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Week of June 8, 2016 Vol 49 • No 19 • www.thechicagocitizen.com

BILL’S BUSINESS

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TWITTER INTRODUCES COMMENT MODERATION TOOLS IN PERISCOPE BROADCASTS > P4

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Audit Bureau of Circulation ABC AUDITED

FASHION

Seventh Annual Urban Prep Academies Commencement Ceremony

LOCKERS: NOT JUST FOR SCHOOL ANYMORE > P6

By Monique Smith

W ENTERTAINMENT

BRAIN GAMES KEEP KIDS ENGAGED DURING THE SUMMER > P12

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Melba Moore is sharing her time and talent with the youth in Chicago at the Kroc Center on June 25th. Photo Courtesy of Melba Moore Inc.

Melba Moore

Host Youth Monologue Workshop at the Kroc Center

ith a career that spans more than four decades, Tony-Award winning actress and singer Melba Moore has done it all. From Broadway to the silver screen and even the classroom, she continues to share her artistic gifts with the world. Moore will soon be on a 10city tour for her one-woman stage production called, “Still Standing” which is a musical account of her life’s story. As an extension of that production, she is hosting a free youth monologue workshop here in Chicago on June 25th at the Ray & Joan Kroc Center located at 1250 W. 119th Street.

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This past Saturday, 252 graduates walked across the stage to receive their high school diplomas during Urban Prep’s Seventh-Annual Commencement Ceremony. For the seventh consecutive year, 100 percent of Urban Prep’s graduating class was accepted to four-year colleges and universities. The ceremony included remarks by Urban Prep leaders, alumni and students, as well as video messages and musical performances by the Bright Star Choir and Djembe African Drummers while awards for outstanding achievements were presented to select graduates, faculty and supporters. Urban Prep’s class of 2016 has received more 1,500 college admissions to 190 colleges and universities across the country. In total, this year’s seniors have been awarded more than $11 million in scholarships and grants to date. The school, founded by Tim King and a group of African-American education, business and civic leaders, operates the country’s first network of charter public high schools for boys. Since opening its first school in 2006, 100% of Urban Prep’s graduates—all African American males, mostly from low-income families—have been admitted to college.


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