Chicago Weekend Citizen 1-23-2019

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Walgreens recently awarded more than $15,000 to Chicagoland high school students, teachers, and schools as part of the Walgreens Expressions Challenge. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Walgreens Expression Challenge

WALGREENS HOSTS ANNUAL EXPRESSIONS CHALLENGE AWARDS CEREMONY

Walgreens recently hosted the annual Expressions Challenge Awards Ceremony and Reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Several Chicago students submitted artwork and at the event, first and second place prizes were given in the categories of creative writing, visual arts, and media arts. PAGE 2

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Benefit for Sideshow Theatre Company & GirlForward In February

Nominations Announced for 2019 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Annual Awards

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

SMASH STEM PROGRAM LAUNCHING IN ILLINOIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IIT AND SIU CARBONDALE SMASH, the signature STEM education program of the Kapor Center, recently announced SMASH Illinois, its first statewide initiative program partnership with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success (CPASS) Foundation. Through university partnerships, SMASH provides a three-year, free-of-cost, residential college preparatory program targeting high school students from traditionally underrepresented communities interested in pursuing STEM careers.

SMASH is dedicated to closing the gap for students of color in STEM. Through this state-wide initiative, the SMASH Illinois consortium (SMASH, IIT, SIU and CPASS) hopes to provide the education, resources and access the students of Illinois deserve so they can pursue and persist in careers in tech and entrepreneurship, and become the future innovators and leaders that will uplift their communities. SMASH Illinois will run from July 6 to August 10.

HEALTH

GIFT OF HOPE ORGAN & TISSUE DONOR NETWORK RAISES THE BAR AND SETS NEW RECORDS FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION In 2017, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network made history by offering a record number of people the opportunity to say “yes” to becoming organ and tissue donors. Those records were shattered in 2018, with a 67 percent increase in tissue donors and 14 percent increase in organ donors. Through the generosity of these organ and tissue donors, tens of thousands of people received lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants during 2018.

“While it’s easy for people to understand how donation benefits recipients, people forget that becoming an organ and tissue donor also benefits donor families,” said Kevin Cmunt, Gift of Hope president and chief executive officer. “Families take comfort in knowing their loved ones’ legacies don’t end with their death, but live on through the gift of donation. Thanks to our compassionate teams at Gift of Hope, we were able to offer the gift of donation to more than 10,000 in 2018.”

LAW & POLITICS

RUSH INTRODUCES INSULIN ACCESS FOR ALL BILL U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) recently introduced H.R.366, the Insulin Access for All Act of 2019. This bill, cosponsored by 33 members of the House Democratic Caucus, eliminates the cost sharing requirement under Medicare and Medicaid for insulin.

“This bill, introduced with significant cosponsors, addresses the appalling issue plaguing Americans who have one of the most devastating and debilitating diseases of modern times — diabetes. There are many who simply cannot afford the insulin they need to live longer, active, and productive lives. This legislation tackles that issue head on and ensures that those suffering from diabetes no longer have to pay out-of-pocket costs for insulin. No American should go without life-sustaining medication,” said Rush.

A study by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal predicts that by 2030, 79 million adults with type 2 diabetes are expected to need insulin to manage their condition and if current levels of access remain, only half of them will be able to get an adequate supply.

Walgreens Hosts Annual Expressions Challenge Awards Ceremony Continued from page 1

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Walgreens recently hosted the annual Expressions Challenge Awards Ceremony and Reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Several Chicago students submitted artwork and at the event, first and second place prizes were given in the categories of creative writing, visual arts, and media arts.

The Walgreens Expressions Challenge program was launched at the suggestion of the Walgreens Community Task Force after noticing the alarming rise in incidents of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and AIDS, among high school students ages 14 to 18. At its core, the Expressions Challenge is about guiding students to make better life choices about their overall health and well-being, according to the Expressions Challenge website.

“The Walgreens Expressions Challenge is in its ninth year and it was established in order to allow teens, aged 14 through 18, to express their feelings about many

of the subjects that are important to them and that are on their minds such as anxiety, depression, even suicide, also sexual responsibility, and self love and to give them an opportunity to express that through the arts whether that is artwork whether that is video or whether that is in spoken word and poetry,” said Lydia Davis Eady, media relations representative for the Walgreens Expressions Challenge.

By enabling students to artistically express themselves, the Walgreens Expressions Challenge empowers young people to become a positive influence on their classmates, their school, and their community.

The teens that participate are encouraged to find a voice in their preferred art form and use it to communicate their perspective on topics including bullying, self-esteem, and sexual responsibility.

“I think that the young people were most impressive when they talked about their art and they talked about how they were the most pleased when people looked at their art.” said Eady. “The energy at the Awards Ceremony was very exciting because it was

all the winners at that point, they were the finalist and they finally found out what they won that night.”

During the event, Walgreens gave away $15,000 in total to the winning students and their schools. During the nine years that this challenge has been taking place, over $200,000 has been awarded to students and their schools. The three first place winners received a $2,000 cash prize along with a monetary donation for their school and the three second place winners received a cash prize of $1,350 and a donation for their school.

