Jahmal Cole and his wife have been living in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood for six years now. At the time, the Coles had heard very little about the violence, but since they moved into their home in 2008, the house has been burglarized twice and the ring of gunshots is all too common.
Yet and still the Coles remain in their neighborhood, and are standing up to the violence.
Rashanah Baldwin is sick and tired of her neighborhood being negatively portrayed by media. True, Englewood isn’t home to the Cleavers, but there’s so much more to the Chicago community than violence, drugs and murder.
So she and other residents are taking to social media to reshape the community’s image, one tweet at a time.
Community members in Portland are outraged after a 9-year-old girl was placed in handcuffs by police.
Latoya Harris couldn’t believe what was happening as she watched officers cuff her daughter after showing up at her home to question the child about a fight that occurred a week prior.
Chicago saw at least 44 shooting incidents and 8 deaths over the holiday weekend. Now, the federal government is offering help to the city in the fight to end violence in the streets.
On Thursday, April 3, the White House will honor 9 grassroots leaders taking critical steps in their communities to reduce gun violence.
BYP 100 member Jamira Burley is one of them.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would like to sell several vacant lots in the city’s Englewood neighborhood for $1.
If successful, Emanuel would like to extend the $1 lot idea to other neighborhoods, many of which are black communities.
This is community conversation, set to take place on Chicago’s west side, is meant to gauge opinions about the justice system in relation to society.
A new documentary is exploring a very rampant but taboo topic in the black community.
The New Black, directed by Yoruba Richen, tells the story of how the African-American community deals with gay rights in light of the same-sex marriage movement.
In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we’ve compiled a list of facts regarding the illness and its impact on the black community.
A Chicago-based organization is seeking the “reclaim Afrikan Heritage in America” with their upcoming event.
The BRIJ (Bridging Relationships in Justice) Fund, along with The Inner City Studies Majors Club & The Black Mall, will hold their first bi-monthly mixer series on Saturday Feb. 22 from 10-4pm.
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