Maine West Excessive Faculty college students are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by immersing themselves in Latinx tradition, beginning with a subject journey right this moment to Chicago’s “Little Village” neighborhood.
College students in Maine West’s Latinx-American literature courses and Latinx Membership will kick off the day with a go to to the Nationwide Museum of Mexican Artwork downtown, taking a guided tour of the “Día de los Muertos” exhibition. Then they may stroll to Los Comales in Pilsen to see its well-known murals depicting Latin tradition.
As soon as again on the Des Plaines college, college students will meet with Gabriel Chacón, a Maine West graduate who now could be the fairness director for the Ándale program at Oakton Group Faculty in Des Plaines.
Ándale helps college students who establish as Latinx of their transition to varsity, mentioned Jenny Gustavson, an English instructor and tutorial literacy specialist at Maine West who’s co-sponsor of the Latinx Membership.
Oakton’s scholar inhabitants is roughly 41% Latino, the faculty’s largest ethnic group.
“There’s a ton of analysis about how when college students are capable of take a course or a number of programs in ethnic research of their heritage or background, there is a rise within the likelihood of commencement, tutorial success, engagement in class,” Gustavson mentioned. “After we connect with college students’ lives, their background data and experiences … they’re extra engaged, invested in class and might see the relevance of it of their lives.”
A Mariachi band will carry out within the Maine West Decrease Commons from 7:30 to eight:15 a.m. Friday, with Mexican scorching chocolate and conchas (candy bread). And to cap off Hispanic Heritage Month, the varsity will host an after-school Latin dance lesson for college kids led by a mum or dad on Oct. 14.
Muslim achievers:
The Council of Islamic Organizations of Better Chicago is searching for nominations of deserving neighborhood members for its annual Muslim Achievers award.
Submissions will probably be reviewed and a winner introduced on the council’s thirtieth annual gala on Nov. 19. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 8.
Eligible nominees will probably be acknowledged primarily based upon their success and contribution within the fields of sports activities, sciences, drugs, engineering, academia, journalism, regulation and regulation enforcement, finance/enterprise and entrepreneurship, amongst different professions. As much as three awards could also be introduced primarily based upon the meritorious achievements of the candidates.
To appoint a person, go to ciogc.org/muslim-achievers/.
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago just lately consecrated its first Black feminine bishop, the Rev. Paula E. Clark
– Courtesy of Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago just lately consecrated its first Black feminine bishop, the Rev. Paula E. Clark
– Courtesy of Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Trailblazing bishop:
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago just lately consecrated its first Black feminine bishop, the Rev. Paula E. Clark.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry led almost 1000 worshippers, together with greater than 25 Episcopal bishops, in a worship service throughout which Clark was seated at St. James Cathedral in Chicago.
Clark was elected because the bishop of Chicago in December 2020. Her consecration, initially scheduled for April 24, 2021, was postponed after the bishop-elect underwent surgical procedure on April 15, 2021, to take away an arteriovenous malformation in her mind. “Within the final a number of months, lots of you could have requested me what my priorities as your bishop will probably be,” Clark wrote in a Sept. 30 letter to the diocese, which serves church buildings throughout the Chicago space and suburbs. “I’ve responded the identical approach every time: An important factor to me proper now could be to be taught extra about you. I wish to study what your congregations want to answer the difficult world through which we discover ourselves, and what you want most from a bishop in these instances. I wish to hear your tales, ask questions on your ministries, and discover out what you might want to reply to God’s name in your communities.”
She added, she is dedicated to 2 shared priorities — bearing witness towards violence on the streets and in communities and “advocating for insurance policies, practices, and initiatives that honor and safeguard the abundance and variety of God’s creation.”
Elmhurst College alumna Afaaf Amatullah of Bloomingdale just lately acquired a prestigious Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship award.
– Courtesy of Afaaf Amatullah
Elmhurst College alumna Afaaf Amatullah of Bloomingdale just lately acquired a prestigious Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship award.
– Courtesy of Afaaf Amatullah
Elmhurst alumna fellow:
Elmhurst College alumna Afaaf Amatullah of Bloomingdale has acquired the celebrated Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship award.
Amatullah, a 2021 graduate, just lately began her first 12 months of regulation college on the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
“This fellowship supplies me with the chance to pursue my authorized profession whereas being related to a community of extremely motivated college students,” she mentioned.
Established in 1932, the Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Program yearly supplies funding to first-year graduate college students pursuing post-baccalaureate levels throughout tutorial disciplines.
Amatullah, who acquired $8,500, was amongst solely about 50 candidates nationwide to obtain the award. She has achieved analysis and written articles on racial discrimination and unfair housing practices, and earned three awards from the Illinois Faculty Press Affiliation. Her article “The Black Press and Black Company: Responses from the Defender to Chicago’s City Renewal Insurance policies” was revealed in The Macksey Journal in September of 2021.
As a scholar, Amatullah has volunteered at Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Reduction’s free cellular well being and COVID-19 vaccine clinics, conducting affected person consumption and offering Urdu/Hindi translation providers. She additionally helped underrepresented folks coping with housing crises with Chicago’s Emergency Rental Help Program and hopes ultimately to offer authorized providers to underserved communities.
Filipino market:
Oakton Group Faculty in Des Plaines will have a good time Filipino American Historical past Month with Para Sa Kultura (for the tradition) evening market on Oct. 14.
The outside market will run from 5 to 9 p.m. close to the Lee Heart on Oakton’s Des Plaines campus, 1600 Golf Street. It would function Chicago-area Filipino-owned microbusinesses, reside music and meals distributors.
Filipino American Historical past Month is noticed in October to mark the anniversary of the primary recorded proof of Filipinos in America.
Para Sa Kultura is being held in collaboration with Everyone’s Market and supported by Oakton’s Heart for Organizing Minority Applications to Advance Pupil Success (COMPASS).
The Oakton evening market will embrace reside performances that includes Jake Gatsby and at the very least 15 Filipino-owned and operated distributors promoting meals, drinks and merchandise.
In 2020, Oakton acquired a $1.5 million Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Establishments grant from the U.S. Division of Training. It was the primary Illinois neighborhood school to obtain this designation, on account of its giant Asian American and Pacific Islander scholar inhabitants.
The grant helped Oakton set up COMPASS, which seeks to enhance scholar success charges by participating them in high-impact actions and assist them make knowledgeable choices about course and program design.
“We’ve a big presence of Filipino People in our district,” mentioned Pricey Aunaetitrakul, COMPASS senior program supervisor at Oakton. “The Para Sa Kultura evening market is about honoring the neighborhood’s resilience and bringing folks collectively.”
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