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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...

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...

Pictured from the left: Kate Maehr, Tiara Davis, Dr. Katonja Webb Walker, Becky Knight, Chair & Alder Jeanette Taylor, and Chancellor Juan Salgado.   On...

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...

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...

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...

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/

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...

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.

First day of Kwanzaa celebrates unity at Malcolm X College

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...

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...

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...

 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...

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

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...