressway expansion projects in the new comprehensive regional plan called “ON TO 2050” and in IDOT’s and ITA’s roadway plans. Active Trans asked each agency to adopt a policy acknowledging that expressway expansion leads to more driving that offsets congestion relief. The regional advocacy group is also urging the state and region to instead prioritize lasting, cost-effective congestion relief strategies like better public transportation and rush-hour demand management such as converting travel lanes to carpool lanes during rush hour. While more two-income households have contributed to the growth in driving, the analysis finds that the main cause is that most people don’t have an effective way to get to work
and other destinations without a car, especially in the suburbs. Active Trans notes that, even if roads are expanded with car pool lanes or tolled lanes as proposed by the Illinois Department of Transportation for I-55 and I-290, the result would be more driving and cars, not less. Investments in transit, biking and walking carry greater long-term benefits at a much lower cost. The planned expansions of I-294, I-290 and I-55 would cost a combined $7.4 billion. In comparison, Chicago added 100 miles of new bikeways from 2011 to 2015 for $12 million, and converting expressway lanes to carpool lanes is inexpensive. The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with peer advocates and community-based organizations across the region to fight for these changes in the development of the regional plan and beyond. Active Trans’ Walk and Roll the Vote campaign will highlight these issues by educating voters and candidates in the upcoming 2018 statewide elections and 2019 municipal elections.
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FASHION H&M Online Gets A Fashion Makeover!
Andrea Wise, Owner of Ascend & Founder of Andrea Wise Lifestyle
Food Shouldn’t Jam You Up … Local Lifestyle Expert Shares Her Food Journey To Highlight Food Allergies That Develop Later In Life
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hicago based lifestyle, fitness and nutrition coach, Andrea Wise, thought she knew it all about health until this summer when she started experiencing hives and gut pain after eating. So she cut out the obvious foods, alcohols and made a concerted effort for the typical immediate relief. That relief never came, so Andrea had her blood and stool tested to reveal the real issues. The results blew her Nike’s off … she can’t eat tomatoes, avocado, spinach, and the list goes on. WHAT? She’s been eating these foods
for 35 years without any issues … well that’s why she wants everyone to know our bodies are constantly changing and we need to listen and give it the fuel it needs. AndreaWiseLifestyle.com for her 4-part blog designed to help you through these tough tummy times. About Andrea Wise: Andrea Wise is a top-rated fitness, nutrition and wellness power-house who is passionate about helping her clients bring their demanding lives into balance. The woman behind AndreaWiseLifestyle.com has been at the forefront of elite fitness since her days as
a Division I collegiate softball player. She is the owner and head coach at ASCEND, the highly acclaimed boutique training center in downtown Chicago serving the ‘who’s who’ of Chicago business executives, entrepreneurs, and creatives. She thrives on making a difference in people’s lives; be it her own clients. She is a long-time supporter of A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO), a New York-based charity that provides free orthopedic care to children with limb disabilities in developing countries. She’s also on the Emerging Leaders Board of Bounce Children’s Foundation. www.thechicagocitizen.com
H & M, H&M Hennes & Mauritz Inc., one of the world’s largest retailers known for offering high fashion and quality basics at affordable prices in a sustainable way, recently unveiled their all new e-commerce site and mobile application for customers in the USA. Rapid digitalization is transforming the fashion industry - and creating opportunities. H&M is accelerating its transformation to take advantage of these opportunities to create a seamless and enjoyable shopping experience online, on your mobile device and in their physical stores. The all new site and mobile app will have many new features including Visual Search, payment via PayPal, Scan & Find, Rate and Review, free return to stores, live chat, new shipping options and the up to date #HMxME gallery for style inspiration from all over the world. Coming this fall, H&M will also offer customers the option to “find in store”, creating the ability to locate an item in your nearest H&M. The online site has been updated with all the new features automatically, but to see the changes reflected in the mobile app, users will need to delete the old app and download the new version, for both iPhone and Android. Visual Search is a feature that enables you to find and search for items by using images! You can search for products by