Articles filed under Diversity
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40th MLK Prayer Breakfast fills ECC, honors lost leadersJan 18, 2025 10:36 am - A crowd of Elgin community leaders and members gathered Saturday for the 40th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast filling the Seigle Auditorium at Elgin Community College.
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50 minority- and women-owned businesses at Fox Valley Mall recognized ahead of Aurora’s MLK weekend celebrationJan 17, 2025 12:33 pm - With the addition of a handful of new businesses at Fox Valley Mall, the shopping center has reached a significant milestone in expanding diversity in entrepreneurship and creating jobs, according to city officials.
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Noted civil rights attorney to headline ‘I Have A Dream’ Unity Breakfast in DuPage CountyJan 16, 2025 12:40 pm - Prominent civil rights attorney Fred Gray, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in 2022, will headline Monday’s “I Have A Dream” Unity Breakfast at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace.
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Judge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ+ studentsJan 09, 2025 2:09 pm - The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.
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McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goalsJan 06, 2025 2:47 pm - McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald's is the ...
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Hoffman Estates hosts MLK celebration Jan. 20Jan 03, 2025 10:37 am - The Hoffman Estates Cultural Awareness Commission will hold its 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 20.
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Bill aims to reduce state requirements for name changesDec 30, 2024 7:59 pm - Illinois lawmakers in early January could consider easing requirements for residents to change their names, a move proponents say will reduce risks for victims of domestic abuse, transgender residents and others.
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Risé Jones remembered as Elgin’s ‘renaissance woman’Dec 17, 2024 9:14 am - Renaissance woman Risé Dawn Jones, 58, dies suddenly, a leaving a legacy of community leadership and youth arts programs in Elgin.
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‘A resilient nation’: Leaders stress importance of community at MLK DinnerDec 15, 2024 1:47 pm - Illinois and suburban leaders united Saturday at the 55th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Dinner in Palatine to fight division and build community in "infinite game" for justice.
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‘So much to be done’: Arlington Heights pastor, 90, reflects on decades of fighting for civil rightsDec 10, 2024 6:44 pm - The Rev. Clyde Brooks sees society sliding backwards on racial equality, but at age 90 and after more than 60 years of activism inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., the Arlington Heights pastor persists in carrying forward King's legacy.