Articles filed under Diversity
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Racial gaps in math have grown. A school tried closing theirs by teaching all kids the same classesOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Hope Reed was seeing stark disparities a decade ago at her high school in the suburbs of Columbia, South Carolina. Nearly half the school's students were white, but the ...
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Gerry's Cafe 'clear choice' for Arlington Heights awardOct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Planning for an Arlington Heights coffee shop started five years ago, with the expressed intent of hiring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ge...
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Suburban Mosaic: DuPage County group hosting MLK events in partnership with faith groupsOct 16, 2023 5:00 am - The DuPage County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advisory Committee has been hosting a series of MLK events in partnership with various faith communities and groups to promo...
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25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ activists say equal-rights progress is at riskOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remo...
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Community leaders call out purported Quran burningOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Several Muslim groups and community leaders are calling out a now viral video purportedly showing a Naperville teen burning a Quran as an act of hate. The Chicago chapte...
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Good News Sunday: Trailblazing Advocate president faces health industry challenges head onOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Being the only person of color in a corp...
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'It's just devastating': Suburban residents react to Israel-Gaza conflictOct 07, 2023 1:00 am - From thousands of miles away, Chicago-area Jewish and Palestinian community leaders expressed a mix of anger, grief and defiance after Hamas fighters launched a multipro...
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Trailblazing Advocate president ready to face health industry challengesOct 03, 2023 5:00 am - Being the only person of color in a corporate board room isn't unusual for Dia Nichols. For the last two years, the Inverness resident has served as president of the Cen...
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Lake County, Elgin to receive $1 million each to assist asylum-seekersOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County and the city of Elgin will receive about $1 million each to support asylum-seekers. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently announced nearly $42 million in awards to loc...
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STEM diversity webinar for girls hosted by Fremd student's group set for TuesdayOct 02, 2023 5:30 am - Mission: MathMinds, founded by Fremd High School student Ruby Arun of Inverness, will host a Demanding Diversity: Redefining Success webinar from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday...