A redesigned food market at Kennedy-King College provides students with free meals and upgrades food pantry experience

February 3, 2026

A newly redesigned on-campus food market will provide free food for students at Kennedy-King College in Englewood. Statesmen Market is an extension of Chicago City...

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Fox ChicagoLIVE reports: Kennedy-King College opens market to fight student food insecurity

February 3, 2026

Kennedy-King College’s redesigned Statemen Market provides free food and essential items to students and their families. Watch the full video interview on ChicagoLIVE   “Ending...

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Olive-Harvey College launches a new program designed for aspiring barbers still in high school

January 22, 2026

CPS Early College students can now enroll in a barbering program offered at Olive-Harvey College starting in the Spring of 2026 Olive-Harvey College (OHC) and...

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WBBM AM reports on Malcolm X College's Kwanzaa event

December 30, 2025

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...

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V103 reports: Free Kwanzaa Celebrations in Chicago

December 27, 2025

Community Connect: Free Kwanzaa Celebrations in Chicago And Malcolm X College hosts its annual Kwanzaa Celebration all week long through New Year's Day. They kicked it all...

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ABC 7 Chicago reports: Chicago celebrates 1st day of Kwanzaa with holiday events across city Families gather for music, tradition at Malcolm X College

December 26, 2025

Chicago celebrates 1st day of Kwanzaa with holiday events across city Families gather for music, tradition at Malcolm X College, Bronzeville Children's Museum https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-celebrates-1st-day-kwanzaa-holiday-events-city-including-malcolm-college-bronzeville-childrens-museum/18320253/

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Kwanzaa celebrations kick off week of festivities aimed at building stronger communities

December 26, 2025

Malcolm X College kicks off a week of daily Kwanzaa celebrations on Friday, featuring live music, art, shopping markets, dance performances daily. “When we come...

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Malcolm X College kicks off Kwanzaa with free celebration, marketplace

December 26, 2025

Friday marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, and Malcolm X College in Chicago is holding a free, public celebration and marketplace from now until Jan. 1.

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Chicago Defender reports: How Malcolm X College Shares the Principles of Kwanzaa for Every Day Living with the community with Monique Roberson

December 23, 2025

Watch the full interview with Malcolm X College President David Sanders and Dean Barbara Meschino on YouTube In this special conversation, Coach Mo sits down...

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Malcolm X College to Host Weeklong Kwanzaa Celebration and Marketplace

December 19, 2025

Malcolm X College to Host Weeklong Kwanzaa Celebration and Marketplace (Chicago, IL) – Malcolm X College will once again transform its campus into a hub of...

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WBEZ reports: In Austin, Black mentors are making college possible, including Dr. Brown, a Malcolm X College professor

December 18, 2025

Black men in the West Side community face some of the biggest hurdles to getting a degree. Just 1 out of 4 who make it...

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Malcolm X College to hold Kwanzaa celebration December 26 through January 1, 2026, free and open to the public

December 15, 2025

 CHICAGO—(updated 12/15/2025) - Join Malcolm X College for a powerful Kwanzaa celebration like no other! This year’s theme is Building and Sustaining Community One Principle...

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City Colleges November/December 2025 Newsletter

December 8, 2025

Read City Colleges’ November/December 2025 newsletter below or here.

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City Colleges’ Guide to Food Access and New SNAP Requirements

November 18, 2025

City Colleges of Chicago is committed to supporting student well-being—inside and outside the classroom. As the need to access affordable food grows and as federal...

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