South End Citizen 1028-2020

GET OUT AND VOTE!

Citizen Political Endorsements: National and Local Races — PAGE 5 Week of Oct. 28, 2020

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Ten-Year-Old Wins 2020 Kidventor Challenge Page 4

Women’s Health And Men’s Health Announce Nationwide Virtual Turkey Trot To Benefit Feeding America Page 6

Lt. Robert Rubio is the Commander of the 4th District, which encompasses the South Chicago area. He has been in the Chicago Police Department for 26 years. Photo courtesy of the Chicago Police Department

Three Things Travelers Should Know About COVID-19 Testing and Travel Insurance Page 9

CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 4TH DISTRICT COMMANDER TALKS ABOUT POLICING Chicago Police Department Commander Robert Rubio was assigned to the 4th District, which covers the South Chicago community, in late January. Rubio has been in the Chicago Police Department for 26 years. PAGE 2

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION SXU WELCOMES LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS IN ITS HISTORY Saint Xavier University (SXU) has achieved an enrollment milestone in welcoming its largest freshman class in the institution’s history, despite challenges posed by COVID-19. 2020 follows 2018 and 2019, the previous two greatest enrollment years, culminating in the three largest classes on record. The Admission team identified ways to convey the college visit experience in a virtual setting through Zoom, recorded presentations and video tours. The marketing team created a greater sense of student life on social media with Instagram stickers, infographics and interactive posts.

“Saint Xavier is consistently ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Value regional universities in the Midwest because of our combination of a transformational educational experience at an affordable cost – according to College Navigator, we are the most affordable Catholic college in Illinois,” said Brian Hotzfield, assistant vice president for enrollment management, student development and student success. “We invest in the success of our students through generous financial assistance, which all incoming freshmen receive.”

HEALTH

GOODWILL RECEIVES SNAP E&T NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP GRANT FROM USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that Goodwill Industries International, the largest nonprofit workforce provider in North America, is one of four national nonprofits that will receive a new grant to strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training programs (SNAP E&T). This grant will significantly increase the reach and capabilities of these programs, which help SNAP participants build economic self-sufficiency.

The USDA is providing more than $6.7 million in SNAP E&T national partnership grants to four leading nonprofit organizations — Goodwill Industries International, the National Association of Workforce Boards, the American Public Human Services Association and the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund — to help enlarge program capacity to serve SNAP participants.

Grantees will use the funds to develop materials, train subject matter experts, and work with member or affiliate organizations to expand SNAP E&T. For more information or to find a Goodwill location near you, visit goodwill.org, or call (800) GOODWILL.

LAW & POLITICS

NEW HIGHER HEIGHTS NATIONAL POLL: BLACK WOMEN MORE MOTIVATED TO VOTE THAN EVER BEFORE Black women are more motivated to vote in the 2020 election than ever before, according to a new #BlackWomenVote 2020 nationwide poll released by Higher Heights. The poll’s findings also suggest that a majority of Black women believe that their turnout at the polls will make the biggest difference in this year’s election results.

“Black women are aware that we can be the deciding factor this election,” said Glynda C. Carr, president and CEO of Higher Heights Leadership Fund (Higher Heights). “We understand that this is the most consequential election of our time, for our communities, and for our country, and we know that we must vote as though our lives depended on it – because they do.”

Top factors energizing Black women to vote include protecting democracy and racial justice, with the majority of respondents attributing racism as the one main issue keeping them up at night.

Black women also prioritized addressing the coronavirus crisis, affordable healthcare, and the economy as important issues to their demographic and to the overall Black community as they prepare to cast their ballots. These findings are based on a survey of 506 likely 2020 Black women voters nationwide conducted between September 30 and October 4, 2020.

Read the full report of the poll results by visiting, https:// blackwomenvote.com/blackwomenvote-national-poll/

Chicago Police Department 4th District Commander talks about policing Continued from page 1

BY TIA CAROL JONES

Chicago Police Department Commander Robert Rubio was assigned to the 4th District, which covers the South Chicago community, in late January.

Rubio has been in the Chicago Police Department for 26 years.

Rubio has made some changes in the last eight months. One of those changes is in leadership for the district’s tactical team, in regards to the tactical lieutenant’s position. He said he wanted to bring his philosophy in when it comes to policing which includes the district’s officers being more engaged in the community and directing resources where it is most needed because there has been an uptick in violence.

Rubio said his philosophy involves working well with the community. “I hear the community. I know what it’s like to work with the community. I know that we can’t get the job done. We can’t be successful unless we have that bond between the community and officers, them providing us with information and directing us in the right direction,” he said.

Rubio was the commanding officer of the Area Central Gang Enforcement and Saturation unit, and he served as a Tactical Lieutenant in the 19th District. He said those two positions helped prepare him to serve as commander of the 4th District based on the sheer number of officers he supervised during those times. He said the previous experience also helped him to administratively handle the amount of officers he has now as commander.

“But also, being a commanding officer of area central gangs, I worked the gang aspect as well and I learned how to direct my resources where resources should go.

When I see an area that may experience

an uptick in violence, we’ll send our resources there,” he said.

Rubio added, as the tactical lieutenant, because on a smaller scale, at the district level, you get different community concerns and he learned to direct the resources to the needs of the community.

Rubio said he believes he was chosen to lead the 4th district because of his experience. He has experience as a gang officer and building trust with the community, as well as his experience as an instructor and working as a sergeant on the robbery, burglary and theft team.

Rubio said while there is a pandemic, policing is done cautiously where there’s social distancing. He said during the social, racial and civil unrest, the most important part is to ensure people are able to exercise their first amendment rights safely and where the public is not in jeopardy.

“Public safety is key for us, sanctity of life is key for us. I think those things as far as officers, are priority for them and while we’re doing that, we try our best to ensure that there’s no harm coming to the public or the protestors,” he said.

