Articles filed under Diversity
-
Upcoming Festival of the Monarch Butterfly to honor immigrant communitiesJul 11, 2022 5:30 am - Wheaton-based Immigrant Solidarity DuPage will host its Festival of the Monarch Butterfly in celebration of immigrant communities Aug. 12 in Glendale Heights. This is th...
-
Holder White sworn in as first Black woman on state Supreme CourtJul 07, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lisa Holder White was sworn in Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court. Holder White, who previously served on the 4th Dis...
-
Round Lake Beach chief retiring after helping police reflect more of suburb's diversityJul 04, 2022 5:30 am - When former Marine Gilbert Rivera began patrolling a beat in Round Lake Beach 23 years ago, he was among a minority of Latino police officers in the suburbs and the perc...
-
What citizenship means to this Indian transplantJul 02, 2022 1:00 am - After a journey of more than 9,000 miles from Chennai, India, to Chicago, Illinois, — with some detours — and living nearly 26 years in this country, finally I am prepar...
-
We the people: 137 new U.S. citizens take oath at College of DuPageJun 30, 2022 1:00 am - Faith and allegiance. The words resounded through an auditorium at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn Thursday. By reciting an oath of allegiance, with their right hand...
-
Suburban Mosaic: Eid Fest returns to DuPage County Fairgrounds in JulyJun 27, 2022 5:30 am - Thousands of Muslims are expected to gather for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Chicago's annual Eid Fest July 15-17 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Ma...
-
Constable: Chef cooks up kitchen-inspired hairnets for dogsJun 25, 2022 1:00 am - A sous chef for most of his career, Freddy Rembert of Villa Park drew on his kitchen experience to create his unusual, award-winning invention that's appearing now in l...
-
Constable: New suicide prevention network tailored to help HispanicsJun 23, 2022 5:30 am - Palatine mom Gabriela "Gabi" Vargas, 35, knows the hopeless feeling that can envelop people in a world where they don't feel they belong. So does Alejandro "A.J." Ramire...
-
Business for a Better World: Horizon TherapeuticsJun 23, 2022 1:00 am - Horizon Therapeutics 1 Horizon Way, Deerfield, IL 60015 (866) 479-6742 www.horizontherapeutics.com Industry: Biotechnology Annual revenue: Total net sales of $3.2 b...
-
Suburban Mosaic: Teen starts nonprofit to get more girls interested in STEM fieldsJun 20, 2022 5:30 am - Growing up, mathematics always was a big part of Ruby Arun's life. A first-generation Indian American, Ruby, 15, of Inverness, has been participating in school math team...