Global Leaders Program: 2016 Application now LIVE!

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 Global Leaders Program: 2016 Application now LIVE!

Friends of the Illinois Tech Global Leaders Program, 

We're excited to announce that the Global Leaders Program Application for 2016 is LIVE and accepting applications. We accept applications from students currently in their sophomore year of high school. If you know students who are anticipated to graduate in 2018, we would appreciate you sharing this information with them.

Our program, previously known as the IIT Boeing Scholars Academy, supports highly-motivated students as they gain the skills, experience, and knowledge necessary to get to and through highly selective colleges and universities. We work to empower students to lead and serve through STEM. To learn more about our approach and the benefits offered by our program, please visit us at globalleaders.iit.edu. 

We are conducting a series of regional info sessions to introduce students to our program. This year, we're partnering with some generous Chicago high schools to bring our info sessions to more neighborhoods. Students and families from ALL schools are welcome to attend any info session. There is no need to attend more than one info session, so students and families can choose the location and date most convenient for them. Please share these opportunities with students and families!  A schedule of our info sessions is available here. Register online here: bit.ly/GLPinfoRSVP2016. 

Thanks again for spreading the word about our program. Please feel free to reach out to Luke with specific questions or to identify students you think are especially apt for the program. We appreciate your partnership!

- Illinois Tech Global Leaders

Opportunities for Companies and Organizations

IIT Winter Career Fair

Illinois Institute of Technology's Winter Career Fair will take place on February 4th, 2016, from noon to 4 p.m. on Illinois Tech's Mies Campus. Read on to find out how your company or organization can be represented at this event. 

Partner with Illinois Tech to recruit some of the most talented domestic and international candidates for internships, co-operatives, or full-time employment with your company. At past fairs companies have recruited individuals within the fields of engineering, computer science, information technology management, social science, business, food science, architecture, psychology, manufacturing, science (life and physical), and more. 

To sign up, please complete a registration form on the Career Services website. If you need assistance registering, please contact our Budget and Events Coordinator, Jade Petersma, at 312.567.5257 orjgandrud@iit.edu. The deadline to register is Friday, January 22nd. For any travel issues, please contact us to attend via Skype or Google Hangout.

Host a Global Leaders Program Job Shadow Day!

Job Shadow Days with GLP are structured experiences that provide our Scholars with the opportunity to explore different career paths and identify possible career interests. A small group of Scholars would visit your work site for around three hours (2 hours of work plus lunch). During this time, you might:

10.   From: globalleaders@iit.edu         Subject:  Global Leaders Program: 2016 Application now LIVE! Friends of the Illinois Tech Global Leaders Program,  We're excited to announce that the Global Leaders Program Application for 2016 is LIVE and accepting applications. We accept applications from students currently in their sophomore year of high school. If you know students who are anticipated to graduate in 2018, we would appreciate you sharing this information with them. Our program, previously known as the IIT Boeing Scholars Academy, supports highly-motivated students as they gain the skills, experience, and knowledge necessary to get to and through highly selective colleges and universities. We work to empower students to lead and serve through STEM. To learn more about our approach and the benefits offered by our program, please visit us at globalleaders.iit.edu.  We are conducting a series of regional info sessions to introduce students to our program. This year, we're partnering with some generous Chicago high schools to bring our info sessions to more neighborhoods. Students and families from ALL schools are welcome to attend any info session. There is no need to attend more than one info session, so students and families can choose the location and date most convenient for them. Please share these opportunities with students and families!  A schedule of our info sessions is available here. Register online here: bit.ly/GLPinfoRSVP2016.  Thanks again for spreading the word about our program. Please feel free to reach out to Luke with specific questions or to identify students you think are especially apt for the program. We appreciate your partnership! - Illinois Tech Global Leaders Opportunities for Companies and Organizations IIT Winter Career Fair Illinois Institute of Technology's Winter Career Fair will take place on February 4th, 2016, from noon to 4 p.m. on Illinois Tech's Mies Campus. Read on to find out how your company or organization can be represented at this event.  Partner with Illinois Tech to recruit some of the most talented domestic and international candidates for internships, co-operatives, or full-time employment with your company. At past fairs companies have recruited individuals within the fields of engineering, computer science, information technology management, social science, business, food science, architecture, psychology, manufacturing, science (life and physical), and more.  To sign up, please complete a registration form on the Career Services website. If you need assistance registering, please contact our Budget and Events Coordinator, Jade Petersma, at 312.567.5257 orjgandrud@iit.edu. The deadline to register is Friday, January 22nd. For any travel issues, please contact us to attend via Skype or Google Hangout. Host a Global Leaders Program Job Shadow Day! Job Shadow Days with GLP are structured experiences that provide our Scholars with the opportunity to explore different career paths and identify possible career interests. A small group of Scholars would visit your work site for around three hours (2 hours of work plus lunch). During this time, you might: Give Scholars a general introduction to your company/organization  Take students on a tour of your facilities Discuss who you are, what you do, and your path to get where you are Ask students about their experiences and interests Allow students to observe or assist you with your work (this could be as simple as sitting in on a meeting or assisting with a regular task you complete) Arrange for coworkers to join you and the visiting Scholars for lunch These opportunities will coincide with school holidays in February or CPS' Spring Break in April. You can read more about this opportunity here. Interested organizations, contact Charlie (clindqui@iit.edu) directly.

