Articles filed under Diversity
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Ingleside teen starts GoFundMe to save her Catholic grade schoolJan 02, 2024 6:00 am - Seventeen-year-old Susan Lutzke says her quest to save St. Bede School in Ingleside is about family. The senior at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein and a 2020 St....
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Hoffman Estates to host 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast Jan. 15Dec 29, 2023 9:53 am - A Hoffman Estates tradition will reach a milestone in January as the village’s Cultural Awareness Commission holds its 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakf...
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Barrington High student working to bring peer juries to suburban schoolsDec 18, 2023 10:15 am - After working with a peer jury for three years, Milana Carse hopes to bring the restorative justice method to schools across the suburbs. A peer jury is an alternative co...
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Lt. Gov. Stratton launches statewide initiative to advance financial health, well-being of womenDec 12, 2023 2:51 pm - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is launching a new initiative dedicated to advancing women’s financial wholeness: We Thrive. We Thrive is focused on fostering financial health,...
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Thousands of pilgrims arrive in Des Plaines for Feast of Our Lady of GuadalupeDec 12, 2023 5:00 am - Traveling by car, bus, bicycle and even on foot, hundreds of thousands of Catholics arrived in Des Plaines on Monday night for the annual celebration of the Feast of Our...
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Suburban Muslims raise $1 million to complete Rolling Meadows mosqueDec 11, 2023 4:00 am - Hundreds of suburban Muslims raised more than $1 million in one night Friday to fund the completion of construction on the Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs' new mosq...
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More than 100 gather in Elgin to celebrate first night of HanukkahDec 06, 2023 10:00 pm - Holding candles and gathering around a menorah, more than 100 people came together for the first night of Hanukkah during a celebration Thursday at the Centre of Elgin. ...
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Kids Above All seeking donations, volunteers for annual holiday driveDec 04, 2023 4:00 am - Kids Above All is seeking donations of new toys, books, and clothes for children and youth of all ages, as well as volunteer help for its annual Holiday Gift Drive. The ...
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'Why not us?': MLK dinner focuses on Illinois' potential as leader in higher edDec 03, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois' potential to lead the nation as a model of opportunity for higher education and enlightenment was the key theme of the weekend's 54th annual Dr. Martin Luther ...
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Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark rulingNov 30, 2023 12:00 am - TALLINN, Estonia - Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender right...