In late September, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot released a comprehensive violence reduction plan to guide public safety efforts in the city of Chicago through 2023. It included five pillars: l Empower and heal people by expanding access to jobs and housing l Protect and secure places by investing in place-based programming and services, and revitalizing neighborhood economies through initiatives like INVEST South/West l Improve and advance policing by acknowledging past harms and implementing new police reforms at every level l Affect public policy by collaborating with state and county partners in regards to public safety, violence prevention,

with a focus on criminal justice reform and gun regulation and; l Plan and coordinate by coordinating with city departments, sister agencies, as well as private and community-based organizations.

“I think it’s an excellent plan. That plan hits on a lot of points, the five pillars. Some of the key things is that plan provides social needs of the community, diversionary programs, which is key, socioeconomic help, which is key,” Rubio said. “Our officers are already CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) trained, when we deal with mental health issues and just enhances those type of programs. It also enhances the cooperation between the departments.

We got all our department services communicating with each other and we’re able to immediately address issues that are of concern for the community.”

Stacey Jones, a 35-year-old female, who worked as a Cook County Probation Officer, was shot and killed outside her Jeffery Manor home. According to Tom Ahern, deputy director of news affairs for the Chicago Police Department, Area 2 Detectives currently have a suspect in custody in connection to the fatal shooting and the subsequent death of her 4-day-old child. Detectives are working with the Cook County States Attorney’s Office to secure charges.

Rubio said to reduce gun violence in the city and in the district, it is going to take police officers working with the community and providing opportunities for young people to be engaged in the community.

“When you’re able to provide proper direction for individuals and communication with the community and the information, I think all of that as a whole will downturn any type of violence, especially gun violence,” he said.

$45 Million In Awards To Support Testing, Tracking of Sexual Assault Kits Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan recently announced awards of more than $45 million to help law enforcement agencies and crime labs process sexual assault evidence and increase the number of sexual assault kits submitted to crime labs in order to solve more crimes, including cold cases.

OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance made 36 grants to support the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an effort to strengthen jurisdictions’ capacity to act on

evidence resulting from rape kits, and three grants to the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence ‒ Inventory, Tracking and Reporting (SAFE-ITR) program.

“Far too many people endure the physical and emotional trauma of a sexual assault only to have evidence of the crime remain unanalyzed,” said Sullivan. “These grants will help investigators get these kits to labs, where they can be tested, used to solve crimes and ultimately bring justice to victims.”

With this year’s funding, SAKI has committed more

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than $238 million to 70 sites across 44 states. As of December 2019, SAKI sites had uploaded 20,005 eligible DNA profiles to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), where the profiles have found 9,892 matches to offenders and additional crimes, including long-standing cold cases.

From 2016, SAFE ‒ ITR has distributed 19 awards valued at nearly $8 million.

“We are committed to supporting the SAKI and SAFE ‒ ITR programs, which empower law enforcement to identify and remove rapists from our streets through the

analysis of critical forensic evidence,” said Kendel Ehrlich, Acting Director of BJA. “These grants will help state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies reduce the number of unsubmitted sexual assault kits, expand their capacity for handling forensic evidence in the future, resolve more sexual assault cases and bring a measure of justice to victims of sexual assault.”

Additional information about Fiscal Year 2020 grant awards made by the Office of Justice Programs can be found online at the OJP Awards Data webpage.

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Hilariously, Witty campaign sheds light on the arduous experiences of Black women diagnosed with breast cancer “YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER” are words nobody wants to hear. But for women across the globe forced to accept this harsh reality, what happens following the diagnosis is what shapes the burdensome journey.

Sadly, the disparities in lack of access to care, adequate resources and support between Black and white women diagnosed with the disease are mind blowing, which is why Carrie’s TOUCH is helping drive the difficult conversation.

Through a quick-witted, hilariously written campaign video, Carrie’s TOUCH sheds light on the seriousness of the arduous experiences of Black women following their diagnoses with breast cancer.

The satirical video, ironically titled, “Breast Cancer Be Like,” pushes forward a necessary look at the gross inequalities in care, treatment and support many Black women face. “It’s time to shift the narrative and redefine what a breast cancer survivor looks like,” said Carrie’s TOUCH founder, Rev. Tammie Denyse.

In the video, viewers first meet Amy, a woman completely overwhelmed with support before being told: “YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER.” After witnessing the outpouring of love, resources and guidance Amy receives from a plethora of

medical professionals, viewers are quickly faced with the actuality that Black women often don’t receive the same level of engagement.

The stories highlighted in #BreastCancerBeLike, which were written, produced and conceptualized

by Black women, are based on actual events and incidents shared by Black survivors. “It would blow your mind to learn how many Black women had similar experiences to the woman in the video. I’m one of them. That’s MY story,” Rev. Tammie added.

“That’s why Carrie’s TOUCH is unapologetic about sharing our truths, it’s our season.”

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a global effort to increase awareness about breast cancer, but for Denyse, discussing disparities in different communities around the world should be an ongoing conversation. “Our research efforts are first, about humanizing the Black woman,” Rev. Tammie explained. “Then, and only then are we able to bring equity to her experience with breast cancer. We are moving beyond discussions, we are developing pathways that are culturally aware, culturally competent and culturally sensitive.”

STATISTICS: Though Black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a slightly lower incidence rate (3%) than white women, Black women are 42%

more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. This is an astounding number and indicative of a variety of factors, many reflecting racial disparities.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black women and an estimated 33,840 new cases are expected to be diagnosed by the end of 2020. An estimated 6,540 deaths from breast cancer are expected to occur among black women in 2020.

