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Artist Turns Passion, Hobby into a Business

When Nora Nieves was a 13-year-old girl in Puerto Rico, she started making handmade jewelry with seeds. As she grew older, even though she continued to make necklaces, she considered her passion for jewelry to be just a hobby and not a profession. Nieves went to the Escuela de Artes Plásticas en Puerto Rico to […]

Minister dedicates life to mentoring young black men

Reaching today’s youth is a challenge, especially considering all of the outside forces that are vying for their attention. Rogers W. Jackson, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church at 8301 S. Damen Ave., and the author of several books that encourage and offer guidance to men has worked diligently over the years to inform men in Chicago about their purpose […]

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