Experienced Firms to Manage $32.9 Million Project That Features New Therapeutic Youth Home and Program Center/Headquarters Building     Consistent with its history of serving a predominately minority youth clientele and employing a diverse workforce, the social service organization UCAN has selected a talented team of minority- and women-owned businesses to design and build the [...]

  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, [...]

  The untold amount of blood, sweat and tears that were shed in the 1960s to put the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on the books is clear testimony to the fact that millions of Americans, especially Black Americans, consider the right to vote as a defining aspect of citizenship. These voters will never forget [...]

  By Farrah Turenne This Saturday, April 28, a formal High Tea will launch the Black American Princess (BAP) School of Charm, Chicagoland’s new 21st Century etiquette and finishing school for young ladies in grades 8-12. The Inaugural High Tea is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Charles Hayes Center, located at 4859 [...]