NNPA NEWSWIRE — The company’s directors are majority-minority including, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, MIT economist and Dean, College of Ethnic Studies, Cal State Los Angeles, Mr. Ronald Busby, Sr., President and CEO, US Black Chamber, Inc., and Mr. Patrick Linehan, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson.
African American Entrepreneurs Head SPAC in $126.5 Million IPO to Acquire Black-owned Firms
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Business, Cheryl Smith, Commentary, Community, Economy, iMessenger Media, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Op-Ed, Texas Metro News
COMMENTARY: Your Ancestors Didn’t Have a Problem With it!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — New York and Washington, D.C. have the greatest number of Black-owned businesses in the country and the highest percentage of Black-owned businesses, respectively. I know men and women who are working tirelessly to build their businesses and support their communities. They are following a tradition that is steeped in Ujamaa or Cooperative Economics.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Community, Education, Featured, Lauren Victoria Burke, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics
Officials Open 1887 Time Capsule Found at Former Site of General Lee Statue
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sue Donovan, conservationist of University of Virginia told the reporters that the items, which included books and newspapers, had to be frozen and treated with special chemicals to dry the items. Conservationists were not completely certain what exactly they had because so many of the items were in envelopes and all items had to undergo a careful drying process before being fully revealed.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Featured, Lauren Victoria Burke, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics
Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Advocates to protect the vote have been pushing Biden and Congress to move ahead affirmatively for months. On December 21, officials in Lincoln County Georgia, a county that is nearly one-third Black, proposed closing 6 polling sites for 2022. The decision comes after Republicans took over the local election board.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Business, Commentary, Community, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Featured, In Memoriam, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Stacy Brown, Wilmington Journal
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighting Publisher of Wilmington Journal Dies
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A teacher and educated wordsmith, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch had an unsurpassed commitment to providing a voice to African Americans. She took over the Wilmington Journal in 1996, following her father’s footsteps, former National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Thomas C. Jervay, Sr., and grandfather, R.S. Jervay. The latter founded the newspaper in 1927, while her father ultimately took over as publisher.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Business, Commentary, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Family, Health, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Telegram News
Funerals are a Necessary Yet Often Overlooked Part of Life Says Westland Funeral Director
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gregory McClary, owner and manager of Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home in Westland, says one notable challenge faced by funeral directors is dealing with a grieving family whose members are fragmented, due either to distance or disagreements. While families may bicker, stepping into the midst of family discord and trying to unite the members can be difficult he says, adding that the hard part is, “Trying to get families to come together at a time like this and to realize that somebody had to die for them to even come see me.”
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Crime, Featured, Law, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacy Brown
$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, an attorney at the Donald Temple Law Offices in Northwest Washington, D.C. and a former United States Navy Judge Advocate, described a most toxic work culture at MPD, where she said blatant corruption, race, and gender discrimination are not only tolerated but rewarded.
Posted inTimes Weekly News
Northern Illinois Food Bank awards $454,000 in grants to improve access to food
Northern Illinois Food Bank awarded 18 grants totaling $453,864 to local food pantries and food assistance programs to give better access to food and other resources for neighbors in need.
For many recipients, the funding will go toward building out their infrastructure – purchasing vehicles, installing new equipment such as refrigerators or freezers, or expanding their facilities.
Posted inTimes Weekly News
World dignitaries react to death of Bishop Desmond Tutu
Long before Nelson Mandela won his freedom from 27 years of imprisonment fighting apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu earned the moniker “the nation’s conscience.”
White and Black residents of the popular African nation lauded the bishop for his relentless fight to unite races and end the racist system of apartheid.
South Africa’s leading advocate for change and reconciliation under a Black majority rule and the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Bishop Tutu, died in Cape Town on December 26 at the age of 90.
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Joliet Park District
TTW Pressroom
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Joliet Park District, Will and Kendall Counties, Illinois will hold a public hearing to receive public comments concerning the Joliet Park District’s Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for fiscal year beginning January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2022. The hearing will be held on January 24, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. at the Inwood Athletic Club Board Room—Main Level, 3000 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois.
