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Latino Youth Learn About Democracy During Youth Democracy Day
Latinos were among over 350 Youth Leaders, ages 10-21, from the Chicago Metropolitan Area and from north, central, and southern Illinois who came to Springfield, IL on Thursday, May 8,… Read more
Youth Summit Tackle Youth Violence
On May 28th the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, with support from Comcast and University of Illinois at Chicago-CHANCE program, hosted a youth summit that brought together 340 students (7th and… Read more
Step IT UP to Hire Latinas for STEM Fields
By: Ashmar Mandou An unprecedented event is about to take place in Oak Brook next week and it is exclusively targeted to Latinas across the Chicagoland area. On June 5th… Read more
Chicago Afterschool Program Wins National Award for Outstanding Programming for Middle School Students
The Afterschool Alliance honored BUILD, Inc in Chicago with the 2014 MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Award. The award, sponsored by MetLife Foundation, recognizes the program’s success in using data to… Read more
Illinois Science and Technology Institute Hosts Learning Showcase
The Illinois Science and Technology Institute (ISTI) brought together students and teachers with industry, higher education and other key stakeholders at the Museum of Science and Industry to celebrate the… Read more
UnitedHealthcare Brings Healthy Recipes to Chicago Bloggers, Community
By: Ashmar Mandou Mommy bloggers across the City of Chicago joined together earlier this month as UnitedHealthcare hosted an education seminar and cooking demonstration at Whole Foods in Lincoln Park… Read more
ElevArte Recognizes Its Youngest Philanthropist
By: Ashmar Mandou This week, ElevArte Community Studio honored three individuals at its annual Art As Our First Language spring benefit Thursday evening with the Deep Roots Award. Among the… Read more
Berwyn’s First Craft Beer Festival to Showcase Local Food, Music Favorites
The inaugural Berwyn Brew Fest, scheduled for Saturday, June 21 from 1p.m., to 5p.m., in Berwyn’s Proksa Park, will feature local favorite blues rockers Fulkinetic, including singer Fil Kinetic, guitarist… Read more
The Necessity of Reshoring
by Daniel Nardini A new word has come into the English language, and it is known as “reshoring.” What exactly is reshoring? Almost all of us know what outsourcing is…. Read more
Why Should There Be Reparations?
by Daniel Nardini In an article to the The Atlantic monthly magazine, an African American writer and senior editor for the magazine named Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a long (and… Read more »