Higher death rates among Black women reflect the following: l Historical tragedies such as The Tuskegee Syphilis Study has traumatized the Black community since 1932. Fear and trauma are major factors causing lack of trust in the Black community with medical professionals, even today. l Lack of awareness, education, access, resources and support are all factors in fully understanding the importance of early detection. While 92% of black women agree breast health is important, only 25% have recently discussed breast health with their family, friends, or colleagues. And, only 17% have taken steps to understand their risk for breast cancer. l Black Women are more often at an advanced stage upon diagnosis.

l Black women may not have access to sufficient health care or health insurance, and may have lower frequency of longer intervals between mammogram screenings. l Because they may not have insurance, Black women may not follow up on abnormal mammogram results because they can’t afford the diagnostic testing. l Black women often do not receive the same level of high quality treatment compared to white women. l Black women are two times more likely to be diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, a type of breast cancer that often is aggressive and has higher recurrence rates after treatment. Triple Negative Breast Cancer has the highest mortality rate and is the only breast cancer subtype that does not have a targeted therapy to prevent recurrence. Black women, younger women and women diagnosed at later stages are more likely to be diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

As a nonprofit, the sole focus of Carrie’s TOUCH is to save more lives of Black women diagnosed with breast cancer and to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to live well after diagnosis. For more information, visit http:// www.carriestouch.org.

COMMENTARY

Shut Down, Looted, Burned – Dentistry Remains Essential in Times of Turmoil

BY DR. YETTA MCCULLOM, DDS

March 17 was the last day the Chicago Dental Dream Team office functioned in a pre-COVID-19 mode.

As dentists across the state faced a shutdown to all but emergency cases and were thrown into navigating the significant impact this had on our businesses, one thing remained the same: there was still a significant need for dental care within the community, particularly underserved communities, where access to care was already a challenge.

How did I know this?

Every day our dental offices were closed began with a flood of messages from patients detailing pain and swelling, or tearful emoji’s of people in agony. With so much up in the air and unknown about the virus, the path forward wasn’t immediately clear. Yet, the priority was the same as always – how can we provide the best care possible while keeping our patients and staff safe.

It’s well-known that good oral health is essential to good overall health, and amid a pandemic, it is all the more important to keep yourself

healthy. Poor oral hygiene has been shown to have correlations to heart attack, stroke, diabetes and more.

Conditions as seemingly innocuous as gingivitis create bacteria that may cause inflammation throughout the body, including arteries. The greater the infection in the mouth, the more likely it is for bacteria to travel around the body, so preventative dental care is a critical layer of protection to preventing greater health complications.

As an established dental office with an oral surgeon on the South Side of Chicago we have always known our care was essential. This was the case now more than ever with so many offices closed. Understanding this vital need to be a resource for our community, myself and my Dental Dream Team colleagues, Drs. Cornell, McCullom and Robin Ferguson, went to work with the personal protective equipment (PPE) we had on-hand. As time passed, we stayed healthy and a certain level of comfort with practicing came about. Once dentistry was cleared for elective procedures, we felt well on our way to a full recovery.

Then came the incident that shined a light on what we as African Americans live with, what we as a community knew all along. The COVID-19 crisis showed the health disparity of our patient population; the video of George Floyd showed another aspect of the many inequalities we live with daily. What would happen next showed again the essential nature of our profession and the strength of our community.

Sunday morning, May 31, we watched a live video feed of looters entering the Currency Exchange and beauty supply shop below our office with a blow torch. The city was under siege as peaceful protesters made the effort to improve our country with positive change. The next day our Chatham community rolled up its sleeves and got to work cleaning up and helping the businesses in the area recover.

Throughout all of this, our patient base, which predominantly consists of older African Americans, continued to schedule and keep appointments and provided us with much-needed wisdom and insight to keep our hopes alive. We talked www.citizennewspapergroup.com

politics, family, the blessing of health and the sorrow of lost loved ones who succumbed to the pandemic and other social ills.

Throughout all of this, we remained committed to the mitigation of viral transmission with air filters, foggers, PPE and plans in place for a negative pressure HVAC system. We know our patients trust we are a safe place for their care – we are an essential profession.

The shutdown from COVID-19, and the looting and fire we experienced, show clearly the lessons that need to be learned.

Our current health care system is not working. Oral health should be integrated into primary health care, and is a key component of achieving universally affordable and accessible health care, yet oral health is still a neglected component within many primary care systems. Recent events demonstrated the disparity in access to care and showed how essential dentistry is, reinforcing the case that dentistry should be a primary component in the healthcare systems of the future.

In the words of Haile Salassie, past

Emperor of Ethiopia, “Until basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes there is war.”

Will our world move toward peace and health? It is up to us to make it happen. Let us all keep it moving in the right direction.

Dr. Yetta McCullom is a board-certified periodontist, active member of Chicago Dental Society, American Dental Society and Illinois State Dental Society, and operates on the South Side of Chicago since 1988, specializing in the medical and surgical treatment of gum disease. Dr. McCullom graduated from Howard University in 1983 with a degree in biology and earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery from Howard University’s College of Dentistry in 1985. Dr. McCullom is the first and only African American woman to be accepted into and complete the Master of Science program at Northwestern University Dental School, with a Certificate of Periodontics in 1990.

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BUSINESS

SHRM Research Shows Employers Offering Paid Leave Has Increased A voluntary, comprehensive, and uniform federal paid leave framework is necessary to meet the needs of a modern, 21st century workplace, SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) recently wrote in a response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau Request for Information on paid leave.

The letter presents research from SHRM and Oxford Economics that found more employers are offering paid parental leave—including maternity leave, paternity leave, and adoption leave.

The report showed: * Over half of employers (55 percent) now offer paid maternity leave, 45 percent offer paid paternity leave, and 35 percent provide paid extended family care leave; * Offering paid leave tends to have strategic benefits, including their ability to attract talent (58 percent), retention (55 percent), employee health and wellness (61 percent), and employee engagement (60 percent); * Employers’ most commonly cited reason for not offering paid leave programs was cost. The cost of a comprehensive national paid leave program could range between $21.5 billion and $43.0 billion annually, depending on policy.

