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Non-Profit Showcase highlights the great work of not-for-profit organizations. Non-profit showcase airs on CAN-TV Channel 21. Email: nonprofitshowcase@gmail.com

What’s Good in Englewood is a media campaign created by Rashanah Baldwin, using #goodinenglewood to share positive news stories about Englewood. The goal is to create a better perception of the community and show that there is hope. To broadcast these stories, Rashanah has her own radio program, does TV appearances, and uses social media. …

Good in Chicago’s quest to seek out the best in all 77 neighborhoods leads RaShanah and Brendan to Little Italy.

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, 29-year-old Nicole Johnson always knew she wanted to pursue a career in public office. Whether it was addressing quality education, unemployment benefits, access to healthy foods, or public safety, issues that “affect our daily lives were something I wanted to play a role in,” she explains. Johnson…

Many understand “The American Dream” as having the white picket fence. A home, two children, a dog, and a spouse. The successful and stable career, financial security, owning a piece of land, and later passing it down to the children, has been the definition. In 1931, author James Truslow Adams defined “The American Dream” as…

Millennials born between 1981-1997 have grown up in a world filled with electronics, and at the prime time of social media. Millennials are often labeled overly confident. Many millennials still live at home, struggle with debt, and are the generation still giving back to make a difference in spite of it all. On the flip…

#Why Black Church Still Matters? Why should Black millennials re-engage in the Black Churches? There is an outcry from Black millennials who feel that church is not the place for them anymore and consequently have disengaged. Many millennials question the relevancy of “church” and see it as a bastion of yesterday’s fight for freedom and…

This might be shocking to some, but I’m proud to say that I live in Englewood. Yep, uber proud. Englewood is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, a place that’s often described in the mainstream media (paraphrasing here) as a piss poor community full of uneducated black thugs who kill each other. According…