Articles filed under Diversity
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Suburban Mosaic: Retired Harper educator teaches how to be more inclusiveDec 13, 2021 4:30 am - After 30 years of teaching students with disabilities, Pascuala Herrera wanted to share with other educators her experience and knowledge about making classrooms and com...
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Faithful return to Des Plaines shrine to celebrate Our Lady of GuadalupeDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Thousands of pilgrims from throughout the country flocked Saturday to Des Plaines for a celebration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, canceled last year due to the...
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Suburban Mosaic: District 214, League of Women Voters to host talk about raceDec 06, 2021 4:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and the League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights and surrounding areas are partnering to host a talk about race on Dec. 15...
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Japanese Americans who rebuilt lives in the suburbs reflect on Pearl Harbor trauma, legacyDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Like many Americans who lived through the experience of Pearl Harbor, Jean Mishima remembers the chaotic aftermath of the attack as if it happened yesterday. But it affe...
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Oral arguments to begin Tuesday in redistricting casesDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A three-judge federal court panel in Chicago will begin hearing oral arguments Tuesday in three cases that could determine the makeup of state legislative ...
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Meet the Daily Herald's inaugural Diversity Advisory Panel membersNov 28, 2021 12:00 am - The Daily Herald has created a Diversity Advisory Panel to better represent our suburban mosaic and help us broaden our understanding and coverage of diverse communities...
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Retired Harper educator's memoir named winner of Illinois competitionNov 22, 2021 4:30 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story should have read Claudia Baranowski is a librarian with the Schaumburg Township Library District. When Pascuala Her...
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Appointment of former Mount Prospect trustee leads to complaints about lack of diversityNov 18, 2021 12:00 am - Mount Prospect Mayor Paul Hoefert appointed former political rival William Grossi to a seat on the village's finance commission this week, a move that drew criticism fro...
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'Dream of Dr. King is dead': Leaders emphasize need for action at MLK dinner in SchaumburgNov 14, 2021 12:00 am - "The dream of Dr. King is dead," said the Rev. Clyde Brooks of Arlington Heights, chairman of the Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations. Brooks made the r...
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South Barrington teen's fashion nonprofit helps refugee womenNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - From a young age, Nurayn Khan had an interest in fashion and designing her own line of modest and organic clothing. The 16-year-old Barrington High School senior began r...