“As U.S. workplaces adapt, and respond to the pandemic, employers

Research from SHRM and Oxford Economics that found more employers are offering paid parental leave—including maternity leave, paternity leave, and adoption leave.

have called on their HR departments to re-examine and update leave policies amid significant labor market turmoil,” said Emily M. Dickens, SHRM corporate secretary, chief of staff, & head, government affairs. “Congress

should work towards a voluntary federal framework that gives employers the flexibility to offer a paid leave program that meets the unique needs of both employees and the business interests of the organization.”

BMO Announces Partnership with The Clearing House, Launches Global Pay for U.S. Business Customers BMO Financial Group has announced its partnership with The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC (TCH), allowing business customers in the U.S. to receive funds immediately from any sending participant bank in the RealTime Payments (RTP®) network, the real-time U.S. payment system developed and operated by TCH. “Our partnership in RTP speaks to our ongoing commitment to innovation within the emerging payments business, and we’re excited about providing our customers with access to this evolving payment system – the first new payments system in the U.S. in 40 years,” said Sharon HawardLaird, head, North American Treasury & Payment Solutions, BMO Financial Group. “Providing our customers with a way to accelerate collections and reconcile payments with remittance information is significant during this challenging environment.”

BMO business customers will have the ability to send payments via the Real-Time Payments network in 2021.

In partnership with Mastercard, BMO also recently launched BMO Global Pay in the U.S. Using Mastercard Cross-Border Services, BMO business customers have the ability to send payments to more than 30 countries efficiently, seamlessly and securely, according to a press release.

Customers can view the final exchange rate before sending the payment and track the status of the payment from the moment the payment has been approved, with some destinations experiencing close to real-time delivery. The service is already available to BMO customers in Canada.

“As a cross-border bank, we understand that managing cross-border business can be complex. BMO Global Pay provides our customers with a quick, simple and secure option for cross-border payments,” added Haward-Laird.

“In an increasingly global marketplace, BMO Global Pay provides our customers with a cost effective and transparent option to meet their financial needs.”

Ten-Year-Old Wins 2020 Kidventor Challenge Fat Brain Toys, one of the nation’s leading independent toy companies, recently announced the winner of their Kidventor Challenge for 2020. The Kidventor Challenge invites children ages six to thirteen to submit toy or game ideas for the chance to have their concept commercially produced and sold around the world.

The winner of this year’s Kidventor Challenge is ten-year-old Tristan for his invention of a game entitled Sew Fast. A unique game of speed and skill, Sew Fast challenges players to sew specific shapes into “sew boards” full of random holes. The first player to complete the randomly chosen pattern before the 90-second timer is up wins the round. The first to score 10 points wins the game.

“Now in its fourth year, Kidventor 2020 really brought out a number of outstanding toy and game concepts from some seriously creative kid inventors,” said Mark Carson, co-founder of Fat Brain Toys. “As challenging as it was to pick an overall winner, we applaud Tristan’s innovative new twist on sewing.”

As the grand prize winner, Tristan will receive a $2,500 scholarship, a license agreement that offers ongoing royalties, $500 in toys from Fat Brain Toys, as well as round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations for two to attend the 2021 American International Toy Fair in New York City (depending on potential COVID-19 restrictions) where his invention will be showcased before thousands of buyers from around the world.

This year’s panel of judges included Co-Host of NPR’s Wow In The World Podcast Mindy Thomas, President of the Parents’ Choice Foundation Claire Green, and Fat www.citizennewspapergroup.com

The winner of this year’s Kidventor Challenge is ten-yearold Tristan for his invention of a game entitled Sew Fast.

A unique game of speed and skill, Sew Fast challenges players to sew specific shapes into “sew boards” full of random holes. The first player to complete the randomly chosen pattern before the 90-second timer is up wins the round. The first to score 10 points wins the game.

Brain Toys Co-Founders Karen Carson and Mark Carson.

The runners-up for this year’s Kidventor Challenge were ten-year-old Gia for her invention of Breeze Blaster, a leaf-blower turned explore-and-experiment adventure, and six-year-old Grant for his invention of the Ball Launcher Challenge, a ball-run target game.

Fat Brain Toys’ products are available at leading retailers around the world, including on their own website, www.fatbraintoys.com.

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GET OUT AND VOTE!

Political Endorsements: National and Local Races Voting has always been important, but this year, voting is VERY IMPORTANT. Participating in the Democratic process is how you get your voices heard. The ramifications of the Nov. 3 election will reverberate for years, if not decades to come.

Of course, the presidential election is important across the nation, but there are down ballot races that locally need attention as well.

Here are the candidates the Citizen Newspaper Group is endorsing:

Joe Biden – Vice President Joe Biden is the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. Photo from

Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris is a Senator from California who is running for Vice President of the United States of America, with Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden.

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President and Vice President, United States Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris: Biden was President Barack Obama’s Vice President. Harris has been a United States Senator since 2017.

Senator, United States Richard J. Durbin: Durbin is the incumbent in the race. He has been a United States Senator since 1996.

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Bobby Rush – Bobby Rush is the Congressman for the 1st District in Illinois. Photo courtesy of Bobby Rush.

United States Representative, 1st Congressional District Bobby L. Rush: Rush has been a Congressman representing the 1st District since 1993. Rush introduced H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Bill.

Robin Kelly – Robin Kelly is the Congresswoman for the 2nd District in Illinois. Photo courtesy of Robin Kelly.

