Articles filed under Diversity
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Preckwinkle: Dramatic rise in suicides among Cook County's Black populationAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County is seeing a dramatic increase in suicides among Black residents. "There have been more suicides so far this year in the Black community than in all of 2019,"...
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'If not now, when?': Black women seize political spotlightAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - MARIETTA, Ga. - The little girl ran up to her, wide-eyed and giddy. "Are you Charisse Davis?" the fourth grader asked. Davis was stunned. A former kindergarten teacher ...
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Organization says need for ethnic organ donors criticalAug 01, 2020 1:00 am - Minorities make up nearly 60% of people who need organ transplants in the U.S., but only a third of registered donors. In Illinois, 1,450 Blacks, 800 Latinos and 240 As...
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League of Women Voters seeks to be more inclusiveJul 26, 2020 5:00 am - One hundred years after its inception, the League of Women Voters now seeks to be more inclusive in the wake of rising racial tensions and Black Lives Matter protests. "...
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How Evelyn Sanguinetti plans to fight for fair housing in the suburbsJul 25, 2020 2:00 pm - She's best-known across Illinois as the former lieutenant governor to Gov. Bruce Rauner. She's a former Wheaton City Council member and briefly was a candidate for U.S. ...
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Naperville planning for human rights commissionJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Naperville City Council members are supporting an idea, formed with help from the federal Department of Justice, to create a human rights commission to address discrimin...
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U-46 equity leader says students need to see themselves in their educatorsJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube #8220;If I am only seeing African Americans or Latinx individuals serving my food or cleaning the classroom, that hits you,#8221; Lance said. Lance says there's...
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PASO teaches Latinx families about ins and outs of HarperJul 15, 2020 11:00 pm - PASO program teaches Latinx families about ins and outs of Harper
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Latino mom says educating community key to surviving COVID-19 pandemicJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - With Latinos being infected by COVID-19 at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, educating the community about how to live with the pandemic is key to surv...
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Feder: MeTV flags objectionable content in 'shows from another era'Jul 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Richie Cunningham, the All-American 1950s teenager played by Ron Howard on the long-running sitcom “Happy Days,” has a poster on his bedroom wall that bears the image of...