MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club has its next meeting on Monday, December 14th at 7:15 pm. The meeting is at the Frankfort Public Library, 2119 Pfeiffer Road. The presenter for this program will be Christy Mazrimas-Ott, a polar bear keeper at the Brookfield Zoo.[Read More…]
Day: December 7, 2015
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Investigation into Chicago Police Department
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Good morning and thank you all for being here. I am joined today by Vanita Gupta, head of the department’s Civil Rights Division, and Zachary Fardon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. The Department of Justice is committed to upholding the highest standards of[Read More…]
Council on American-Islamic Relations Welcomes President Obama’s Rejection of Islamophobia in Oval Office Address
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Obama’s rejection of Islamophobia during tonight’s prime-time address to the nation on his plans to combat terrorism and to defeat ISIS. In his address, President Obama repudiated[Read More…]
Address to the Nation by President Obama, December 6, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 – 8:01 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply. They were white and black; Latino and Asian; immigrants and American-born; moms and[Read More…]