United States Representative, 2nd Congressional District Robin Kelly: Kelly has been a Congresswoman since 2013. Kelly introduced H.R. 8200, to improve the health of minority individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Women’s Health And Men’s Health Announce Nationwide Virtual Turkey Trot To Benefit Feeding America Women’s Health and Men’s Health, the most established wellness media brands published across six continents, recently announced a new nationwide virtual 5K event to raise funds and awareness for hunger relief in America.

Taking place on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020, the first-ever Women’s Health & Men’s Health Turkey Trot will benefit Feeding America®, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization with a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries across the country.

Supporting the event are coanchors of the ABC News daytime program GMA3: What You Need to Know Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, who will act as official hosts of the Women’s Health & Men’s Health Turkey Trot. Viewers and

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readers will have access to training plans, running content and tips for safely participating in virtual races this year across Men’s Health and Women’s Health platforms as well as on GMA3.

“I am grateful every day for the ability to move and run, so when I heard about the Women’s Health & Men’s Health Turkey Trot, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of,” said Robach. “Raising awareness for hunger relief during a time of great need, plus hosting with my friend and colleague T.J., makes it even better.”

“Running with Robach - virtually, of course - and shining a light on Feeding America and their incredible work is the perfect way to start Thanksgiving,” added Holmes.

“I can’t wait to see everyone hitting the pavement.”

By registering for the free event at WHMHTurkeyTrot. com participants are invited to run or walk a 5K course of their choosing anywhere in the country on Thanksgiving Day, utilizing their favorite tracking app to log mileage and time. Upon registration, participants will be invited to make a donation to Feeding America, which provides food and groceries to more than 40 million people each year.

“Thanksgiving Day has grown to become the biggest running day of the year, with over one million Americans lacing up annually,” said Men’s Health Editor-in-Chief Rich Dorment. “We’re excited to provide a virtual event and content platform that will inspire safe, sociallydistanced fitness and philanthropy while shining a light on the growing problem of food insecurity in the United States.”

“Whether you run daily or once a year, there’s no better way to start Thanksgiving morning than

by breaking a sweat with your friends and family,” said Women’s Health Editor-in-Chief Liz Plosser. “As IRL races go virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to offer our audiences a way to continue their holiday traditions, or create new ones, while giving back on a national scale. By joining us for a walk or a run this Thanksgiving, you’re not only doing good for your physical, mental and emotional health, but also for the community at-large.”

According to Feeding America, food banks across the country have reported an average 60% increase in need for food assistance since the start of the pandemic. It estimates that one in six people in the U.S. could face hunger this year as a result of coronavirus, up from one in nine in 2019.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on both the health and economic wellbeing of millions of people in this country,” said Feeding America Chief Marketing and Communication Officer Catherine Davis. “The virtual Turkey Trot is a great opportunity to give back, get active and get involved in your local community. We are excited to partner with Women’s Health and Men’s Health on this initiative and help people turning to food banks for help.”

Premium wearable technology manufacturer Garmin, whose products have revolutionized life for runners, cyclists, swimmers and athletes of all levels and abilities, has also joined on as a program sponsor.

To promote the event and encourage participation, Women’s Health and Men’s Health will be packaging race bibs in 10,000 subscriber copies for each of their December 2020 issues, arriving in subscriber mailboxes midNovember ahead of the holiday.

Participants who register will also be able to download and print their own bibs to wear as they race on November 26.

Additionally, the first 500 registrants for the Women’s Health & Men’s Health Turkey Trot 2020 will receive a special “Race in a Box” kit to commemorate the event.

For more information or to register today, visit WHMHTurkeyTrot.com.

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Pappas: See your property tax bill grow over 20 years at cookcountytreasurer.com Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas today released an unprecedented study of property taxes that shows the county’s tax bills virtually doubling over 20 years, an increase that is nearly triple the rise in the cost of living index.

“The Pappas Study” is a painstaking examination of tax bills on Cook County’s 1.7 million parcels of property that shows the increase of total taxes over the past 20 years, and allows taxpayers to see the increases in bills on their homes, businesses and land.

The study is posted on cookcountytreasurer.com with a research tool allowing owners to see “how local governments taxed property and people have paid the tax bill” over two decades, Pappas said.

“This website tool gives taxpayers a sobering reminder of what they

“BECAUSE THE STUDY LETS US SEE WHAT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IN THE PAST, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHART A BETTER, LESS COSTLY FUTURE. GOVERNMENT CANNOT JUST RAISE TAXES AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.” Maria Pappas Cook County Treasurer

have paid every year going back 20 years,” she said. “In the midst of the pandemic and a recession, local governments should take their foot off the gas pedal and stop raising property taxes.”

While the cost of living has risen just 36 percent over 20 years, the findings of the Pappas Study include: • In all of Cook County, total taxes billed increased 99 percent, from $7.85 billion to $15.58 billion • In Chicago, total taxes on resi-

dential properties skyrocketed 164 percent, from $1.33 billion to $3.51 billion • In Chicago, total taxes on commercial properties rose 81 percent, from $1.92 billion to $3.48 billion • In suburban Cook County, total taxes on residential properties jumped 116 percent, from $2.45 billion to $5.29 billion • In suburban Cook County, total taxes on commercial properties rose 53 percent, from $2.15 billion to $3.30 billion

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“Because the study lets us see what government has done in the past, we might be able to chart a better, less costly future,” Pappas said. “Government cannot just raise taxes and hope for the best.”

Cook County has 2,200 local government agencies, such as school districts, townships, parks, libraries, public health and safety agencies. The study analyzes total property taxes billed in the county’s 135 cities and villages by those 2,200 agencies.

