YWCA sets Feb. 20 diversity sessions
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ALTON YWCA has recieved a Healing Illinois grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services.
YWCA will be hosting thier DiverSTORY Times and CommUNITY Healing Circles. All virtual events are free to the public.
DiverSTORY is a session where children and their grownups come together to hear a children’s story about diversity and engage in guided conversations about diversity, inclusion and race. The session will include an interactive learning activity where families practice race-conscious conversations and ask questions of facilitators. The event is set for Saturday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. via Zoom.
No Malice Film Contest Launches Free Professional Lecture Series with Top Filmmakers and Storytellers
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CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Creators of the No Malice Film Contest for young filmmakers in Illinois between the ages of 11 and 21 this Saturday will launch a free series of talks with professional filmmakers and storytellers to share advice and inspire their creativity.
Students will compete in the contest as individuals or in groups in three age brackets: 11–14, 15–18, and 19–21. Entries are due by Friday, April 30. Three prizes between $500 and $2,000 will be awarded in each category at a red carpet debut to be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield on July 31. Winning films will also be shown at the Ebertfest Film Festival at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Illinois schools will use the films, and supplemental curriculum created by educators, to tal
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Grace Hou is the secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services.
She explained that she and Deputy Governor Sol Flores came up with the idea for the grant during a conversation. Both have done community-based work and have experienced racial healing activities.
Then came the events of the past year.
“And so, you know, we re in the middle of the pandemic, and we continue to be in the summer. And then the images and the reports of the police brutality,” she recalled. “There was so much anguish, and hurt in Illinois, you know, protests, civil unrest.”
Northern Star
DeKALB – The Illinois Department of Human Services is providing a $30,000 Healing Illinois grant to fund local community work focused to help make headway for racial healing, according to a Tuesday news release.
The Dekalb County Community Foundation has also donated $5,000 in support of the Belonging creation. The grant is in partnership with NIU, the City of Dekalb, Family Service Agency, Ellwood Museum and the Dekalb County History Center, according to the news release.
The grant from the State of Illinois is aimed toward accelerating progress toward the creation of a Belonging Leadership Council and public art and engagement activities.
West Side Show Room receives grants
Rockford Register Star
ROCKFORD The West Side Show Room was recently awarded grants to offset class fees and ensure its Equity Diversity Inclusion Workshops are accessible to everyone in the Rockford area arts community.
The Show Room has used the COVID-19 downtime to develop an educational program to benefit the community. EDI Workshops For The Arts gives local arts leaders and participants a common language to help address racial and social inequities in the arts.
Locally, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and Rockford Area Arts Council have both awarded grant money for the workshops. A statewide Healing Illinois Grant, developed through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Chicago Community Trust, was also received. The Show Room is one of only a few from the stateline area to receive a Healing Illinois Grant.