“The important thing I think is that Walgreens is committed to the community and to teenagers,” said Eady. “Everyone at the event was there just to celebrate these young people who were extremely talented and to look at the gallery of artwork created by teens from all over the city. The way that they portrayed so many topics through their art was really amazing.”

To learn more about the Walgreens Expression Challenge visit www.expressionschallenge.com/about/.

Repairing The Harm And Breaking The Cycle, Using Best Practices In South African Apartheid Healing On Monday, January 21, the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices hosted its second Truth and Reconciliation Summit in the Skyline Conference Room of the Lawndale Christian Conference Center located on 3750 West Ogden Avenue in Chicago.

North Lawndale is one of many communities consistently ranked as one of Chicago’s most dangerous and underserved areas of the city.

Through the practice of forgiveness, the Center recently sought to give rise to both healing and reconciliation with survivors, perpetrators, and community leaders in an environment that developed a sense of connectedness.

During the recent summit, the goal was to focus on moving the community forward by planting seeds to help and heal its past.

A panel discussion was lead by Robin Robinson, director of community affairs for the Chicago Police Department, who served as host and moderator.

Additionally, there was an open apology segment for representatives of various public entities and community members who were invited to acknowledge their role in any past wrongdoings which affected the health and wellbeing of the community, particularly for youth.

Finally, the summit concluded with breakout discussions to help equip participants with the tools to incorporate forgiveness and healing into their own lives.

“Offering a space where people can actually tell their stories and be heard is vital in communities where harm has been done,” said Lisa Daniels, founder and executive direc-

The Truth and Reconciliation Summit was recently held on MLK Jr. Day. Lisa Daniels (pictured), founder and executive director Darren B. Easterling Center, previously hosted the event in the Englewood.

tor of the Center. Daniels, who is also a newly appointed member of the Illinois Prison Review Board (PRB), previously hosted the same event in the Englewood community.

She said the summit provides participants with an, “opportunity to identify the hurt and describe what a particular experience did to them. Where did it leave them? Next steps include granting forgiveness and deciding whether they want to relinquish or restore the relationship. These are the best practices of

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South African apartheid healing that we will bring to Chicago,” she added in a press release.

The Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices is a behavioral health services organization serving Chicago area communities. Its mission is to transform the individual behaviors believed to be at the core of gun-violence. The Center offers trauma-focused recovery services to women and children impacted by the loss of a loved one, because of a violent crime or incarceration.

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NEWS

Chicago, New York discounted most public input in expanding bike systems

BY GREG GRIFFIN AND JUNFENG JIAO

When New York and Chicago decided to expand their public bike share systems a few years back, city officials tried to go about it democratically. Using community meetings, workshops and interactive maps, they asked the public where they wanted new bike stations to be built.

“I have consistently found that local neighborhoods know their area better than anyone,” Joseph R. Lentol, a New York State assemblyman from Brooklyn, said after city officials in 2014 announced a major expansion of New York’s year-old Citi Bike system.

The Chicago Department of Transportation also thanked residents for their input in locating the 175 new bike stations it added in 2015.

“Chicagoans gave great suggestions for the locations of new stations, and we look forward to placing them where they were requested,” Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld said.

Ultimately, though, just a fraction of the docking stations were built in the places recommended by the public, according to our new research on participatory bike share planning in Chicago and New York.

Demands ignored New Yorkers suggested 2,000 sites as locations for new bike stations in their city, using the transportation department’s interactive online map. But our study, published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, shows that just 5 percent of bike docks built during the 20142015 expansion are located within 100 feet of suggested sites.

Chicago was slightly more responsive. Ten percent of docking stations

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built through 2015 were located at or near the spots residents identified on the interactive map.

Our findings don’t imply that city officials weren’t listening. There are practical reasons why they weren’t able to put most bike stations where people asked.

Public bikes – a quick, green way of getting around town – are designed to complement buses and subways. So enlarging bike systems in New York and Chicago meant assessing gaps in each city’s transportation network.

The results of that analysis may conflict with people’s desires about where new docks should be installed.

Transit planners would also have disregarded suggested dock locations that lacked sidewalk space, or were too close to fire hydrants or utility services.

Cities often face resistance when building bike stations, too. Docks can take away coveted parking space, outraging drivers. In some historic districts, residents and planners see bike docks as incompatible with the atmosphere.

Despite these challenges, officials tried to ensure equal access to the new bikes.

“What I’m shooting for is unifor-

mity across every neighborhood,” New York’s bike share director, John Frost, told residents at a community meeting in 2015.

Differences between neighborhoods Perfect uniformity is impossible, though. In both cities, we found that the government’s responsiveness to public input varied by neighborhood.

New bike stations in and around downtown Chicago were far more likely to be sited where suggested than those in more suburban areas: 12 percent versus 6 percent. This could be because stations on the outskirts of a system generally are used less, and so are not built as densely as cyclists might like.

The National Association of City Transportation Officials guidelines say that residents of a neighborhood served by bike share should live within a five-minute walk of a docking station.

In New York, 9 percent of new docks in outerlying boroughs were built where residents asked. In the city’s financial core of Manhattan, just 3 percent of new docks were – likely because people requested more docks in areas of Manhattan already served

by bikes, while city officials wanted to expand into new neighborhoods.

Neither city offered much guidance on these issues for people who went online to suggest locations for new bike stations. So residents just dropped their pin where they thought a dock would make most sense.

