{"id":256196,"date":"2025-09-26T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/256196\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:31:12","slug":"100-black-men-of-chicago-hosts-major-scholarship-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/256196\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Black Men of Chicago hosts major scholarship event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByTony Smith  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 26, 2025 1:24PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"&#10;100 Black Men of Chicago hosts major scholarship event\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The path to college is getting a little easier for thousands of students as the 100 Black Men of Chicago prepares to host its 23rd annual College Scholarship Fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; The path to college is getting a little easier for thousands of students as the 100 Black Men of Chicago prepares to host its 23rd annual College Scholarship Fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The event, set for October 11 at the University of Illinois at Chicago&#8217;s Dorin Forum, will bring together representatives from more than 200 colleges and universities, including historically Black institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers say the fair is one of the largest of its kind in the Midwest and has helped students secure more than $15 million in financial support since its launch. Some attendees have even received on-the-spot scholarship offers and conditional admissions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The fair is free and open to students, parents and educators. High school juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend, but motivated underclassmen are also welcome. Students are advised to bring transcripts and recommendation letters if available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">More information and registration details can be found at <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.100bmc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">100bmc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByTony Smith Friday, September 26, 2025 1:24PM The path to college is getting a little easier for thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":256197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[134909,960,5386,1818,31021],"class_list":{"0":"post-256196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-134909","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-no-ta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115270850305778153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}