Articles filed under Diversity
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Des Plaines shrine welcomes national pilgrimage with special MassJun 27, 2024 5:59 pm - A few hundred members of the Catholic faithful gathered Thursday at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines for a special Mass held as part of a national pilgr...
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Along for the Ride: How adaptive biking enriches the lives of people with disabilitiesJun 24, 2024 12:08 pm - Two Chicago-based nonprofits with suburban connections — Out Our Front Door and Envision Unlimited — are pioneering adaptive biking to deliver outdoor experiences, seemingly unattainable not long ago, to individuals with special needs.
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Climbing wall a highlight of Abilities ExpoJun 23, 2024 7:13 am - An adaptive climbing wall was among the highlights of the three-day Abilities Expo at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center this weekend.
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‘This is not a moment of pride for anybody’: McHenry County Board scales back Pride Month resolutionJun 21, 2024 7:11 am - The McHenry County Board recognized June as Pride Month, albeit with a scaled-back version of a proclamation.
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Can a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it workJun 20, 2024 7:18 am - Marissa Lasoff-Santos and the person she would marry quickly fell head over heels in love. Lasoff-Santos was a gay woman. Her girlfriend was a bisexual woman — or so they...
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On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil WarJun 19, 2024 2:15 pm - WASHINGTON — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my family history. My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewl...
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Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting a lot of attention. It's about far more than basketballJun 19, 2024 10:59 am - NEW YORK — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good...
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The shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club pleads guilty to 50 federal hate crimesJun 18, 2024 12:09 pm - DENVER — The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at a nightclub in Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to 50 federal hate crime charges on Tuesday. Anderson ...
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Field of dreams: Buddy Baseball a home run for kids with special needsJun 18, 2024 6:24 am - Thanks to the Wheaton Junior Woman’s Club, kids with special needs from across the suburbs can enjoy the thrill of playing baseball, with a buddy to help them along the way.
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DuPage County launches construction equity programJun 17, 2024 7:31 pm - DuPage County is creating a division of contracting equity to expand participation in construction projects by minority- and women-owned firms.
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