New York and Chicago are not the only cities to ask people for input in creating or expanding bike share only to end up with final plans that don’t necessarily reflect it.

Cincinnati, Ohio, used an interactive online map as part of a feasibility study in 2012 to guide the launch of its bike share. Planners got way more information than they could use: People suggested 330 sites for bike docks throughout the city, across the Ohio River and even into Kentucky.

The launch called for just 29 stations.

Lessons for democracy The implications of our study go well beyond bike sharing.

Cities must frequently decide how to distribute scarce public resources like low-income housing, transit stations and parks. The experiences of New York, Chicago and Cincinnati offer useful lessons for cities hoping to engage residents in decisions that affect their neighborhoods.

All three made great efforts to gather input on locating new bike docks.

But it might not appear so, given that just 5 or 10 percent of suggestions were implemented in the end.

With trust in government at historic lows, that could make people even more cynical. They don’t know whether requests for public input are genuine or just a show of democratic process – and a waste of time.

But our study found some positive results from the consultation process around bike shares in New York and Chicago, too.

The online maps enabled residents to take direct action in planning their cities, rather than just commenting on the ideas of planners – or waking up to discover a docking station had been built outside their door.

As recent urban planning research confirms, this kind of transparency – the online maps, community meetings, workshops and the like – also gives decisions more legitimacy.

It also leaves a record, allowing researchers like us to measure and evaluate the results. Understanding where and why people’s ideas were disregarded can be a learning experience for residents and governments alike.

Ultimately, our study finds that cities wanting public input on big decisions must not only engage residents effectively – they must also explain the constraints they face.

That helps residents make informed recommendations that are more likely to be implemented.

Locals know their neighborhoods best. We believe cities that really listen will find the best solutions to urban problems.

Greg Griffin is a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Texas at Austin and an Assistant Research Scientist with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

Junfeng Jiao is an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Director of the Urban Information Lab at the University of Texas at Austin.

Chicago Booth’s Koijen named winner of 2019 Fischer Black Prize honoring top finance scholar under 40 Ralph Koijen, the AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has been awarded the 2019 Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance Association (AFA).

The prize is awarded to the person under 40 whose work best exemplifies the Fischer Black hallmark of developing original research that is relevant to finance practice.

Koijen conducts research on asset pricing and macroeconomics, insurance markets, and financial econometrics. He is a co-editor of the Review of Financial Studies.

A professor of finance, Koijen also is a Fama Faculty Fellow and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Research.

Prior to joining the faculty at Chicago Booth, Koijen

was a professor of finance at the London Business School and NYU Stern School of Business; he also was an assistant and associate professor of finance at Booth. He received his undergraduate degree in econometrics and Ph.D. in finance from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

The Fischer Black Prize is named in honor of the late Fischer Black, former partner at Goldman Sachs and professor of finance at Booth and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His seminal research included the development (with Myron Scholes) of the widely applied Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

Established in 2002, the prize honors individual financial research, and is awarded biennially at the AFA’s annual meeting. Other Booth winners of the Fischer Black Prize are Amir Sufi (2017); Tobias Moskowitz (2007, now at Yale); and Raghuram Rajan (2003 inaugural prize). www.thechicagocitizen.com

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BUSINESS

Randstad US identifies 8 work trends to watch this year Randstad US recently released their annual expert predictions outlining the trends and changes 2019 will bring to the world of work. Randstad executives and other leaders from the human resources services industry shared key insights for employers facing complex challenges, from employees' changing work preferences to the pressure to stay digitally relevant in a technology-saturated landscape.

"HR strategies won't be effective if they don't evolve," said Jim Link, chief human resources officer, Randstad North America.

"Ensuring your company attracts the best talent and is poised to innovate in the future means taking a holistic approach to every decision HR makes. Anticipating digital disruption and developing a meaningful diversity and inclusion strategy will be paramount."

According to Link and other experts from Randstad US and its subsidiaries, here are the eight biggest trends impacting the workplace in 2019 and beyond.

Constant digital disruption will become the norm Keeping up with technology can be daunting, but employees today expect a high level of digital sophistication. Employers must address this through digital relevancy (having the right tools and technologies), digital orientation (helping employees manage their use of and expectations around always-on technologies) and digital leadership (to help the company adopt and adapt to emerging technologies).

A continued shift in how, when, where and why work gets done Companies are already offering employees more flexibility.

This will lead to even more work-life fluidity, as it's becoming more common for employees to perform "life" tasks during work hours and take work home during "off " hours. Employers are also realizing that employees feel strongly about being invested in their companies' missions, so companies that can connect

to Randstad US, agile workers and AI are the fastest growing workforce segments. However, far from replacing humans in the workforce, technology is helping them deliver even greater value.

Employers will need to hire for potential and reward retention When job requisitions stay open too long, employers are forced to spend more time and money on recruitment, while overburdened teams become less effective. Employers must think differently about what makes for a quality candidate, focusing more on "must-have" than "nice-to-have" attributes. From there, employers will also have to get creative to improve and incentivize long-term retention.

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the efforts of their employees to bigger-picture goals will have a competitive advantage.