International Mentor Weekend

\   On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's 2016 Birthday Weekend, All of the World Will Mentor Young Men and Young Women Celebrate  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  International Mentor Weekend on January 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2016 by Mentoring Youth Will your elementary school, high school, college, church, fraternity, community organization, youth organization, sports team, street organization (gang), men's organization, youth detainment facility or any other organization that has control of the minds of young men and young women join this mentoring effort any day during the month of January 2016 for three hours on one day?  We will send you everything that you need to be productive and successful.      We will help you plan and manage a 3-hour mentoring session on Dr. King's Birthday which includes: Exposing Youth to Career Opportunities Exploring Educational Options with Youth Discussing the Culture and History of Your Community or Ethnic Group with Youth  Presentations by Local Motivational and Historical Guest Speakers  Teaching Young People Character Development Using the Six Core Principles of Muhammad Ali Lunch or Snack  A Certificate of Completion for Youth Participating in the MLK Mentor Day Session 1. Friday, January 15, 2016 - View a relevant film or documentary 2. Saturday, January 16, 2016 - Plan a community service project 3. Sunday, January 17, 2016 - Take A Young Person To Worship 4. Monday, January 18, 2016 - Mentoring activities Click Here to register your organization or city. For more information, please call 773.285.9600. We are looking for cities from around the world to participate.

PUT UP or SHUT UP Time

PUT UP or SHUT UP Time on Voter Registration, Voter Education and Turnout for March Primary

Posted by Mark S. Allen

THE ILLINOIS VOTER RESTORATION CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECT

voter education arm of National Black Wall Street Chicago

4655 South King Drive, Suite 203

Chicago, Illinois 60653

connecting and reconnecting voters to the ongoing electoral processes 

MARK S ALLEN, Lead Organizer 

and part of the new VOTERS BLOCK a revived intergenerational collaboration of activists and organizations committed 

to grassroots voter registration, voter education and voter turnout

HEAR MY VOICE !!

IT'S "PUT UP" OR "SHUT UP" TIME ON VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTER EDUCATION AND TURNOUT FOR THE UPCOMING MARCH ELECTIONS!!!

Voter Registration, Education and TURNOUT is KEY for March Primary!! 

THIS JUST IN -- CRAINS just did a feature story today on The States Attorneys Race with the OBSERVATION that while the Black community and its leaders have been doing major PR events against Alvarez that it has YET to translate into any kind of major voter registration drive for the March election so our need for coming together lifting up voter registration is KEY, for its clear now from The CRAINS article that the Black community is being watched now for the SUBSTANCE of the work that has to follow all the PR events with regard to the March elections!! AND its the REAL reason that that Alvarez has stated repeatedly that she wont resign and will take her chances at the polls, especially if SHE TOO is seeing that the Black communities voter registration ACTIONS are not backing up all the hype of the Marches etc against her! or others facing voters on election day!! And there is the major race for Clerk Of The Circuit Court were you have Incumbent Dorothy Brown and whether she can survive the upcoming election that has her trying to survive against the challenge of 8th Ward Alderman Michelle Harris and another Clerk candidate in March!!

The CRAINS article is KEY that the major media is WATCHING if the Black community is just TALKING LOUD and SAYING NOTHING

HEAR MY VOICE !! IT'S "VOTER REGISTRATION ASSIGNMENT & REPORTING TIME.

Everybody can be calling the local high school in their area and ones that they have relationships with that you would like to schedule Deputy Registrars at their school on FRIDAY JANUARY 15th as a High School Voter Registration Day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday AND in recognition of The Legislature Passing and the Governor signing the new law the re-institutes CIVICS in the Public Schools. And what better way for eligible students to become educated in civics than to become a registered voter.  LETS GET TO WORK!!  We especially want to engage our student leaders across the city to show that the 18-35 age group will not be the lowest in voter registration and voter turnout in March elections."

Moral Bankruptcy Of Chicago's Elites

As the city approaches financial bankruptcy, Chicago's elite's line-their-pockets with taxpayer money.

There is real pain in Chicago. In the last four years, 10,000 shootings have left the city scarred. Nearly 21,000 students are trapped in failing schools. Homeowners face rising property taxes - monthly property tax payments now rival mortgage payments. One million residents have fled the city since 1950 for prosperity elsewhere.

