April was National Stress Awareness Month and several recent studies have come to the same conclusion: women are feeling the pressures of stress more than their male counterparts. On Saturday, April 27, Leading Ladies International hosted their 4th Annual Empowerment Conference at Cibola located at 1647 S. Blue Island. The empowering festivities featured the [...]

  Since December 1,1988, the world sets aside the day to celebrate and bring awareness to HIV/AIDS known as Worlds AIDS Day. This day is the most internationally recognized health day that allows a key opportunity for people around the world to commemorate those who have succumbed to the virus, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and [...]

For years the YMCA has dedicated their mission to promoting a healthy and sociallly responsible lifestyle to children and their  families. That dedication provides a space where families become closer and a platform for kids to embrace diversity and wellbeing at an early age. Continuing in that motion, the Y teamed up with McDonald’s and [...]

By Vee L. Harrison 46,000. That’s the total number of people in Illinois living with the HIV/AIDS virus, according to national data. Out of that number, 52 percent of those people are African-American. Anyone who buys a special ticket for the Illinois Lottery can help fight against that number. The mission: to help free Illinois [...]