Articles filed under Diversity
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Muslim community leaders call for immediate Gaza cease-fireNov 06, 2023 4:30 am - One thousand Muslim American community leaders and members from across the Chicago region made a resounding call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza amid the rising civi...
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Bridgeview man mourns over 30 relatives killed in GazaNov 01, 2023 1:00 am - Mohammed Abu Realh gets the same message from loved ones in Gaza whenever they have access to the internet. "Thanks to God we have one more day that we are still alive,"...
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Naperville-area faith leaders come together to combat hateOct 30, 2023 5:30 am - The Naperville Interfaith Leaders Association recently organized a “There is No Room for Hate” solidarity event at Benedictine University in Lisle, drawing a diverse cro...
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Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signsOct 30, 2023 1:00 am - WAYNE, Mich. (AP) - As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford's Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn't just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes....
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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violenceOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - HUSAVIK, Iceland - Schools, shops, banks and Iceland's famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation - including the prime minister - went...
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State accepting proposals for second round of Healing Illinois grantsOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - The Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched the 2023-24 season of Healing Illinois, the state's $4.5 million racial healing grant-making initiative. It k...
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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...