Yearly Archives: 2019
Mayor Lightfoot, Fire Commissioner Ford Graduate Over 100 Firefighters, Fire Paramedics
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Fire Department (CFD) Commissioner Richard C. Ford II today announced 131 Firefighter EMTs and Fire Paramedics are graduating from the Fire Academy in a… Read more
Mayor’s Office Launches Youth Commission
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and First Lady Amy Eshleman launched the Mayor’s Youth Commission – a group of more than 30 students, ages 14-19, from throughout the city selected to… Read more
Latinos Progresando Hosts Annual MEX Talks
Latinos Progresando, a Chicago community development organization working on the issues of immigration, peace, health, and education, hosted MEX talks, an exciting speaker showcase featuring famous performer, director, social activist… Read more
Triton College Partners with WTTW Kids to Host ‘Big Idea’ Event for Young Learners
Triton College’s Cernan Earth and Space Center will present an Early Explorers planetarium program and host an upcoming installment of the WTTW Kids “BIG IDEA” tour for the community’s youngest learners…. Read more
Dominican University Ranked Top Performer in Students’ Social Mobility by U.S. News & World Report College Rankings
Dominican University is considered the best university in the Midwest for ensuring the social mobility of its graduates, according to the recently released U.S. News & World Report college rankings…. Read more
National Museum of Mexican Art Announces: Día de Muertos: A Matter of Life
The National Museum of Mexican Art held its annual Día de Muertos exhibition opening last Friday where countless families had the opportunity to explore the sugar skulls that adorned the… Read more
Creating Workforce Equity
City Colleges of Chicago was awarded $5.5 million in grants from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) as part of ICCB’s Workforce Equity Initiative (WEI), which focuses on improving workforce… Read more
Illinois Department of Public Health Urge Residents Not to Vape as Investigation Moves Forward
As the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to investigate respiratory illnesses associated with vaping, Governor JB Pritzker and IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike are urging members of the… Read more
Esperanza Health Centers Receive Transformative Innovation Award
The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., and the global humanitarian organization Direct Relief announced Esperanza Health Centers among the 2019 winners of the Transformative Innovation… Read more
Cook County Health’s CountyCare Plan Ranked Top Medicaid Managed Care Plan
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released their 2019-2020 Health Insurance Plan Ratings, ranking Cook County Health’s (CCH) CountyCare, the system’s Medicaid managed care plan, as one of the… Read more
