Class is in Session… in 3 weeks!
Monday night we will meet up for Happy Hour! Check out the agenda for Tuesday and Wednesday. Tickets are still available.

Special Thanks to our Main Event Sponsor, Maddie`s Fund! They have been a constant support of innovation.

Thanks to PetSmart Charities for sponsoring our game, "Are you Pet Smart?". Thank you to our new sponsor, AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) for supporting our Black and White Carnival.

And thank you to Michelson Found Animals Foundation for supporting our FREE Library again which will consist of the titles: The New Jim Crow, I’m Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black, Black in Latin America, When Can We Go Back to America?

And thank you to Emancipet and Providence Animal Center, our local sponsors. See you all soon!

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🐕‍🦺 Canine parvovirus is one of the most serious illnesses a dog can face. It’s highly contagious, often fatal, and spreads easily through contact with infected pets or contaminated environments like bedding, bowls, and even human hands.

Puppies, senior pets, and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk. Symptoms like lethargy, vomiting, severe diarrhea, and loss of appetite can appear quickly and worsen fast.

💚 The good news is that parvo is preventable. Vaccination, avoiding high-risk areas before full protection, and early veterinary care can save lives.

🧡 Community Animal CARE (CAC) includes sharing information so we can prevent, treat at home and know when to call a Vet. Sharing is CARING.

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📑 In 2024, officials approved a project on contaminated land in Chicago’s South Shore, one of the last majority-Black neighborhoods along Lake Michigan. Supported by taxpayer dollars and the Pentagon’s research arm, it aims to establish the U.S.`s first large-scale quantum computer.

South Shore faces pressure from the Obama Presidential Center to the north and the quantum campus to the south, leading to rising property taxes and displacement threats against long-time Black and Hispanic residents.

🗳️ Residents proposed a binding ballot question to pause the project due to concerns about displacement and environmental impact, but the Chicago Board of Elections blocked it on a technicality.

"We deserve resources, and we deserve autonomy over our own communities," Jayna McGruder stated. "Instead of jobs, housing, and healthcare, they’re giving us a war computer."

⚖ In 2018, Congress passed the National Quantum Initiative Act, initiating a decade-long program to fund federal quantum research through the Department of Energy and defense agencies, with an emphasis on national security.

Over $1 billion has been invested in a South Side campus housing companies like PsiQuantum, Pasqal, and IBM. However, residents of this predominantly Black community are concerned about the environmental impacts and feel marginalized, viewing themselves as test subjects for military technology rather than partners in development.

📝 In late 2025, Southside Together gathered signatures for a referendum to pause campus work until their concerns about displacement and environmental effects were addressed. Despite meeting requirements, the Chicago Board of Elections excluded them from the March ballot due to a single-subject rule. Residents emphasized that their fight was about lack of engagement with Black communities in a multibillion-dollar project, not opposition to technology itself.

🔗 Read the full article on Capital B News @capitalbnews using link in bio

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