by eam | Feb 23, 2024 | Featured News
AACF recently acquired an apartment building on a 17,000-square-foot lot a little over a mile from the Oak Park office to be used for an interim housing program to be launched in April this year. The building was a former hotel converted into ten apartments with one,...
by Laura Constans | Apr 24, 2023 | Featured News
Last year our fearless Executive Director, Evelyn Mensah, was selected by The Chicago Foundation for Women to participate in a leadership initiative in last year. This intense, self-actualization and empowering cohort is founded upon Reverend Willie T. Barrow’s...
by eam | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured News
April is National Poetry Month. In celebration of this important craft we ran a Black History Month Poetry Contest in February. Here is one of our favorites: Colors He walks through the streets with a smile on his face But inside he’s feeling the weight of the...
by eam | Mar 24, 2023 | Featured News
We are excited that our Pharmacy Technician Training Program has been approved by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as a recognized educational or training program! This means that graduates from our program will gain a nationally credentialed Pharmacy...
by eam | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured News
Why is Black History everyone’s history? The United States is undoubtedly a powerful nation, considered by U.S. News and World Report to be the world’s most dominant economic and military power. By 1860, towards the end of Slavery, the South was producing 75% of the...
by eam | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured News
Celebrate Black History Month with us by entering our Black History Month poetry contest and let your voice be heard! Submit a poem in rhyme or free verse about what is important to you about Black History Month. Prizes for the winners - We want to hear from YOU! This...