Pappas: 20-year tax history search adds to cookcountytreasurer.com To see your property tax payment history over 20 years, visit cookcountytreasurer.com and follow these steps: • Select the purple box labeled “Your Property Tax Overview” • Enter your address or Property Index Number (PIN) • Select the tab on the left that says “20-Year Tax Bill History” • See an interactive map that shows how property taxes billed have increased in Chicago wards and suburbs since 2001 “Has it been worth it?” Pappas said. “There’s no longer any ignoring that question in a pandemic, not from homeowners who pay the taxes and not from the local officials who raise the taxes.”

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Get out and vote! Political Endorsements: National and Local Races Continued from page 5 United States Representative, 3rd Congressional District Marie Newman: Newman is the president of Marie Newman & Associates, a marketing and advertising agency.

Illinois State Representative, 27th District Justin Q. Slaughter; Slaughter has been a State Representative since 2017.

Illinois State Representative, 28th District Robert “Bob” Rita: Rita has been a State Representative since 2003.

sentative since 2010.

Illinois State Representative, 80th District Anthony DeLuca: DeLuca has been a State Representative since 2009.

Judge, 2nd Cook County Subcircuit Sondra Nicole Denmark Judge, 7th Cook County Subcircuit (Vacancy of Fleming) Pamela Reaves-Harris

United States Representative, 4th District Jesus “Chuy” Garcia: Garcia has been a Congressman since 2019. Garcia introduced H.R.7402, to protect renters from evictions and fees.

Kimberly Neely Dubuclet – Kimberly Neely Dubuclet is the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Photo courtesy of Thaddeus Jones – Thaddeus Jones is the Illinois State Representative for the 29th District. Photo courtesy of Thaddeus Jones.

Danny Davis – Danny Davis is the Congressman for the 7th District in Illinois. Photo courtesy of Danny Davis.

United State Representative, 7th District Danny K. Davis: Davis has been a Congressman since 1997. Davis sponsored H. R. 6460, to provide funding for needed child and adult care so that essential workers can report to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Illinois State Senator, 13th District Robert Peters: Peters has been a State Senator since 2018.

Illinois State Representative, 29th District Thaddeus Jones: Jones has been a State Representative since 2011.

Kimberly Neely Dubuclet.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Kimberly Neely Dubuclet M Cameron “Cam” Davis Eira L. Corral Sepulveda

Illinois State Representative, 30th District William “Will” Davis: Davis has been a State Representative since 2003.

Illinois State Representative, 32nd District Andre Thapedi: Thapedia has been a State Representative since 2009.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx

Illinois State Representative, 5th District Lamont J. Robinson: Robinson has been a State Representative since 2019.

Clerk of Circuit Court, Cook County Iris Y. Martinez: Martinez is currently a member of the Illinois Senate, where she has served since 2003.

Illinois State Representative, 6th District Sonya Marie Harper: Harper has been a State Representative since 2015.

Judge, Illinois Supreme Court (Vacancy of Freeman) P. Scott Neville, Jr.

Illinois State Representative, 7th District Emanuel “Chris” Welch: Welch has been a State Representative since 2013.

Illinois State Representative, 8th District LaShawn K. Ford: Ford has been a State Representative since 2007.

Illinois State Representative, 25th District Curtis J. Tarver II: Tarver has been a State Representative since 2019.

Illinois State Representative, 26th District Kam Buckner: Buckner has been a State Representative since 2019.

Marcus Evans, Jr. – Marcus Evans, Jr. is the Illinois State Representative for the 33rd District.

Photo courtesy of Marcus Evans, Jr.

Illinois State Representative, 33rd District Marcus C. Evans, Jr.: Evans has been a State Representative since 2012.

Illinois State Representative, 34th District Nicholas “Nick” Smith: Smith has been a State Representative since 2018.

Illinois State Representative, 38th District Debbie Meyers-Martin: Meyers-Martin has been a State Representative since 2019.

Illinois State Representative, 78th District Camille Lilly: Lilly has been a State Repre-

Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Retention) Cynthia Y. Cobbs

- “In creating its city-wide plan for continued growth and sustainability, should the city of Chicago place equal focus on the goals of resiliency, equity, and diversity?”

Yes Kim Foxx – Kim Foxx is the Cook County State’s Attorney. Photo courtesy of Kim Foxx.

Illinois State Senator, 19th District Michael E. Hastings: Hastings has been a State Senator since 2013.

Cynthia Cobbs.

There also are public questions on the ballot to voters of the city of Chicago - “Should the city of Chicago act to ensure that all the city’s community areas have access to broadband internet?”

Yes

Illinois State Representative, 31st District Mary E. Flowers: Flowers has been a State Representative since 2003.

Illinois State Senator, 16th District Jacqueline “Jacqui” Collins: Collins has been a State Senator since 2003.

Cynthia Cobbs – Cynthia Cobbs is the Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Photo courtesy of

Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District (Vacancy of Neville, Jr.) Sharon O. Johnson Judge, 1st Cook County Subcircuit (Vacancy of Crawford) Tyria B. Walton Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Vacancy of Funderburk) Celestia L. Mays Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Vacancy of Murphy Gorman) Sheree Desiree Henry

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- “Should the state of Illinois restrict the sale or possession of firearms that have been defined as assault weapons or of magazines that can hold more than a certain number of rounds of ammunition?”

Yes The question on the Ballot about the Proposed Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, also known as the Fair tax Amendment, has been discussed on television advertisements, as well as on our own Conversations with the Citizen, featuring State Representative Marcus Evans, Jr. Here’s what we know: The amendment of Section 3 of Article IX (9) of the Illinois Constitution grants the authority to impose a higher income tax rates on higher income levels.

The amendment would remove the portion of the article of the Illinois Constitution referred as the “flat tax,” which requires all taxes on income to be the same rate.

Those with higher income levels would have a higher tax rate imposed on them. Those with a middle and lower income levels would have a lower income tax rate imposed on them.

For the proposed amendment of Section 3 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution.

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Three Things Travelers Should Know About COVID-19 Testing and Travel Insurance Some airlines and airports now offer rapid COVID-19 testing to accommodate travelers required to show a negative test at their destination.