Training — anytime and anywhere — will become an expectation When companies don't offer meaningful opportunities for learning and progression, employees move on. Relevant, timely and on-demand training opportunities will be an important retention strategy for 2019 and beyond. Dedicated career coaching is also poised to become more popular as employers realize the benefits of employees engaging with a coach to help them advance.

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) will take center stage Businesses must focus on D&I to entice a broader talent pool.

After all, bringing together wide-ranging perspectives is a key ingredient in innovation and can help drive better business decision-making. D&I is a prerogative that will require buy-in from everyone, including senior leadership.

Artificial intelligence (AI) will become an employment category While few organizations today consider technology a formal part of their workforce, that's going to change quickly. According

Employee performance measurements will evolve Internal employee review processes will become more fluid, shifting to models that provide continuous feedback. This will also impact the promotion process: We'll see more gradual advancement structures, in which managers will constantly feed employees with new challenges and corresponding salary raises on an ongoing basis, as opposed to having fewer promotions along more rigidly structured timelines.

Every organization is different, but business leaders who take time to consider how these trends are impacting their companies will be well-equipped to keep their organizations creative, adaptable and profitable in the future.

Andrea L. Brookins Receives Funeral Director of the Year Runner-Up

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Andrea L. Brookins, chief executive officer and owner of Brookins Funeral Home, was a runner-up for Funeral Director of the Year 2018.

Brookins Funeral Home has been part of Chicago’s 21st Ward community for over 40 years. The honor recognizes the valuable work she is doing as one of the few African-American women in the funeral service industry today.

American Funeral Director’s (AFD) Funeral Director of the Year award recognizes funeral directors who deliver exceptional services, provide community support and who are role models in the industry.

The AFD Funeral Director of the Year runner up award was presented in New Orleans, Louisiana. Brookins accepted the award on behalf of her family and community where in 2018, she presented over $14,000 in scholarships and grants to youth and youth focused organizations, coordinated an annual community health fair, hosted the annual Brookins summer music concert series and neighborhood beautification awards. She is a strong advocate for residents in the city’s 21st Ward where she volunteers and supports many causes that promote community well-being.

Brookins, along with her family, most notably her father retired State Sentaor Howard B. Brookins, Sr., and brother

Andrea L. Brookins (pictured), chief executive officer and owner of Brookins Funeral Home, was a runnerup for Funeral Director of the Year 2018. The honor recognizes the valuable work she is doing as one of the few African-American women in the funeral service industry today.

Howard B. Brookins Jr., current Chicago 21st Ward Alderman, have been integral in bringing positive change to the neighborhood for nearly 50 years.

“I’m honored to receive this award that shows the positive contributions we all are making to improve the lives of our neighbors and friends. Working together with community businesses, organizations and neighbors, we’re showing that when people pull together, we all move forward,” Brookins said.

This year, Brookins plans to continue her work and expand upon the community service she has already been doing.

“We’re excited to kick off another year of providing scholarships, hosting our annual health fair and music series, and beautification awards. Our goal is to make sure our community shows its strength and receives the services it deserves. There are so many people who care about our youth, our seniors and just as important, our economic growth and stability. I’m thankful and excited that my family can be part of making a difference,” she said.

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SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE NEWS

Martin Luther King’s influence resonates in Illinois

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a speech at a Chicago Freedom Movement rally in Soldier Field on July 10, 1966. | Sun-Times file photo

BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-Times

“He would have been 90 this year,” says the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

Jackson was reflecting on this year’s holiday honoring his mentor and friend.

Jan. 15 was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, celebrated nationally on Jan. 21.

As the years go by, there are fewer of those who marched with him to share their memories. But Jackson, one of his closest aides, can still recount milestone moments from King’s Chicago Freedom Movement of 1965-66 like it was yesterday.

“Our offices used to be at 366 E. 47th St., in what’s now Bronzeville, and we used to meet every Saturday morning at Chicago Theological Seminary,” says Jackson, 77, who first met the man of peace at an airport in 1964, when King was en route to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize.

Jackson then marched with King in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.

He soon joined the team of the charismatic civil rights leader and was assigned to run Operation Breadbasket, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s anti-poverty effort.

When the Baptist preacher who espoused nonviolence brought the fight for equal rights north to Chicago, Jackson was at his side. Here are significant events involving King in Chicago. l Chicago churches still standing today were the sites of their strategizing meetings, including Fellowship Baptist Church, 4543 S. Princeton Ave.; New Friendship Baptist Church, 848 W 71st St.; and Stone Temple Baptist Church, 3622 W. Douglas Blvd. l There was King’s June 21, 1964 speech at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights at Soldier Field, days after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed.

Then, after being asked by the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations to come help Black Chicago fight for quality schools, King led a July 26, 1965 march on City Hall; gave a fiery speech before tens of thousands at the July 10, 1966, Freedom Sunday Rally at Soldier Field; and on Aug. 26, 1966, held a globally covered “Summit Agreement” with Mayor Richard J. Daley. l As part of his “End Slums” campaign, King famously moved his family into a dilapidated, thirdfloor walk-up at 1550 S. Hamlin Ave. in North

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, kneeling, huddles with Rev. Martin Luther King (center) and Bernard Lee of King’s staff, at a mass meeting held in Stone Temple Church, 3622 Douglas Blvd., on Aug. 20,1966. | Sun-Times file photo

Lawndale on Jan. 1, 1966, the building is long gone but the Dr. King Legacy Apartments and Fair Housing Exhibit Center now marks the spot. l King’s open housing marches, and the attendant violence from angry residents on the Southwest Side, are most remembered, culminating with the infamous Aug. 5, 1966, march through Marquette Park, where the Baptist preacher was felled to the knee by a rock to the head, lending credence to his famous quote: “I have never seen, even in Mississippi and Alabama, mobs as hateful as I’ve seen here in Chicago.”

