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During winter 2021, South Side labor organizer Anthony Driver was excited to be a part of Black Bench Chicago’s first cohort. As the Service Employees International Union Healthcare’s political and legislative coordinator and a former aldermanic candidate for the 20th Ward, he was selected to be part of the program in which a Black leadership pipeline can be developed and knowledge from ...

DaniLeigh will make her acting debut in upcoming music driven drama film Angel. Read more details about the movie inside.

DaniLeigh will make her acting debut in upcoming music driven drama film Angel. Read more details about the movie inside.

The Chicago program's old-guard Black leaders want to ensure they pass on the knowledge they have acquired to the new generation of Black leaders.

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Sun-Times file Black politicians and others connected to politics in Chicago are joining forces for a six-month training program for the next generation of Black leaders. The program, called the Black Bench, will launch on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and is co-chaired by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Jacky Grimshaw, a political advisor for the late Mayor Harold Washington and the current vice president of government affairs for the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Membe...