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Wellness experts share tips for Black Chicagoans coping with grief during the holidays
With 64 percent of people with mental illness reporting that the holidays generally make their conditions worse and Black people being the least likely to receive treatment, alternative wellness centers across Chicago are offering various methods to help those coping with grief.
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On the day she was inaugurated as Chicago’s 56th mayor, Lori Lightfoot was focused like a laser beam on putting aldermen on notice that she would not flinch from her campaign promise to strip them of the final say on ward-level issues.
A multi-generational collective of social justice activists and political freedom fighters, including famed political freedom fighter Angela Davis, convened in Chicago this weekend with one goal in mind: bridging the gap between generations of Black activists while gaining community control of police.
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