“When King came to Chicago, we couldn’t live west of Ashland, and blacks were hemmed into these ghettos,” Jackson says, taking a reporter down memory lane.

Born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Ga., King was ordained and became assistant pastor at his father’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1948. He married the beautiful Coretta Scott King in 1953, with whom he had four children.

It was in 1955 that his civil rights efforts began in earnest, when he became president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the group that led the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus. It ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling segrega-

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Marquette Park Aug. 5, 1966, before he was hit by debris thrown by the crowd. | Sun-Times file photo

is inarguably achieved — empowerment and representation, evident tion on public buses The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. falls in the diverse political landscape of unconstitutional. after being struck by a rock from a Illinois, of Chicago and nationwide.

King gave his taunting mob in Marquette Park on “King’s legacy is the Voting tide-turning “I Have A Aug. 5, 1966. | Sun-Times file photo Rights Act, which has stood the test Dream” speech at the of time and resistance,” says Jackson.

1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Free“Today,” Jackson continued, “Chicago is the dom, and in 1964 came the Nobel Peace Prize. urban center with the most U.S. senators of color, The Selma to Montgomery marches, following Carol Moseley Braun, Roland Burris and Barack the infamous “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Obama; and the home of two African-American Pettus Bridge, followed in 1965. And King would men who ran for president, myself and President spend most of the following year in Chicago, Obama. In Illinois, we now have an African-Amerimarking the expansion of the civil rights battle can lieutenant governor. So King’s legacy stands tall. from the South to northern cities, with key activ“And on this past Nov. 6, his legacy manifestists Jackson, James Bevel and Al Raby.

King’s mark — while combating racial segrega- ed itself in the largest number of women and minorities ever elected in a freshman class of tion and discrimination in Chicago — extended Congress, along with statewide candidates. If you to suburban and Downstate Illinois, such as his Feb. 10, 1966, speech before thousands at the Fred look at Stacey Abrams’ candidacy for governor in Georgia, Andrew Gillum’s candidacy for governor Young Fieldhouse of Illinois Wesleyan University in Florida, and U.S. Senate races in Texas and in Bloomington.

Mississippi, a new South is rising,” adds Jackson.

Some still debate the success of King’s Chicago “The gap that was once a horizontal gap campaign — Illinois’ largest city remains one of between black and white is now a vertical gap of the nation’s most segregated. But the Chicago disparity between the haves and the have-nots.

Freedom Movement inarguably led to the Fair That, more than anything, is the unfinished busiHousing Act of 1968, signed into law a week after ness of Dr. King’s work.”

King’s assassination.

Maudlyne Ihejirika of the Chicago Sun-Times Jackson, however, says the larger quest at the can be reached at mihejirika@suntimes.com. heart of the revered leader’s work in Chicago also

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FASHION Nominations Announced for 2019 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Annual Awards The Real Daytime Roberta Gardener-Rogers, Rachel Mason, Ray Dodson The Young and the Restless Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced nominations for the 6th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. Winners will be honored at the black-tie gala on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live. The announcement was made by MUAHS Awards Chair Sue Cabral-Ebert.

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17. CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING - BEST HAIR STYLING *TIE A Series of Unfortunate Events Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme Dancing with the Stars: Juniors Kimi Messina, Cheryl Eckert, Kim Ferry Henry Danger Joe Matke, Roma Goddard, Dwayne Ross Lip Sync Battle Shorties Jerilynn Stephens, Kathleen Leonard, Romy Fleming Sesame Street Jackie Payne Walk the Prank Ursula Hawks, Michelle Nyree-Collins

2. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE - BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING A Star is Born Lori McCoy-Bell, Joy Zapata, Frederic Aspires Crazy Rich Asians Heike Merker, Sophia Knight Nappily Ever After Dawn Turner, Larry Simms Vox Lux Esther Ahn, Daniel Koye Widows Linda Flowers, Daniel Curet, Denise Wynbrandt 3. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE - BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP Bohemian Rhapsody Jan Sewell, Mark Coulier Mary Poppins Returns Peter Robb-King, Paula Price Mary Queen of Scots Jenny Shircore, Hannah Edwards, Sarah Kelly Stan & Ollie Jeremy Woodhead, Marc Coulier Vice Kate Biscoe, Ann Pala Williams, Jamie Kelman 4. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE - BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING Black Panther Camille Friend, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Louisa Anthony BlacKkKlansman LaWanda Pierre-Weston, Shaun Perkins Bohemian Rhapsody Jan Sewell, Julio Parodi Mary Poppins Returns Peter Robb-King, Paula Price Mary Queen of Scots Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher 5. FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE - BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS Aquaman Justin Raleigh, Ozzy Alvarez, Sean Genders Black Panther Joel Harlow, Ken Diaz, Sian Richards Stan & Ollie Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Christien Tinsley, Corey Welk, Rolf Keppler Vice Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher 6. TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES - BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP American Horror Story: Apocalypse Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight Dancing with the Stars Julie Socash, Alison Gladieux, Donna Bard Saturday Night Live Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani The Handmaid's Tale Burton LeBlanc, Talia Reingold, Erika Caceres Westworld Elisa Marsh, Allan Apone, Rachel Hoke 7. TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING American Horror Story: Apocalypse Michelle Ceglia, Helena Cepeda, Romaine Markus-Meyers Dancing with the Stars Gail Ryan, Brittany Spaulding, Jani Kleinbard Empire Melissa Forney, Theresa Fleming, Nolan Kelly

