Articles filed under Diversity
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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...
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Dream unrealized: Ahead of MLK dinner in Schaumburg, suburbanites say King's dream requires workNov 11, 2021 4:30 am - Suburban residents will honor the legacy of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a pandemic-delayed dinner in Schaumburg Saturday, but civil rights activists stress i...
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GOP, advocacy groups submit changes to legislative district maps in courtNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plaintiffs in three lawsuits challenging the new legislative district maps that Democrats pushed through the General Assembly earlier this year have submit...
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Chicago-area Muslim group launches anti-bullying initiativeNov 08, 2021 4:30 am - A recent surge in bullying targeting suburban Muslim students has prompted the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization to launch a major anti-bull...