Activists and community members have been calling for an adult trauma center on Chicago’s South Side for years. Despite the area’s ongoing issues with a lack of emergency trauma services, it looked like the support would never come. The University of Chicago Medicine announced that an adult trauma center will open in May 2018. DNA Info reports […]
Chicago’s South Side is viewed by many to be void of opportunity and progress. While there are surely things that can be worked on, that assumption is an exaggeration of the truth. On the contrary, there are often programs and events held throughout the city such as the Back to School Showcase that was held […]
Chance the Rapper recorded his mixtape 10 Day using the YOUmedia lab at a Chicago Public Library. Now, he’s making sure that more kids have an opportunity to use digital media tools by aiding the creation of a new YOUmedia lab on Chicago’s South Side. From Chicago Inno: Students on the South Side of Chicago […]
Community members, union leaders, and members of the Black Disciples have united to protest the closing of Roseland Community Hospital on Chicago’s South Side, the only hospital within an eight mile radius.
The funeral for 6 month-old Jonylah Watkins was held this morning at New Beginnings Church on Chicago’s South Side. The church was packed with mourners, paying their respects to a life taken far too soon. Rest in Peace, Jonylah
The 15-year-old King College Prep student Hadiya Pendleton was gunned down yesterday in a park near the school. Just a week ago, Pendelton had traveled to Washington DC and performed at President Obama’s inauguration with her school’s drill team.
A group of young black men from Chicago’s south and west sides will address the city about ways to stem the tide of violence in the Windy City. Have we done enough to include the voices of young black people in these conversations?
A Chicago filmmaker named Cyrus Dowlatshahi is working on a feature length documentary about life on the South Side of Chicago. His footage is incredible. Check it out at BlackYouthProject.com!
FLY | May 24, 2011 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ELJl7Dy8g Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY) “Trauma Center Track” about our campaign to get a level 1 trauma center at the U of C Medical Center because the south side currently has NONE and the U of C receives THE MOST tax breaks of any south side hospital while […]
ABC News | May 18, 2010
According to Jonathan Merritt of the Atlantic, Southern Baptists are attempting to shred their deep ties with the Republican Party and to re-engage with modern culture, as evidenced by their election of 45-year-old North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear as denomination president of the largest Protestant group in the U.S. Greear’s campaign video called for a […]
Colin Kaepernick is continuing his pledge to donate $1 million to causes fighting against racial injustice. The famous NFL quarterback’s foundation has donated $25,000 to an organization on the Southside of Chicago, according to Chicagoist.