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) Grace and Frankie Kelly Kline, Jonathan Hanousek, Marlene Williams The Handmaid's Tale Karola Dirnberger, Ewa Cynk 8. TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES - BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP GLOW Lana Horochowski, Maurine Burke The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla, Joseph A. Campayno Saturday Night Live Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani Westworld Elisa Marsh, Allan Apone, Rachel Hoke The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Robin Beauchesne, Silvina Knight, Ana Lozano 9. TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES - BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING American Horror Story: Apocalypse Michelle Ceglia, Helena Cepeda, Lydia Fantini GLOW Theraesa Rivers, Valerie Jackson The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Chris Clark, Natalie Driscoll, Massimo Gattabrusi The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Jerry DeCarlo, John Jordan, Peg Schierholz Vikings Dee Corcoran, Peter Burke, Zuelika Delaney 10. TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES - BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Michael Mekash, Silvina Knight, David Anderson American Horror Story: Apocalypse Eryn Krueger Mekash, Mike Mekash, David Anderson Genius: Picasso Davina Lamont , Goran Lundstrom, Natasha Lees Saturday Night Live Louie Zakarian, Jason Miliani, Tom Denier Jr. Westworld Justin Raleigh, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Thomas Floutz

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18. COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS - BEST MAKE-UP American Horror Story: Apocalypse "Promo" Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz Capital One "Mona Lisa" Tania McComas, Leslie Devlin Justin Timberlake – Supplies Koji Ohmura, Marianna Elias-Tsangaris, Amy Mills Tiffany & Co. - 2018 Spring Campaign: Believe In Dreams Erin Ayanian-Monroe Venus de Milo On the Go – Wonderful Pistachios Margaret Prentice, Brian Penikas, Mark Villalobos 19. COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS - BEST HAIR STYLING American Horror Story: Apocalypse "Promo" Joe Matke, Fernando Santaella-Navarro Capital One "Louisiana Purchase" Audrey Anzures, Jacklin Masteran, Elizabeth Rabe Capital One "Mona Lisa" Audrey Anzures, Elizabeth Rabe Justin Timberlake – Supplies Audrey FuttermanStern, Tom Opitz Weird Al Yankovic - Weezer "AFRICA" Sean James Cummins 20. THEATRICAL PRODUCTION - BEST MAKE-UP A Trip to the Moon Vanessa Dionne, Jessica Mills, Renee Horner Aladdin Denise Reynolds, Patrice Madrigal Annie Vanessa Dionne, Christina Tracey, Brandi Strona Candide Darren Jinks, Brandi Strona The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Rocky Horror Michael Johnston, Tyson Fontaine, Lauren Lillian 21. THEATRICAL PRODUCTION - BEST HAIR STYLING Aladdin Debra Parr, Michele Arvizo, Chanthy Tach Annie Vanessa Dionne, Cassie Russek, Donna Levy Blues in the Night Danielle Richter Love, Actually Live Cassie Russek, Stephanie Fenner, Irma Nieves Tosca Jeanna Parham, Ashley Landis As previously announced, celebrated Academy Award®-nominated comedian Melissa McCarthy will be honored with the 2019 Distinguished Artisan Award. Susan Cabral-Ebert, outgoing Local 706 President and Emmy®- nominated make-up artist, and Robert Louis Stevenson, legendary Emmy-winning hair stylist, will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards. Final ballot online voting will be made at www.local706.org through Friday, February 8, 2019. Winners will be announced on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Awards gala.

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The My State of Mind initiative was recently launched by SocailWorks, a local nonprofit. Through the initiative, the organization is currently working to create a mental health guidebook that will provide a broad range of information about mental health services that are available in Cook County.

“SocialWorks is a youth empowerment charity founded by Chance the Rapper and our goal is just basically to empower the youth through arts, literature, civic engagement, and education. The way that we do that is through a few initiatives that we have which are the Warmest Winter initiative, the My State of Mind initiative, the Support CPS initiative, and Kids of the Kingdom,” said Essence Smith, co-founder and director of communications for SocialWorks.

The My State of Mind initiative was initially announced at the second annual SocialWorks Summit which took place in October. My State of Mind is a mental health

solution that is aimed at unifying the broader mental health community, increasing the access and visibility of services, and making it admirable to be honest with yourself, according to the SocialWorks website.

