Articles filed under Diversity
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Black voters: Racial justice, health care access are the top issues in this electionOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - Indya Smith-Johnson has been pushing for police reform ever since her father had a troubling "interaction" with a Naperville cop last November. She sees voter involvemen...
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How Oakton College plans to use federal grant to help minority studentsOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - Asian Americans often are viewed as a model minority that's educated and affluent. That stereotype presents a challenge for Asian American students who come from low-inc...
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Two Oakton women employees earn national "40 under 40" awardOct 17, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube The duo recently was honored with the American Association for Women in Community Colleges' 40 Under 40 Award for their leadership at Oakton Community College in...
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Group launches initiative to combat racism, make mosques more inclusiveOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - A Chicago-area Islamic group has launched an initiative to help mosques and other Islamic institutions be more inclusive of minorities and women. The Council of Islamic ...
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Arlington Heights hosting listening sessions on inclusivityOct 03, 2020 1:00 am - Responding to criticism over a lack of diversity within employee ranks, Arlington Heights is taking a major step toward revising village policies, including hiring more ...
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Listening sessions on diversity in Arlington Heights scheduledSep 28, 2020 1:00 am - Arlington Heights' diversity consultant has scheduled two virtual community listening sessions as part of an initiative aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of indivi...
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What Hanover Park learned from equity town hallsSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - Hanover Park village leaders are developing action items to deliver services more equitably after a series of virtual town halls that wrapped up last week. Residents' fe...
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Need for minority organ donors is acute, says suburban group matching recipientsSep 21, 2020 5:30 am - When Tiffany Zuniga's husband, Alex Zuniga, died unexpectedly of a brain hemorrhage in 2017, she wanted to honor his giving spirit by donating his organs. The couple had...
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More Black blood donors needed for sickle cell patientsSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - One in 12 African Americans and one in 100 Latinos carry the trait for sickle cell disease - a debilitating blood disorder treated by blood transfusions. Blood donors of...
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Holocaust Museum fundraiser to focus on rising hate, racismSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Growing up in Skokie among a community of Jewish elders who had witnessed genocide, Mally Zoberman-Rutkoff always felt the weight and responsibility of being a child of ...