uploading a picture from social media or by taking a picture of someone’s style. Simply upload the picture and H&M will find similar styles for you. Scan & Find offers a wider product assortment and one stock availability for the customer between the physical and online store. If you can’t find your size in store or want to learn more about a product, scan the price tag to find the item on hm.com. You can check for size availability, color options, and more! Rate and Review allows customers to review items that they’ve received from their online purchases. Items can be rated out of 5 stars and include additional details such as the size and fit of the garment and leave comments regarding the product as well. The reviews will be listed on the product detail page so fellow shoppers can see what others think prior to their purchase. #HMxME – H&M now has an inspiration gallery on hm.com where they feature style snaps from their fashion fans globally who simply use the hashtag HMxME in their social posts, H&M is curating an international gallery of fashion for everyone to feel inspired. These further changes to the customer experience come off the heels of H&M’s all new sizing structure which was changed earlier this year for the ladies’ customer to be more reflective of the North American industry standard and to be in line with the customer expectation in the market. To see the all new site, visit: http://www2.hm.com/en_us/ index.html
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Eminence Organic Skin Care to Receive 3rd Consecutive Innovate Award at 2018 ISPA Conference Professional Skin Care Brand, Eminence Organic Skin Care, will be celebrated by the International Spa Association (ISPA) at the upcoming 2018 ISPA Conference & Expo with an “Innovate Award.” The ISPA Innovate Awards celebrate companies with innovative and successful spa industry-related initiatives. Once applications are reviewed for eligibility, finalists are voted by spa professionals and members of ISPA and those with the most votes receives the award. This year, Eminence Organics is being awarded for their ongoing Philanthropic efforts with the Eminence Kids Foundation. The brand will walk away with the Leadership & Philanthropy award at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona from Sept. 24-26.
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coupons used as prizes, candy sale fundraisers, vending machine exteriors -- these are just a few examples of the kinds of junk food marketing that regularly takes place in U.S. schools, and such advertising is taking a toll on children’s health, say experts. “Fortunately, significant progress has been made nationwide to provide nutritious meals and snacks in cafeterias, vending machines and school stores. However, continued marketing of junk food at school can undermine these improvements. Over time, those messages being marketed shape children’s food preferences, purchase requests, diets and overall health,” says Cheryl Anderson, PhD, nutrition chair, American Heart Association. To help make the schools in your community a place where children can thrive, consider these suggestions from The Voices for Healthy Kids Action Center, a project of the American Heart Association. • Healthier Fundraising: Is your child’s school hosting a fundraiser? Get involved and help organize fundraising efforts that don’t involve the sale of junk food. Instead, focus on selling fruit, plants, jewelry or gift items. You could even help organize an event like a walk-a-thon or dance-a-thon that raises money while getting the community moving. • Learning Life Skills: Some schools have classroom units on nutrition and critical thinking. Talk to your school’s administration about implementing educational programming to help students identify junk food marketing in their own school and community and discuss how it impacts them. • Advertising Audit: Despite its prevalence, commercial advertising is usually not a substantial source of revenue for schools. Ninety percent of school officials note that school programs and activities would not be reduced if advertisements of unhealthy food ceased, according to Voices for Healthy Kids. Find out if the junk food marketing taking place in your school district directly contributes to educational programming. If so, ask for healthier food and beverage products to be marketed instead. • Speaking Out: Get involved by calling school board members and school administrators, or by organizing other members of your community. Tips, resources and information for getting started can be found at voicesforhealthykids.org. “Often companies that sell junk food spend millions of dollars marketing to children because it works. Children are likely to ask for things that are advertised to them,” says Dr. Anderson. “Be an advocate for school environments that help the next generation lead healthy lives.” PHOTO SOURCE: (c) adrian_ilie825 / stock.Adobe.com PHOTO CAPTION:
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