Category Archives: Social Change
Take My People With Me: Juneteenth 2023
This post is part of a series on Juneteenth. Go to the series LEAD POST. The video below shows a few minutes of Aurora, Illinois’ 2023 Juneteenth celebration at MLK Jr. Park. It’s one of the oldest in the state … Continue reading
The Green Book vs. The Green Book
In late March 2023 a group from churches in the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum to see an exhibit called The Negro Motorist Green Book and afterwards to have a discussion on … Continue reading
Five Years and a National Award
In late March 2023 Rick Guzman, executive director of The Neighbor Project, received the Emerging Leader Award from the National NeighborWorks Association in a ceremony in Washington D.C. The 6:30 video below shows the announcing of this award, Rick’s acceptance, … Continue reading