“This is our only initiative that is geared towards mental wellness and My State of Mind is pretty simple, we just want to make it admirable to be yourself,” said Smith.

One of the biggest goals of this initiative is to create a guidebook that will provide a comprehensive collection of mental health resources within Cook County including direct care services, referral-based services, educational services, and programming opportunities.

“We are making a guidebook that unifies all these resources and puts them in one central location so folks within Cook County will be able to see where these resources lie, whether that’s a yoga studio on 87th Street or an art studio that practices mental wellness therapy within ceramics in Uptown. We want all of those people and service providers to go into our guide book and later this year when

we launch the guidebook, it will be a resource and a tool that anybody in Cook County can use to better their mental wellness journey,” said Smith.

SocialWorks has created a My State of Mind Cohort that is the backbone of their guidebook and composed of individual practitioners, private institutions, and public entities within Cook County and the mental health industry. The cohort is responsible for guiding the My State of Mind initiative to make sure the final guidebook is universally beneficial, according to the SocialWorks website.

“There is no talk about mental wellness in our mission but it is something that is really needed right now. There has been a trend of defunding mental wellness institutions not only in our city but also all over the world,” said Smith. “Mental wellness and mental health, whether we know it or not, affects everyone.”

To learn more about the My State of Mind initiative and to contribute to the guide book visit www.socialworkschi.org/initiatives/my-stateof-mind/.

SocialWorks, a local nonprofit, is calling on volunteers to help them compile a list of mental wellness resources in Cook County as part of their recently launched the My State of Mind initiative which is working to build a mental health guidebook. Photo Credit: Jordan Macy/Jon Ladalla

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ENTERTAINMENT 2018 HGTV Dream Home for Sale

Sellers of 2018 HGTV Dream Home

While the world is watching the HGTV Dream Home give away in 2019, there is a secret to be told. The actual home from the 2018 HGTV Dream Home giveaway is on the market. The 2018 Dream Home is in Gig Harbor, Washington and is listed with Michael Morrison of Morrison House Sotheby's International Realty.

The current owners bought directly from HGTV this summer after the winner opted for the cash settlement from HGTV. Now, the 2018 Dream Home owners are having their dream cut short and are relocating to Texas.

They are heartbroken that their dream on Henderson Bay is soon about to be over.

The home is listed at $1.899 and is available furnished and turn key.

"The owners wanted to keep the experience of the dream home alive for the new owners, its available as seen on the TV show," Morrison said.

Morrison House Sotheby's International Realty is affiliated with Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates and the venerable Sotheby's Auction house that dates to 1744. The organization operates two offices in Pierce County: Gig Harbor and the Proctor District of Tacoma. The Sotheby's International Realty network currently has more than 22,000 affiliated independent sales associates located in over 970 offices in 72 countries and territories worldwide. Recently, the brand achieved a record global sales volume of $108 billion USD annually.

Benefit for Sideshow Theatre Company & GirlForward Coming Up In February Get your blood pumping just in time for Valentine’s Day as The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) presents CLLAW Flirty-Two on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. in Chicago.

CLLAW’s 32nd benefit match will feature Chicago’s biggest, baddest lady arm wrestlers, live musical entertainment from Ovef Ow and a cash bar.

Doors open at 9 pm with the first match beginning at 9:30 pm.

Tickets, priced at $20, are available in advance at www.cllaw.org or $25 at the door (the ladies will gladly take cash or credit at the door). The event is 21+.

All proceeds from CLLAW Flirty-Two will benefit Sideshow Theatre Company and GirlForward.

THE MAIN EVENT Captain Philippines. Aunt Nance.

Marian the Barbarian Librarian.

Their names echo through the ages. They come from all corners of Chicago, united only by one dream: to elbow their way through the competition and wrestle their way to the top.

Joined by CLLAW’s Mistress of Ceremonialisms Harry Scaray, referee Beau K and commentator Vallery Dolls, the line-up of notso-lady-like ladies in outrageous costumes volunteer their time to vie for that most cherished prize – the bedazzled CLLAW gloves. Who will leverage their way up the bracket?

Or bribe their way to the top? All these questions and more will be answered, and all of Chicago is invited to bear witness.

Bedford Park Home to Some of the Top Women’s Basketball Schools in Country A recent study by College Factual found Bedford Park to be one of the best cities in the country for Women’s Basketball.

Students love the area due to the high-quality education they can receive at local institutions while participating in a Women’s Basketball program.

Popular Destination for Student Athletes Who Love Women’s Basketball Scholars from all over the country come to the Bedford Park area to get their degrees. The city attracts a lot of international students, too. After graduation, many of these student athletes go on to careers that combine their love for sports with their academic major, such as coaching, sports journalism, and sports medicine.

There is one school in the local area that made the top 15 percent of this year’s ranking. This ranking of Best Colleges for Women’s Basketball takes into account both the athletic competitiveness of the specific team and the academic progress of the student-athletes on the team.

About the Rankings College Factual’s Best Colleges for Women’s Basketball ranking was developed to help students identify high-quality colleges that are strong in the factors that matter the most to them. In order to create these rankings, College Factual analyzed over 3,000 U.S. Schools and ranked them in terms of which were best for Women’s Basketball.