But what happens if a traveler tests positive before a trip? Travel insurance comparison site, Squaremouth, breaks down three things travelers need to know about COVID-19 testing and travel insurance.

Not All Policies Include Cancellation Coverage for Contracting Coronavirus Select travel insurance policies include trip cancellation coverage in the event a traveler, or their family, contracts coronavirus before departure and cannot travel. This benefit can reimburse travelers who must cancel their trip.

As of October 15th, there were 38 policies available on Squaremouth. com that included this cancellation coverage.

Positive COVID-19 Test Result May Not Immediately Trigger Cancellation Benefits Many travel insurance policies require documentation from a doctor advising against travel in order for benefits to apply. In this case, a positive coronavirus test result alone may not be enough to

trigger coverage.

Travelers that test positive should contact a doctor as soon as possible, prior to canceling their trip.

The doctor can provide documentation that will be required when travelers file a claim.

Cost of COVID-19 Testing Not an Insurable Expense Most travel insurance policies will not cover the cost of COVID-19 testing before departure, even if their destination requires a negative COVID-19 test result for entry.

If a traveler is medically required to take a COVID-19 test while traveling, this cost may be reimbursed depending on the policy.

Squaremouth.com created the Coronavirus Pandemic Current Event Center which is updated daily with available travel insurance coverage and answers to FAQs as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves.

SQUAREMOUTH compares travel insurance policies from every major travel insurance provider in the United States. Using Squaremouth’s comparison engine and third-party customer reviews, travelers can research and compare travel insurance policies side-by-side. More information can be found at www.squaremouth.com.

Travel insurance comparison site, Squaremouth, breaks down three things travelers need to know about COVID-19 testing and travel insurance.

New Kwanzaa Stamp Now Available The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating Kwanzaa, which honors the values and beliefs around African American heritage, by ded- icating a new Kwanzaa stamp. News of this Forever stamp is being shared with the hashtag #KwanzaaStamps. The stamp is available nationwide.

“This new Kwanzaa stamp captures the essence of the African American cultural celebration.

The stamp depicts the profile of a reflective woman with a kinara, or candleholder, with seven lit candles in front of her,” said USPS Regional Processing Operations Eastern Vice President Dane Coleman, the dedicating official. “The stamp, which was hand-sketched and digitally colored, evokes a sense of inner peace with its cool tones and vibrant design elements to give a festive feel to the celebration of Kwanzaa.”

Kwanzaa takes place over seven days annually from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, bringing family, community and culture together for many.

Each year, millions of African Americans gather with friends and family throughout Kwanzaa week to honor the Pan-African holiday’s seven founding principles including: * unity (umoja)

* self-determination (kujichagulia) * collective work and responsibility (ujima) * cooperative economics (ujamaa) * purpose (nia) * creativity (kuumba) and * faith (imani) Each day of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of these seven principles, collectively known as the Nguzo Saba.

Kwanzaa was created in 1966, drawing on a variety of African traditions, deriving its name from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” meaning “first fruits.”

Kwanzaa is a festive time for rejoicing in the prospect of health, prosperity and good luck in the coming year.

It is also a time for contemplation and recollection of past hardships, faced by individuals and communities, and the ways history can inform and impact future happiness.

Art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamp, and Andrea Pippins was the illustrator.

The Kwanzaa stamp is being issued as a Forever stamp in a pane of 20. Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current FirstClass Mail 1-ounce price.

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ENTERTAINMENT Chicago-based artist Ayanah Moor’s work on display at DePaul Art Museum In a new site-specific billboard exhibition at DePaul Art Museum viewable from the Chicago Transit Authority’s Fullerton ‘L’ platform, Chicago-based artist Ayanah Moor asks audiences to question our personal and national progress, intentions and methods of change surrounding issues of equity and inclusion.

“Ayanah Moor’s text-based works are incredibly powerful,” said Laura-Caroline de Lara, interim director of DePaul Art Museum and the exhibition’s curator. “Moor’s site-specific designs for the museum and their placement on our building set in a university campus are a pertinent and crucial reminder that we as a city and as a university community have much work to do around these issues.”

The artist’s text-based paintings started years before the current moment of protest poster aesthetics and neighborhood storefronts announcing their alliances with Black, brown and LGBTQ+ groups through window displays, said de Lara. For her DePaul Art Museum exhibition, Moor challenges audiences to ask whether their personal alliances are swift and superficial, or deeply rooted and ready for hard-fought change.

Four separate billboards combine to make up Moor’s exhibition called “for you,” with each text-based piece displaying a reconfiguration of the same phrase “This blackness is just for you,” asking audiences to consider how the meaning of the phrase changes as each word and its emphasis are rearranged.

“In my artwork, text-as-image can affirm, complicate or challenge the viewer’s thinking, and I’m most drawn to messages that allow the viewer to participate in making meaning,” says Moor.

Her hope is that audiences rethink and unlearn their relationships to the issues of race, politics and progress through

the act of wordplay and the power of individual words in her artwork. She invites audiences to read the work through their personal histories, perspectives and observations and to question their own, as well as the artist’s, motives and relationships to the concept of Blackness, race and color theory in social and art historical contexts. Moor asks, what is in a name, a label or a color; how does the power of words change with our inflection of tone as we perform and pronounce them; and how can changing one word or the order of one segment of a phrase completely reimagine its meaning.

An investigation into her own experiences in academia — specifically in relationship to diversity initiatives in university settings — Moor’s work wrestles with the problematics for people of color in accepting invitations to participate in environments and systems not historically built for or in consideration of them. She engages with how these settings and their intentions can both help and harm communities of color.

At DePaul Art Museum, Moor’s text-based works are positioned in a transitional location: both physically on and off a university campus, at and outside of a museum, and for audiences literally in-between places on the ‘L’ platform.

