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800 Free Mammograms for Uninsured Women

The Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force launched a new city wide initiative called Beyond October! to provide over 800 free mammograms to uninsured women. The Beyond October! initiative aims to emphasize the importance of mammograms beyond Breast Cancer Awareness month and will help to lessen waitlists in the State’s Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer [...]

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City Plans to Allocate Funds to Support Minority And Women-Owned Businesses

An $11 million settlement between the City and Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. will be used exclusively for the development and improved administration of the City’s Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses (M/WBE) programs and the encouragement of M/WBE participation, announced Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday, Feb. 27. “The settlement funds from Allied Waste will enable us to [...]

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Urban Art Retreat Presents Women Veterans Art Show

Outfitted in dark green U.S. Army service uniforms, a blond man and a brunette woman stand side by side, painted in front of a blue, gray hue background. Their rigid stance mirrors the typical army attitude, yet on further inspection of the woman’s bright red cheeks and outlined mouth, it’s clear she has been painted [...]