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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.”
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The single most pressing issue facing our district is , and this is what I intend to do about it.
If I had to pick the single most pressing issue our district is facing today, I would say it is the plan to reopen our schools. My goal is to work toward fully and safely reopening our schools, and the plan to get there depends on a variety of factors (Illinois State Board of Education recommendations, Illinois and DuPage County Departments of Public Health response to COVID-19 cases in schools and contact tracing, staffing challenges, facility challenges, and so much more). Understanding the complicated issues schools face today, I know that collaboration and communication are key to developing a plan for action. Even more important is the ability to ask the right questions to guide the Board and school administration in developing plans that meet student needs and community wants while balancing the needs of the District. If elected, I am committed to partnering with mem
DeKalb — The Academic, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department will host a virtual town hall event, “What is Holding us Back?” Understanding- isms (Part 1) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Feb. 4. The town hall conversation will allow students to engage and ask questions about “Isms,” along with a panel of guest.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholars (APIA Scholars) has elected new members to its Board of Directors: Nancy Lee, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company; William F. L. Moses, Managing Director, Education, at The Kresge Foundation; Nidhi Munjal, Vice President of International Partnership Services at Walmart; Wally Suphap, Writer, Lawyer and Advocate at Columbia University; and Jason Wong, Vice President – Treasurer and Investor Relations at Tiffany & Co. Nancy, William, Nidhi, Wally and Jason are excellent thought leaders and advocates for the higher education needs of the APIA community, and we are honored to welcome them to our Board, said APIA Scholars President & Executive Director Noël Harmon, Ph.D. As we continue to navigate the many challenges and opportunities of our new normal in 2021, we are excited to have these five join our efforts to support our Sch
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