Rumors of financial insolvency are not exaggerated. There is a staggering $19,000 public pension liability per each city resident.

As a mayoral candidate in 2010-11, Rahm Emanuel gave regular people hope with his repeated assertion that he would "stop pay-to-play in City Hall" and "end the historical culture of corruption." Emanuel was right. Public sector corruption was forestalling private sector production. Ending "pay to play" seemed like the only way back for the city.

In the months following his election, Emanuel seemed to execute on his promise by signing an executive order preventing city contractors from giving campaign cash to the mayor's funds. It was a nice soundbite, but the measure was weakly designed. It lacked an enforcement mechanism and was riddled with loopholes.

Last week, our organization American Transparency - with the data at OpenTheBooks.com - fact checked Emanuel's ethics policy for the John Stossel Special, Chicago Corruption: Is Pay-to-Play in Chicago Still Legal? Click here to watch segment

 

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2015/03/25/moral-bankruptcy-of-chicagos-elites/ 

Read more online: Click here>>>

bronzeville news courtesy of Raynard Hall

Jobs now at new Park in Bronzeville

Arts and Recreation Center at Ellis Park

The Arts and Recreation Center is coming to the Bronzeville community!

Employment Opportunities

If you are looking for employment, you can go online to apply for Section 3 job opportunities (construction and non-construction) through the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) website at: https://section3jobs.thecha.org/JobSearch.aspx

For more information click here.  

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 Discover The Music Vault: A Massive YouTube Archive of 22,000 Live Concert Videos

Discover The Music Vault: A Massive YouTube Archive of 22,000 Live Concert Videos

Last summer, we highlighted an almost unbelievably rich resource for music fans: the Music Vault, a Youtube archive of 22,000 live concert videos from a range of artists, spanning about four decades into the present. In a time of soaring ticket prices, the Music Vault allows us to catch a show at home for free, and to see bands we missed in their heyday perform on stages around the world. Last summer, I wrote, "enjoy revisiting the glory days and rest assured, they aren't going away anytime soon." But I spoke too soon, as many Music Vault videos (there were only 13,000 then) began disappearing, along with the nostalgia and hip currency they offered.

Scholarship

Tom Joyner Foundation Full Ride Scholarship Accepting Applications 

The Tom Joyner Foundation® is now accepting applications for its signature Full Ride scholarship program that will cover all expenses of one student planning to attend an HBCU in the fall of 2016. Students will receive full tuition and stipends for up to 10 semesters to cover on- campus room and board and books. Students must meet the required academic standards each semester to renew the funds each year. To be eligible, students must meet the following criteria: * A United States citizen * Current high school seniors attending school in the United States (applicant must be anticipating completion of high school degree in the spring of 2016) * Minimum high school grade point average of 3.50 (on a 4.00 grade scale, excluding home school studies) & minimum SAT score of 2100 (combined math, essay and verbal score) or ACT score of 30. * Applicants must apply and be accepted to an HBCU by July 1, 2016. * Applicants must have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities. The applications must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2016. Interviews will occur in April 2016. Info:

http://www.tomjoynerfoundation.org

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USDA 1890 National Scholars Program 

The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities. The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is implemented under the USDA Fellows Experience Program (FEP). Scholars accepted into the program will be appointed using the Schedule A(r) authority (5 CFR 213.3202) and are not eligible for non- competitive conversion to full time employment upon graduation. However, all USDA/1890 National Scholars are required to compete for appropriate employment immediately after graduation and, if selected, commit to at least one year of service to USDA for each year of financial assistance provided.. The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program will provide full tuition, employment, employee benefits, fees, books, and room and board. The goal of the USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is to increase the number of minorities studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences and the related disciplines. Who Should Apply: The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is available to high school seniors entering their freshman year of college and rising college sophomores and juniors. Application Deadline: February 1, 2016 Please Note: Only 2016 USDA/1890 National Scholars Program applications will be considered. Program Overview & Info: http://www.outreach.usda.gov/education/1890/index.htm

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Gates Millennium Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications 

The Gates Millennium Scholarship is now accepting applications for the Class of 2016. To be eligible for the GMSP students must: + Be African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander or Hispanic American. + Be a citizen, legal permanent resident or national of the US. + Have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted 4.0 scale or earned a GED. + Have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities. + Meet Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria. + Enroll for the first time at a U.S. located , accredited college or university (with the exception of students concurrently pursuing a high school diploma) in the fall as a full-time, degree seeking, first year student. + Have completed and submitted their application by the deadline. + Have the following forms completed and submitted by the deadline on their behalf: 1) A Nominator Form-an evaluation of the student's academic record. 2) A Recommender Form-an evaluation of the student's community service and leadership activities. The deadline for applications for the next class of the GMSP will be January 13, 2016. Info:

http://www.gmsp.org/