City Colleges of Chicago students get big boost
March 12, 2026
Students who started getting help from the nonprofit One Million Degrees while in high school were more likely to earn an associate degree and, on...
Imani Amos, Co-Founders of Chi-Village, the organization that puts on the event each year, says the tradition brings generations of people together, “I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid and I’m sure I’ll be doing this until I’m an elder like the elders that I have around me here.”
The week-long African holiday focuses on seven principles: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.
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