July 16, 2024 - Natalie Beck of the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation and Justin Hampton of DPS 61 joined Byers & Co to talk about awarding $12,350 of $30,000 in grants to schools for DEI initiatives. Listen to the podcast below. Grant were earmarked for educators who are actively promoting diversity, equity a...

June 10, 2024 -The African-American Cultural and Genealogical Society (AACGS) and The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater will each be hosting celebrations this weekend in honor of Juneteenth. First, the AACGS will host a banquet at the Decatur Club on June 14th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, featuring guest speaker Dr. Dorthy Gr...

March 18th,2024 - There is a new way young people in Illinois can stand up against hate and intolerance, at a time when tensions are high across the nation and around the world. The Simon Wiesenthal Center created the Mobile Museum of Tolerance to help educate Illinoisans about the dangers of hate and intolerance, esp...

January 17, 2024 - The Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force met for the first time Tuesday to begin devising a strategy for sharing, growing, and celebrating the history of the Underground Railroad in Illinois. The task force was created last year under a bill sponsored by Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, and Rep. Deb...

January 15, 2024 - The Community Foundation of Macon County (CFMC) has announced Untold Stories, a $100,000 community engagement program to bring to life and share stories of underrepresented people in Macon County. The CFMC is one of only three Illinois foundations that received matching grant funds from The Lumpkin F...

January 16, 2024 - Natalie Beck of the Community Foundation and Julia Roundtree Livingston of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism talk about Julia's new job, DEI misconceptions, and the announcement of a $100,000 program, Untold Stories, that will promote stories about the history of racial equity ...

October 9, 2023- Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and State Senator Doris Turner toured Black-owned small businesses in Decatur to learn more about how state and federal government policies can better support locally owned and operated businesses. "This was an opportunity for me to just hear directly from the...

September 15, 2023- Fuego co-hosts Elizabeth Rivera, Carmen Rivera, & Luis Peralta preview Chico's upcoming Hispanic Heritage Festival and the Ramon Ayala show at the Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater. Listen to the podcast now!

September 11, 2023- Luiz Rojas & Johnette Mitchell joined host Kevin Breheny on Soy City Buzz on First Mid Monday to talk about University Dogs, as part of the Wine Down Wednesdays. Listen to the podcast now!

August 30, 2023 - Roughly 60 middle schoolers from the Our Lady of Lourdes School visited the Farm Progress Show today, thanks to funding provided by The Community Foundation of Macon County. "You can talk all you want, and you can look at pictures, but it's different when the students can actually see it in perso...