Author Archives: Editor
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel Proclaims Young Latina Day April 11
Recognizing the positive achievements of young Hispanic women, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel presented to Gabriela Rodil, treasurer and board member of the nonprofit Fig Factor Foundation, a proclamation declaring April… Read more
Emanuel, City Colleges Present Cords to Graduating Star Scholars
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado announced that more than 25 four-year colleges and universities have now signed on to provide Chicago Star Scholars scholarships… Read more
Rebuild Foundation Funding to Help Repurpose Vacant St. Laurence School
Rebuild Foundation, the arts, education and cultural development organization committed to transforming urban communities, announced a $1.6 million grant award from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund to revitalize and repurpose… Read more
CPS High Schools Ranked in U.S. News and World Report
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools congratulated CPS high schools that were named to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the Best High Schools in the country…. Read more
Amazon Selects Trinity H.S. for Future Engineering Program
Trinity High School announced that it has been selected to Amazon’s Future Engineer (AFE) Program – a partnership between Amazon and Edhesive to improve access to computer science education in… Read more
Major Corporations Sign onto The Hispanic Promise
Unilever, Microsoft, SAP, Nielsen, Mars, Incorporated, KIND and EY are among the 45+ corporations to sign the first-of-its-kind diversity and inclusion pledge for Hispanics in America – The Hispanic Promise. The… Read more
CTA Announces Complete Upgrades of Red Line Tracks at Addison Station
Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval R. Carter, Jr., announced CTA has completed nearly $4 million in railroad track improvements on the Red Line at Addison station, as part of Mayor… Read more
HACIA Scholarship Foundation Celebrates Graduates
The Illinois Tollway Technical Assistance Program administered by HACIA SEF is designed to prepare emerging and established transportation-related construction firms (D/M/WBE and VOSBs firms) to participate on highway and vertical… Read more
City Colleges of Chicago Staff Announce Tentative Strike
At a rally on Thursday, April 25th, clerical and technical staff from the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) announced their unions’ plans to strike on Wednesday if fair agreements are… Read more
Community Leaders Join Forces to Support Capital Grant for Visionary New Home of Saint Anthony Hospital
On Sunday morning Saint Anthony Hospital and a broad coalition of supporters launched a capital campaign for and unveiled the design for the Focal Point Community Campus, a visionary community… Read more