Top Women’s Basketball Schools in the Bedford Park Area The following college near Bedford Park has earned a distinguished spot within the top tier of this year’s ranking.

From (left to right) Oktober FIST vs. Elizabeth WarZone at the Chicago League of Lady Arms Wrestlers’ CLLAW XXXI match at Logan Square Auditorium. Photo by Trainman Photography.

CLLAWDIENCE PARTICIPATION AND PRIZES Not content to leave the fun in the arms of its competitors, CLLAW Flirty-Two gets everyone in on the action. Audience members have the opportunity to purchase CLLAWBUX, the official currency of CLLAW, throughout the night.

With their CLLAWBUX, onlookers can bet on their favorite wrestlers to prevail, and maybe slip a few to the referees to even the score. All CLLAWBUX purchases also go towards fantastic raffle prizes. Halfpriced CLLAWBUX are available in advance.

ALL FOR A GOOD CLLAWSE A portion of CLLAW Flirty-Two proceeds will benefit GirlForward, a community of support dedicated to creating and enhancing opportunities

for girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution. For additional information, visit www. girlforward.org.

Proceeds also benefit CLLAW’s creator and producer, Sideshow Theatre Company. Since its first match in 2009, Sideshow’s CLLAW events have helped fundraise for numerous Chicago based non-profits including the Chicago Women's Health Center, {she crew}, The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE), Barrel of Monkeys, C4 - Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Girls Rock!

Chicago, Marwen, Rock for Kids, About Face Youth Theater, 826CHI, CAPE (Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education), Ayodele Drum and Dance, The Chicago Human Rhythm Project and others.

EVENT DETAILS: Title: CLLAW Flirty-Two Date: Saturday, February 9, 2019 Time: Doors open at 9 pm, first match begins at 9:30 pm Location: Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago Tickets: $20 in advance at www. cllaw.org or $25 at the door. Halfpriced CLLAWBUX are available with advance ticket purchase: $25 includes 10 CLLAWBUX, $30 includes 20 CLLAWBUX. Cash and credit cards are accepted for tickets, CLLAWBUX and CLLAW merchandise. A cashonly bar is available.

Benefiting: Sideshow Theatre Company and GirlForward.

For additional information on Sideshow Theatre Company, visit sideshowtheatre.org.

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DePaul University DePaul University is ranked #11 in the Division I Women’s Basketball category. Roughly 15,400 undergraduates call DePaul home each year. The school has a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1 and a freshman retention rate of 85%.

In total, DePaul supports 11 sports programs. DePaul provides approximately $2,277,760 in sports-related aid to men and $3,944,198 in sports-related aid to women on an annual basis.

Other Schools With Women’s Basketball Programs in the Area The following is a list of other schools that offer Women’s Basketball programs near Bedford Park, IL. Chicago State University is ranked #325 in the Division I Women’s Basketball category.

Concordia University – Chicago is ranked #267 in the Division III Women’s Basketball category.

Dominican University is ranked #279 in the Division III Women’s Basketball category.

Elmhurst College is ranked #64 in the Division III Women’s Basketball category.

University of Chicago is ranked #23 in the Division III Women’s Basketball category.

University of Illinois at Chicago is ranked #241 in the Division I Women’s Basketball category.

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Brenda Garth pose with family members and friends during a recent birthday bash given in honor of her special day. (Photo by CRED)

Delta Sigma Theta Soroity, Inc. Annual Founders Day Luncheon (Left Photo) - Pictured left to right: Raven Willis- LAMBDA Chapter President, Cathy Murray- 1st VP, Kimberly A. Lightford- State Senator, Cheryl Matthew- Chapter President, Shaunessye Curry- 2nd VP, and Ciera StokesUpsilon Upsilon Chapter President.

(Right Photo)- Chicago Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Founders Day Committee with State Senator Kimberly A. Lightford as the Keynote Speaker.

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Dr. Fourte Birthday Celebration Highlights Dr. Fourte celebrates his birthday with family and friends. Pictured below are: Barbara Hayes, Ron Bellamy, Dr. Fourte and Ms. Vernon Oliver Price.

Photo on right: Pictured are Dr. Fourte, Carolyn Palmer; Chicago Defender Columnist and Candidate for Chicago Mayor, Dr. Willie Wilson.

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The experts at Family Credit Management are encouraging consumers to research their moneysaving options, as technology is always evolving.

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• Coupon Apps: Mobile apps such as Coupon Sherpa, SnipSnap and Yowza, enable you to scan items while you’re in-store and find the best value coupons on the spot.

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With a tracker app, you can tell the app what to look for and it will notify you when your wanted items drop in price. IFTTT (If This Then That), camelcamelcamel and Price Tracker for Amazon will keep an eye on prices for you to make sure you’re the first to see the best deals.

• Credit Card Points/Discounts: Credit cards can encourage overspending, but when used carefully and within budget, offer certain advantages. For example, store-specific credit cards often offer special discounts, kickbacks and coupons for cardholders. Just think how you could double up on the savings by using some of the above tools, as well as by purchasing with a card with added bonuses.

Remember though, that any savings you earn will quickly be eaten up if you pay interest charges. To avoid this trap, never use a credit card unless you can pay the entire balance in full each month. Also, think very carefully about opening a new account, as this can negatively affect your credit.

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