Yearly Archives: 2015
Verizon Recognizes Outstanding Women for ‘Nueva Latina Estrella Award’
In the last six years Verizon has recognized the important role that Latina professional women play in society within the Midwest. Through the Nueva Latina Estrella Award (NLEA) Verizon aims… Read more
New Berwyn Fitness Center Offers Personalized Training
Fit Club (fitclubdepot.com), located at 6936 Windsor Ave, offers a place to meet, find inspiration and get fit with small group training. Classes are kept small to allow for more… Read more
Actress and Breast Cancer Advocate Adamari Lopez Shares Vital Message with Latinas
By: Ashmar Mandou Once again, actress and breast cancer survivor Adamari Lopez partnered with Procter & Gamble’s Orgullosa Campaign to inform Latinas about the importance of early detection during Breast… Read more
U-Verse with AT&T GigaPower Expands
AT&T is expanding the availability of U-verse® with AT&T GigaPowerSM to more residential and small business customers in Aurora, Huntley and Joliet. The new Internet service gives customers some of… Read more
Tips for Picking a Health Insurance Plan for Illinoisans
By: Colleen Van Ham, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Illinois Open enrollment is underway or about to begin for millions of Illinois residents shopping for family or individual health insurance coverage for… Read more
Martinez makes right call on Heroin Crisis Act
In response to the significant increase of heroin and opioid related overdoses and deaths in Illinois over the last 10 years, Majority Caucus Whip Iris Y. Martinez co-sponsored legislation this… Read more
Annual Pilsen Education Summit Opened Doors for Parents and Youth
On Saturday, October 3, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council and the Pilsen Education Task Force welcomed over 200 hundred parents and youth at the 9th Annual Pilsen Education Summit, which offered… Read more
1000 Jobs for Chicagoland Manufacturing and DMDII Partner with CPS
World Business Chicago’s 1000 Jobs for Chicagoland Manufacturing campaign and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a UI LABS collaboration, hosted more than 70 Chicago Public School students… Read more
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, produced by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is a nationwide public programming initiative that supports the… Read more
Study: Mass Shootings in the United States Are ‘Contagious’
Mass killings, such as recent shootings at a college in southern Oregon, a prayer meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, or the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,… Read more
