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Across America, there are pockets of poverty, communities that have been left behind or deprived of the basics needed to develop, like Pembroke Township, a small community south of Chicago along the Indiana border. In this community, one-third of the families live below the poverty line. It is one of the poorest communities in the country, with a median income that is among the lowest.
Rutherford Simmons, 12, (right) is speaking at Saint Sabina’s Dr. King celebration Sunday, January 12th, at the 11:15 a.m. worship service.
He will be reciting Dr. King’s “A Letter From the Birmingham Jail.” His twin brother, Nelson (at the mike) will be there to meet Sarah Collins Rudolph,
the keynote speaker who survived the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Her sister, Addie Mae Collins, died along with three other girls.
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January 10, 2020
Nicor official to speak at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition broadcast on commitment to bring natural gas line to Pembroke
Rev. Jackson praises white farmers support
UPDATE: Video Below
It has come to this. An impeached president — still pending trial in the Senate — orders the assassination of a leading Iranian general as he is meeting with the leader of Iraq, a supposed ally. He does so without consultation, much less approval, of Congress. Besieged at home, he lashes out abroad.
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January 3, 2020
Pembroke black farmers to tell their story at PUSH today
Rev. Jackson met with youth to prep them for a job
Wednesday, Jan. 1, begins the new year. It also marks the anniversary of a new America.
On Jan. 1, 1863, as the Civil War, the bloodiest of America’s wars, approached the end of its second year, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are and henceforward shall be free.”
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December 28, 2019
Three of the four Cook County Jail detainees to join Rev. Jackson Saturday
Jackson calls for national jail reform
On Wednesday, Christmas will be celebrated by millions of people across this country and across the world. Joy surrounds the holiday, with music in the air, lights on homes and lampposts, families gathering, presents exchanged and blessings shared.
For some, Christmas is a difficult time — for the poor, for separated families, for the lonely, for the imprisoned and the sick. Each year at this time, I use this column to recall the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas is literally the mass for Christ, marking the birth of Jesus.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Rev. Jackson goes to Cook County Jail with a social justice agenda for detainees
Will bond out some for Christmas
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Equal Pay for Equal Work - Intel Paves the Way on Disclosing Pay Segregation in the Tech Industry – Other companies should follow their lead in 2020
True to its tradition of transparency in the release of diversity and inclusion data, Intel released salary information by race and gender in a six page document early last week.
