Wednesday, November 21, the morning before Thanksgiving, the halls and surrounding areas of Apostolic Church of God on Chicago’s south side were full of activity. In addition to the funeral service honoring Chicago firefighter Walter Patmon Jr. which was held in the sanctuary, the Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (BMOA) hosted [...]

Maintaining its commitment to education and community outreach programs, the Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana (BMOA) sent 500 students, grades K-8, on a field trip to the UniverSoul Circus in Washington Park on Wednesday morning, September 26. Students from Barnard, Medgar Evers, Melody, Deikman, Alex Haley, Pullman, Woodson South, and Hoover [...]

We laughed, learned, plotted and experienced the box-office hit Think Like A Man when it came to theaters in early April.  Since the release of  Steve Harvey’s Best-Seller book Act Like a Woman, Think Like a Man turned to the big screen, the conversation has been on super overload with no signs of slowing down. [...]

  Having been to Windsor, Ontario in Canada on a few occasions, and having had two absolute blasts in Toronto several years ago, it’s safe to say I was pre-disposed to enjoy The Great White North the next time the opportunity arose to cross the border. And when the chance came to pass last winter, [...]