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Your Emergency Preparedness
How do you get ready for a disaster? Do you tell yourself that it will

Summing it up
As we looked toward being prepared should an emergency occur, one thing all of the

Daily Drama Creates Trauma By Joy Williams
It’s hard to catch your breath these days. You can be sitting on your couch,

Disaster Preparedness, Government Non-Profit and You.
What can and should communities do in case of a disaster or crisis? That question

Trauma Impacting African American Lives.
Two powerful panels on the subject of trauma were held in the morning focusing on


Trauma and Emergency Preparedness, Are you Ready in 2025???
A much-needed conference for the times. On Saturday, April 19, 2025 over a hundred Chicagoans

Publisher’s Message April 2025 Issue
Greetings: Last year in the July issue of South Side Drive Magazine, we shared in

Today’s Black Women in Aviation – The Sky is Not the Limit.
Today organizations such as Black Women in Aviation (BWIA) a nonprofit organization is supporting and inspiring

Black Women in Aviation: They Believed They Could Fly!
We all know about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn an international pilot’s

Not a Time To be Silent: Regina Taylor on “Exhibit.”
“Exhibit” is the title of actress and playwright Regina Taylor’s one-woman play. The character she created
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Withdraws Plans to Build New Toxic Waste Landfill along Lakefront in Chicago’s Southeast Side
“This is a victory for community residents and all of us who care about protecting

WBD L.E.G.A.C.Y Weekend: Come Celebrate Entrepreneurship with Us!
Chicago, we all can use an uplifting weekend, and WBD Cares is bringing you just that.

Hughes Who Technologies Studio: Playing Games, Building Lives.
Video games are one of the most popular past-times of kids from six to sixty.

Bridging the Generational Divide and Reviving Chicago’s Black Community. By Joy Williams
The generational divide in the Black community is not just a quiet tension—it’s a roadblock preventing

Eli Williamson: From South Shore to Service and Beyond By Joy Williams
Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Eli Williamson’s life reflects the complexities, challenges, and triumphs

How South Shore Residents Can Speak Out and Make A Difference By Ann Holcomb
The IQMP Quantum Computing Campus will reportedly be a gift to the world, but will it

Che “Rhymefest” Wins!
Che “Rhymefest” Smith is a grammy-award-winning rapper and songwriter. He also received a Golden Globe Award

Publisher’s Message November/December 2024 Issue
Welcome to December 2024. It’s been quite a year, and first of all, I want

MEMORY GIVES LIFE: THE MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON LESSON AND INSPIRATION BY MSD GLOBAL LLC
By MSD Global LLC In many African cultures, the act of remembering the deceased through rituals

Arting Around Chicago is the Holiday Thing to Do: Visit Art Design Chicago
If you’re looking for something artsy to do this holiday season, Art Design Chicago has a


Critical Cultural Arts in Education.
In early 1997, when charter schools were being introduced into the Chicago Public Schools, five individuals

Joan Collaso’s Timeless Gifts Performing Art Program for Youth Continues.
Once upon a time, Chicago Public Schools taught a whole lot more than “reading, writing and












Enter CHIshorties: Rewriting Their Futures One Story at a Time Deleshia “Dyi” Kinney, MD, MAT, MPH
Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, the path to adulthood isn’t always clear.

South Shore Businesses In Good Hands
They say when a white person catches a cold, a Black person catches pneumonia. For African