“There should be a team dedicated to this district, in the area of the entertainment districts for Halsted and Clark streets,” said Maureen Martino, executive director of the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce.
Family and friends honored Mama Gloria Allen, on what would have been her 77th birthday, at the Center on Halsted, where Allen, a Black transgender woman, ran a charm school to teach youth life skills and to be proud of who they are. Allen died in June.
116 organizations signed on to a letter urging the White House and Congress to provide funding to help eradicate the MPXV outbreak and to ensure equitable access to care and vaccines