Yearly Archives: 2017
Five Steps that Latinos Must Follow When Becoming Caregivers of Loved Ones
November is National Family Caregivers Month, and AARP has launched an initiative to raise awareness of the daily challenges faced by many Latinos in the United States who take care… Read more
Latino Caucus to Host Town Hall at Northeastern Illinois University
As a way to inform constituents about the issues affecting Illinois’ Latino community, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation (ILLCF) will host a Town Hall Meeting on Friday, Dec. 1st… Read more
Ald. Lopez to CPS: Don’t close Harper High School
Alderman Raymond Lopez (15) slammed Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool and Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson for their plans to close West Englewood’s Harper High School on Monday. “From… Read more
More Than 15,000 Chicago Students Finish Fall Season of Innovative Elementary Sports Program
More than 15,000 Chicago Public School elementary students from 280 schools dedicated their fall weekends to volleyball, cross country and soccer competitions as part of the CPS SCORE! fall sports… Read more
Prosser H.S. Students Win Cooking Up Change Competition
Jose Berber, Itzel Bucio, Jasalyn Garcia, Naomi Perez, Jerimah Tate and Yesenia Velazquez from Prosser High School won this year’s Healthy Schools Campaign’s Cooking up Change competition with their Arroz… Read more
Construction Plans Begin for Olive-Harvey College’s Center
Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado to announce plans to restart construction on the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics (TDL) Center at Olive-Harvey College. The Illinois… Read more
Cuban delegation, UIC work toward better women’s health in Englewood
Four physicians from Cuba are working in Chicago to improve maternal health and birth outcomes in Englewood. Through a partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago, the physicians have… Read more
Planned Parenthood of Illinois Marks Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week is dedicated to educating people about the transgender community and raising awareness of the issues facing transgender and gender nonconforming people. Planned Parenthood of Illinois is taking… Read more
Tried and True Tips for Beating Holiday Weight Gain
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 60 percent of adult women in the country are considered overweight. While this is something to be concerned with… Read more
Jesse Ruiz Gains Endorsements for Attorney General Candidacy
By: Nancy Marquez As primary elections are underway this March, Congressman Luis Gutierrez held a press conference on November 20th at the National Museum of Mexican Art to announce his… Read more
