Rainbow PUSH Feeds Hundreds With Free Food Giveaway
Volunteers Hand Out Bags Of Needed Groceries
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints were among the volunteers who helped feed hundreds of families as part of the free food giveaway on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at the Rainbow PUSH National Headquarters, 930 East 50th Street in Chicago. Volunteer Steve Madura explains that the Church partnered with Rainbow PUSH in this effort because this is what Jesus taught - to feed the hungry, help the needy and to fight evil by doing good.
An army of volunteers at the Rainbow PUSH Headquarters made the Saturday Food Giveaway a success, unloading food from the trucks, packing bags, and organizing tables where recipients could line up and receive free groceries. This was an opportunity for many who may be facing financial hardship to get enough food to last a while, without government red tape delaying the process. Hundreds received free grocery bags packed with hot dogs, roast beef, rice, pasta, butter cheese, pancake mix, and other commonly used items.
Seniors, parents with children, and single people needing a helping hand during hard times were all given grocery bags, no questions asked, as volunteers stayed hours after the PUSH Saturday Morning Forum, broadcast live from 10am to 11am, to distribute bags filled with enough food to feed families over the coming weeks. Many received bags while lined up inside the PUSH auditorium, more were fed as truckloads of food were unloaded and bags were distributed outside.
Dr. King Day Commemorated With A "Call To Action"
Author George Fraser Gives Insight On Families and Economic Stability
The PUSH People's Conference Featured A Special Breakfast Panel Discusson Hosted by talk show host Santita Jackson and PUSH CEO Yusef Jackson, examining African American Wealth Building. Author, speaker and CEO of FraserNet, Inc. George Fraser explains how building stable families is the foundation for economic prosperity.
John Hope Bryant: Raise Your Credit Score For Financial Empowerment
John Hope Bryant, entrepreneur, auhor, and CEO of Operation Hope, outlines some simple techniques for raising your credit score, and increasing your economic buying power at the Rainbow PUSH Economic Empowerment and Wealth Building Breakfast Friday June 13, 2025 at the Park Supper Club, 65 E. Garfield Blvd., Chicago..
Protesters Urge Boycott to "Target" Target For Non-Support of DEI
The Target corporation made promises to the black community after the George Floyd incident to be more racially inclusive in its hiring and promotion policies, but later reneged on those promises, stated PUSH CEO Yusef Jackson. Rainbow PUSH and a coalition of faith leaders led a protest march then held a prayer vigil outside theTarget store on State Street in downtown Chicago Saturday, July 14, 2025. Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. was also in attendance. Photo by Naimah Latif/ON AIR Daily News.
Alderman Uses Outdoor Tent To Educate Residents
City Trims Trees, Brings Lights to 1200 E. 73rd Place
City Trims Trees, Brings Lights to 1200 E. 73rd Place
While camping out at 1200 West 73rd Place, 17th Ward Alderman David Moore distributed literature to local residents and passersby, educating them about available city services and encouraging voter registration. Photo by Marcus Robinson/ON AIR Daily News.
City Trims Trees, Brings Lights to 1200 E. 73rd Place
City Trims Trees, Brings Lights to 1200 E. 73rd Place
City Trims Trees, Brings Lights to 1200 E. 73rd Place
Trees blocking street lights and creating dark shadows on the street were trimmed down. Police brought additional spotlights to the street during the Alderman's camp out period to illuninate the area. The dumpster nearby held tree trimming debris. Photo by Marcus Robinson/ON AIR Daily News
Nation Celebrates Dr. King On President's Inauguration Day
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Elected Officials and Leaders Choose to Attend Dr. King Breakfast
Governor J. B. Pritzker, and many others, chose to honor Dr, King's legacy for social justice rather than attend the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC. Photo by Naimah Latif/ON AIR Daily News
Speaking to the packed United Club Room in Soldier Field on Chicago's lakefront at the Rainbow PUSH Annual Dr.Martin King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast Monday January 20, 2025 , Illinois Governor Pritzker praised the organizers for continuing to lift up the work of Dr. King and the movement for fairness and equality for all.
He declared, "700 mile southeast of here, however, a very different event is held in Washington, DC. As a new Administration takes office less than two hours from now, across America our most vulnerable communities are about to contend with new uncertainty about their future. Black children in public schools are facing the loss of hard won Child Care and Special Education. Black college students, scholarships and grants are on the verge of being cancelled. Black workers who have finally gained a measure of power to bargain for better wages are about to have that power taken away. The same losses are being threatened against so many people across this country. Many others have seen so many advances because of the vision and courage of Dr. King and those who have followed in his footsteps. But here in Illinois, let there be no doubt, we will not go back."
Another electd official attending the King Breakfast was Mayor Brandon Johnson. He spoke to the gathering following young students who were winners of the PUSH Excel Oratorical Contest. Mayor Johnson observed, "Aren't you glad that Black children now know their legacy, who they come from and where they are going?"
Referring to the inauguration of a new President of the United States, he said, " You know, this transition we are experiencing is only but a moment in time. You know the Bible says before that great day, the lawless man has to be revealed first, and that when lawlessness is revealed, one of the things we can anticipate is that the Great Day is nearer that what is being discussed."
Businessman, Former NAACP CEO Ben Jealous Urges Leaders To Invest In Youth, Unite For Progress
Dr. King Breakfast Keynote Speaker Ben Jealous reminds audiences of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.'s legacy of challenging corporations to refflect more diversity in hiring.Photo by Naimah Latif/ON AIR Daily News
Ben Jealous, Former President and CEO of the NAACP, resigned his position to direct his energy toward the development of new technology in Silicon Valley. He is now the Executive Director of the Sierra Club.As the keynote speaker for the Rainbow PUSH Annual Dr.Martin King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast , he recalled how Rev. Jackson's 1984 and 1988 Presidential campaigns were the catalyst for national political organizing efforts and how Rev. Jackson influenced tech company leaders to strive to be more racially inclusive in recruiting talent to hire for their companies. He urged leaders to help unite the youth and prepare them to create a future in technology. He noted that the American auto industry in Detroit is losing ground against Chinese auto manufacturing.
"If Dr. King was here today he would remind us ofthe tradition of lifting as you go. If Dr King was here today he would remind us of what is going to happen here tomorrow is a President who aspires to be King, in the British tradition of 'Divide and Conquer.' Dr. King carried the mantle of Frederick Douglass."
Chicago activists must prepare themselves to unite and organize, he said.
"The way you fight the strategy of divide and conquer is that you unite despite it all," he said "At Sierra Club, founded in 1892...we work every day to unite this country in the interest of humanity itself."
Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Fight For Economic Justice
"As a City our heart will always be aligned with the people who stand for justice," stated Mayor Brandon Johnson at the Dr. Marting Luther King, Jr. Breakfast at Soldier Field Monday January 20, 2025. Photo by Naimah Latif/ON AIR Daily News.
Illinois Senate President Emeritus Emil Jones Honored
Yusef Jackson, youngest son and Santita Jackson, eldest daughter of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., along with Rev. Dr. Attorney Janette Wilson, present Senate President Emeritus Emil Jones with an award in recognition of his long time legislative service, his positive impact on social juistice and his significant influence in the transformation of Chicago State University into a first class institution of higher learning at 95th and King Drive on Chicago's South Side Accepting the award with him is his wife Patricia A. Jones. Chicago State' University's Emil & Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center is named in their honor. Photo by Naimah Latif/ON AIR Daily News.