‘GameChangers’ Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion With Players from the ’65 and ’66 New Trier and Marshall Teams to Be Held at New Trier March 12

This Sunday, New Trier High School will host a special screening of “GameChangers,” the 2018 sports documentary that looks back at the 1965 and 1966 Marshall and New Trier basketball teams, who faced off in back-to-back years at the Evanston SuperSectional. The film examines the 1960s rivalry between Marshall and New Trier, positioned “at the […]

by Margaret Smith

Q&A: Ric Estrada, CEO of Metropolitan Family Services, on the Importance of Deep Understanding in a People-First Profession

Effectively operating in the nonprofit sector — specifically, working hand-in-hand with some of our most vulnerable community members — requires the ability to meet people where they are at, and an eagerness to offer assistance as opposed to passing judgment. This mentality has guided Ric Estrada, CEO of Metropolitan Family Services (MFS), who has served […]

by Margaret Smith

10 of Chicago's Top Family-Owned Businesses — 2023

Family-owned businesses are considered the backbone of the American economy. According to the US Census Bureau, they comprise 90% of all business enterprises in North America. Jill McCall, MBA, JD, CAE, Director of the Family Business Center at Loyola University Chicago says, “Family-owned businesses positively impact the general business climate because they set good examples. […]

by Susan Solomon Yem

Ignatian Spirituality Project: Help Bring Healing and Recovery to Those Most in Need – Your Gift Will Be Matched and Change a Life

LaTanya was a teenager when she started using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain and trauma of her difficult and unstable childhood. Twenty years and plenty of chaos and struggle later, she was assigned to an addiction treatment center and then admitted to a transitional housing shelter. There, LaTanya discovered the Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP), a […]

by Ignatian Spirituality Project

Kenilworth Union Church Awards Grants to 3 Chicagoland Nonprofits

Kenilworth Union Church (KUC), a non-denominational Christian church on Chicago’s North Shore, has announced recent grants they have awarded to three deserving local nonprofit organizations: Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Josselyn, and RefugeeOne. Selected due to their transformative work, these one-time, high-impact grants will allow the three nonprofits to launch and elevate programs to serve the community in […]

by Macaire Douglas