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05/15/2024

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03/06/2024

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06/09/2023

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06/09/2023

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04/26/2023

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04/17/2023

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01/17/2023

YEESSSS Spike! Thank you.

The fellowship program will officially begin in January 2023 with five inaugural fellows selected by Lee, the AUCC community and the Gersh Agency's management team

03/16/2022

A and you will be missed. Condolences to her family and the city who loved her. 🙏🕊🙏

WGN-TV has reported the passing of former broadcaster and community relations director Merri Dee. Dee, 85, was a local television star with 43 years in Chicago broadcasting, nearly all of them spent at WGN. She was an anchor and reporter from 1972-1983 and later served as Director of Community Relations until 2008.

She overcame adversity over and over again. Many will remember the story of her kidnapping at gunpoint when she was shot and almost killed. Dee survived and became an inspiration to others.
She was an author, a motivational speaker, a panelist, a career coach and an advocate for violence prevention.

Merri Dee‘s legendary award-winning broadcasting career is noteworthy:
-One of the first African-American women to anchor the first edition of WGN-TV’s midday news & sports.
-Served as the “voice” of WGN-TV in all station breaks.
-Hosted her own namesake, magazine-style TV show “The Merri Dee Show.”
-Served as the Illinois Lottery’s First Lady.
-Award-winning management career with the Chicago Tribune, leading community relations for WGN-TV and overseeing the WGN-TV Children’s Charities Fund.

Having hosted countless parades, telethons, and television specials, Dee was considered an acclaimed interviewer and television host. She has shared the stage with well-known entertaines such as Ramsey Lewis, Lou Rawls, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Nancy Wilson, Frank Sinatra, and many others.

Dee parlayed her celebrity into charitable success, powerful motivational speaking, and advocacy. She has raised millions of dollars for children’s charities, spearheaded victims’ rights legislation, and helped increase adoption rates across the nation.

Dee was the recipient of numerous awards, including the AT&T Outstanding Community Role Model award, the North American Council on Adoptable Children Outstanding Leadership Award, the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago Woman of the Year Award, and the Chicago Academy of TV Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame and was also the Illinois State President of AARP.

07/15/2021

YES!

Congratulations are in order! Famed director Spike Lee was just named the first Black head of the Cannes Film Festival jury, France 24 reports. Lee will preside over the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to take place July 6-17. The Cannes film festival is the largest festi...