Posing her tongue-in-cheek phrases in this specific locale, the artist asks audiences to consider what the process of change really looks like within their institutional systems and how their physical and historical environments influence their reading, understanding and engagement with certain visual cues.

“Certainly, the artist’s pieces are timely, given our current sociopolitical situations, but the subject matter is by no means

InForm Press Announces Release of “Out of the Shadows: The Henson Festivals and Their Impact on Contemporary Puppet Theater” What is the first name that comes to mind when you hear the word puppet?

Likely, it is Jim Henson. Many books and thousands of pages have been written about the beloved American icon’s life and work. Out of the Shadows is the first to focus solely on his love of, and impact on, puppetry as a vital contemporary art form, an important and previously unexplored aspect of the Henson legacy.

The Jim Henson Foundation’s International Puppet Festivals brought puppet theater into mainstream American theater. This year, 2020, marks the 20th Anniversary of the last Henson Festival and the 30th Anniversary of Jim Henson’s death.

Taking this timely opportunity for reflection and drawing from a wealth of first-hand experience, in Out of the Shadows Asch presents a visually rich narrative of the festivals and their continued legacy, including a comprehensive look at the contemporary puppet theater landscape.

To realize Jim Henson’s vision for a puppetry festival in New York, Leslee Asch served as producing director, working with Jim’s daughter Cheryl, who served as executive producer, to present five award-winning festivals that would equal European festivals and put U.S. puppet artists on the international stage. Between 1992 and 2000, the Jim Henson Foundation hosted the International Festivals of Puppet Theater in New York City, and developed a national touring program.

Many prominent New York theaters participated in the festivals, including: The Public Theater, La Mama E.T.C., HERE Arts Center, P.S.122 and The New Victory Theater.

The breadth of notable participating artists included Robert LePage, director of Wagner’s Ring

“Woyzeck on the Highveld,” by Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa. Directed and with animations by William Kentridge. Photo (c) Ruphin Coudyzer FPPSA

Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera; Julie Taymor, the creator of Disney’s The Lion King; and worldrenowned artist William Kentridge, featured in a major MoMA exhibition.

Author Leslee Asch worked for Jim Henson and The Jim Henson Company for over twenty years. She is a recognized expert in the field and has published articles and catalogs on the subject, including The Art of Contemporary Puppet Theater, for the Katonah Museum of Art. For Holiday Gift Lists: The 248-page, hardbound book has a dust jacket and includes 156 photos (129 in color), many full-page and is available for $45 on InForm Press at https://inform-press.com and on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Out-Shadows-FestivalsContemporary-Theater/dp/0578665344

new. As a museum, our aim is to raise timeless questions for our community and ourselves, in hopes of provoking possible answers, solutions and change,” said de Lara.

Moor lives and works in Chicago, and has participated in numerous exhibitions around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh; ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives — University of Southern California Libraries in Los Angeles; Proyecto ‘ace in Buenos Aires; Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan; daadgalerie in Berlin; and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

Her work is featured in “Incite: Journal of Experimental Media, Sports Issue (2017),” by Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere; “Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality, and Blackness (2011),” by Nicole Fleetwood; and “What is Contemporary Art? (2009),” by Terry E. Smith.

The site-specific installation is currently on view and runs through Dec. 28. Each billboard is also available for viewing online at http://bit.ly/for-you-dpam.

“For you” is one of two outdoor installations viewable at DePaul Art Museum through the end of the calendar year. The museum’s front windows located on Fullerton Avenue are dedicated to Kathryn Andrews’ work about women presidential candidates and features the names of 87 women who have run for the highest office in the United States. More information about that window exhibition is available at http://depaulne.ws/andrewsDPAM. Additional information about DePaul Art Museum is at http:// artmuseum.depaul.edu or by calling 773-325-7506.

School Updates Curriculum to Feature More Music Created by Black Artists School of Rock, which provides students of all ages with the opportunity to take guitar, drum, bass, keyboard and singing lessons is enhancing its proprietary curriculum to feature more music created by Black artists. The goal is to further educate students on the Black community’s history and central contributions to the development of Rock and Roll.

Founded as a single school in Philadelphia, PA in 1998, School of Rock has become a rapidly growing international franchise with 280 schools open and in development across nine global markets.

“We teach musical proficiency through rock because contemporary songs offer an effective toolkit, particularly in group performance. Just as importantly, popular music opens a door to history. We have an obligation to honor those Black artists without whom there would be no Rock and Roll, and by extension no School of Rock,” said Rob Price, CEO of School of Rock.

To start, School of Rock has added new feature shows to its performancebased curriculum. Each of these programs encompass 20-25 songs from Black artists. As part of the curriculum, students will learn to perform these songs and discover important lessons about the complex experience of marginalized communities. New shows include “Roots of the British Invasion,”

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“The Music of Memphis,” and “The Music of New Orleans.”

Additionally, utilizing the collective knowledge of the talented instructors across the School of Rock system, the company has published on its website a series of articles and interactive content on the historical contribution of Black artists to Rock and Roll. Early Rock artists featured include Etta James, Ray Charles, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in addition to more recent innovators like Prince, Tracy Chapman, and Gary Clary, Jr. “This project has been energizing, and it inspires us to better understand and teach the stories of other groups’ contributions to the art form,” continues Price. “We also hope that by better understanding our musical past, we can contribute to a more harmonious future.”

Drawing from all styles of rock and roll, School of Rock students learn theory and techniques via songs from legendary artists such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Frank Zappa.

Because of the school’s performancebased approach, students around the world have gained instrumental skills and confidence on the big stage, with some moving on to record deals and larger platforms such as American Idol, The Voice and Broadway.

For more information on School of Rock, please visit www.SchoolofRock. com.

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