Articles filed under Diversity
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Elgin program will recognize new U.S. citizens on July 26Jul 20, 2022 11:00 pm - Elgin's 22nd annual New Citizen Recognition Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26. This event, which is open to the public, will honor those from the Elgin...
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26 years waiting for 6 questions: My citizenship journeyJul 18, 2022 5:30 am - Earlier this month, I wrote about my journey to this promised land and 26 years of waiting to reach the moment when I finally take my U.S. citizenship test. Having been ...
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Business for a Better World: Thai BuriJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - Thai Buri, Inc. 1041-43 E. Lake-Cook Road, Wheeling 60090 (224) 676-0157 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ThaiBuriRestaurant Industry: Full service restaurant...
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Companies that don't invest in solving the work-life balance riddle will lose quality peopleJul 13, 2022 1:00 am - In my 30 years of advising companies, a topic that gets a lot of attention - and generates a lot of controversy - is the concept of work-life balance. Executive teams la...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...