Let’s show them how global we are

Let's show them how global we are No Comments

For several days in May the world will know, we hope, what we know here. We are the world living here on this big lake with the large flat plains at our back. We come from everywhere and we are Chicago. Let me explain and let me ask your advice, also. From May 19 to [...]

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Written by on January 26, 2012

An important notice for the ethnic news media

An important notice for the ethnic news media No Comments

folks, I am writing to you about a very important change that has taken effect as a result of a new state law. As of January, all public notices in Illinois must also be listed on a website. If you do not list your public notices on this website by December 2012 you will no longer [...]

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Written by on January 26, 2012

The tools we need to do our jobs

The tools we need to do our jobs No Comments

If we want to do our best, we need to be our best on our jobs. And that mean training. So, here are two workshops – sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club – next week that you don’t want to miss. 1. On Tuesday, Jan. 24th there will be a workshop looking at the latest [...]

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Written by on January 19, 2012

We gain so much wading in the water of each other’s cultural experiences–Adventures in Multicultural Living

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I was so impressed to watch my children gently, ever gently, patiently, without judgment or consternation, lean over the kitchen table with soft #2B pencils pouring over the music scores with my father. The girls explained to him that in spirituals, a lot of the songs are coded instructions on how to escape to freedom, for example, in “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” the drinking gourd refers to the Big Dipper and the North Star; in other songs, the River Jordan represents the Ohio River, the last river to cross before reaching freedom in Canada; and Canaan means Canada because once slaves made it to Canada, they could not be sent back, as they could from the northern states.

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Written by on January 19, 2012

Making the Invisible Visible

Making the Invisible Visible No Comments

Before the Birmingham bus boycott, there was great fear about a blow back for black people. But the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against such fears and against standing by as a muted witness. Taking action and standing up for what’s right – these were among the many messages left Rev. King Speaking [...]

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Written by on January 13, 2012

A Hunger and a Hope, Chicago’s Black Media

A Hunger and a Hope, Chicago's Black Media No Comments

Building Strength in the African-American Community On a cold, rainy night nearly 100 people from Chicago’s African-American community packed a room at Little Black Pearl in Hyde Park to talk with members of the African-American media about how to work together. Attendees represented nonprofits, businesses, youth groups, educators, and families from the South Side and [...]

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Written by on January 3, 2012

Where are we going? Where do we come from? The dance we do.

Where are we going? Where do we come from? The dance we do. 3 Comments

We think we walk forwards. But most of travel backwards at the same time. Let me explain. We walk forwards towards what’s coming up and backwards in our minds about from where we’ve come. This the dance the ethnic news media does most of the time. It talks about life here and glances over its [...]

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Written by on December 27, 2011

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