Urban Sustain

10/11/2012

Save the Date:
The next Expanded Electronic
and Hazardous Waste Collection will
take place in the Beverly Unitarian Church Parking Lot on Saturday,
November 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
103rd & Longwood Drive

The following items are accepted if
PROPERLY SEALED: Antifreeze, used motor
oil, old gasoline, OIL-BASED paints, paint
thinners, aerosol paints, car batteries, reusable
batteries, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides,
lawn chemicals, solvents, drain cleaners, pool
chemical, and hobby chemicals. We also accept
computers, laptops, printers, monitors, stereo
equipment, boomboxes, mercury-flourescent
lamps and bulbs, and televisions. In addition,
we now collect eyeglasses, washable athletic
shoes, and text-books.

We CANNOT accept any latex, acrylic or
water based paint, Freon, incandescent bulbs,
or products you can clean up with water, or any
kind of medicines or needles.

To volunteer or obtain more information,
contact Eileen Klees at [email protected] or at
773-968-3396, or Fran Sowa at [email protected]
or at 708-423-6392.

09/28/2012

The Chicago Board of Elections would like to announce that the Mobile Precinct Assistant (MPA) online application will be available tomorrow, September 19th, for those who would like to serve in the November 06, 2012 General Election!

When you apply, you will be instructed to choose an in-person class. The classes will run from October 11th through October 20th and will be held at UIC Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago IL. The classes will fill up quickly, so apply early to avoid being placed on the waiting list.

The stipend for successfully completing the program will be $350. Please see the job description at www.chicagoelections.com/mpa for more details on the new program requirements.

Apply tomorrow at www.chicagoelections.com/mpa by clicking the application link at the top of the page.


Thank you for your dedicate public service, and we hope you will choose to serve with us as an MPA.
The Chicago Board of Elections
Mobile Precinct Assistant Program
[email protected]

What is a Mobile Precinct Assistant?Mobile Precinct Assistants (MPAs) are responsible for assisting Election Judges with procedural and technical questions that arise on Election Day. They are assigned to regions of multiple precincts within the City of Chicago. MPAs will be responsible for driving ...

09/28/2012

College Scholarships for African American Students

Scholarships.com - African American Scholarships

09/13/2012

We are 10 days away!!! Click on the link below to sign-up or donate our Team, "The Urban Sustain Steppers"!!!!

The Hike for Lung Health and Family FunFest is a multi-charity walk designed to raise awareness and funds for lung health programming and research. Hundreds of people will be joining together at Chicago - Lincoln Park to walk as teams or individuals to raise money to help those affected by lung dise...

09/13/2012

The 100 Black Men of Chicago, Inc. will host their 10th Annual College Scholarship Fair, presented by State Farm Insurance, on Saturday, October 13, 2012 from 9:00am to 2:00pm, at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60608.

Registration is free and open to all high school students. Junior and Senior High School students are encouraged to bring copies of their high school transcript, college entrance exam score, letters of recommendation, personal essay and resume.

Parents and students are encouraged to pre-register on-line at:
www.100BMC.org.

Please e-mail us at [email protected] if there are any questions.

100 Black Men of Chicago, Inc.
College Scholarship Fair Committee



100 Black Men of Chicago
3473 S. Martin Luther King Drive, #206
Chicago, IL 60616
www.100bmc.org

09/12/2012

Date: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Where: Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave Chicago, IL
When: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
(4:00 pm - 6:00 pm ICA Reception & Greenrise Building Tours)

Come Join Us for the September 15th "Sharing Approaches that Work" event. The Share Fair will be a unique opportunity for organizations, individuals, and initiatives to connect and mobilize efforts towards a more sustainable Chicago. Spearheaded by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, this initiative aims to:

1. IDENTIFY current sustainability initiatives in all of Chicago's 77 community areas (Phase I);
2. CONNECT them with one another to inspire new ideas, best practices, resources and motivation through peer interchange (Share Fair, Phase II)
3. ENGAGE residents in systematic learning, planning, training and organic, collective action post-September 15th (Phase III)

09/12/2012

Public Meeting:
Intersection Improvement
US Route 12/20 (95th Street) at Stony Island Avenue
A Public Information Meeting will be conducted by the Illinois Department of Transportation concerning the Phase I Study for the possible intersection improvement of US Route 12/20 (95th Street) at Stony Island Avenue and will be held as follows:

Tuesday, September 18, 2012
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Olive-Harvey College Gymnasium
10001 S. Woodlawn

Feel free to contact 8th Ward, Michelle A. Harris office at (773) 874-3300 if you have any questions regarding the meeting time and place.

09/07/2012

These suggestions are common sense, which sometimes is not so common.

09/07/2012

Teens:

You can join Camp DeeJay on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) this fall. You'll learn how to make the crowd move in this fun technology and music program that teaches the technical, artistic and business skills of being a deejay. It’s a unique and free after school program made possible through an arrangement between LifeVine Works, the City of Chicago’s After School Matters and UIC’s Chance Learning Center. Camp DeeJay is looking for 15 apprentices who are enthused about:

• Learning beginning to advanced deejay techniques
• Earning 6 community service credit hours
• Being a part of a professional sound and arts team that provides professional music to real audiences
• Earning an end-of-program monetary stipend

Interviews begin the week of September 10th and the program starts October 1st, so apply here: http://www.lifevineworks.org/join-an-activity---programs-for-teens.html. You can also print out the attached flier and share it.

Good Luck.

Camp DeeJay A Year-Round Teen Apprentice Program

08/07/2012

What year(s) did you attend the Hike for Lung Health? Check out some pix from the past @ http://www.urbansustain.org/events.html

EVENTS

07/10/2012

A ten minute web-based film explaining how mercury gets into the seafood we eat, why it is important to eat low-mercury fish for good health, and the need to keep mercury out of the environment.

Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program

07/10/2012

Congratualtion to Tammy Steels, Executive Director of Urban Sustain on being one of the 2012 Diversity Scholar recipient!