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The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights is a consortium of American law firms in Chicago that provides legal services in civil rights cases . The Committee focuses on seven major projects: the Education Equity Project, the Community Law Project, the Housing Opportunity Project, the Hate Crimes Project, Voting Rights Project, Police Accountability Project and Settlement Assistance Program.
Equality Illinois is a 501(c)(4) organization and has educational and political action affiliate organizations. [2] The Equality Illinois Institute, a 501(c)(3) educational organization affiliated with Equality Illinois, focuses on the educational and charitable aspects of EI's mission.
A law prohibiting the Illinois State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity SB 1775; PA 99-351: Safeguard Our Children Act HB 3284; PA 99-416: Opportunities for At Risk Women Act HB 105; PA 97-280: Patients' Right to Know Act HB286; PA 97-245
A letter sent by an alderman to Illinois state authorities decries the degree to which school board members are allegedly involved in ongoing teacher contract negotiations and asks for an ...
The Civic Federation is a Chicago-based non-partisan research organization focused on governments in the Chicago area and the state of Illinois. The Civic Federation's mission is to help local and state governments reduce their costs and improve public services by "Promoting opportunities to reform local tax structures; guarding against wasteful expenditure of public funds; and serving as a ...
He was named Outstanding School Board President by the Illinois State Board of Education in 1997. From 2007 to 2010, he was board president of the Chicago Park District, and in 2010 he was board president of the City Colleges of Chicago. On June 7, 2011, Chico was named Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education by Illinois Governor Pat ...
In mid-August, high-level negotiations began between city leaders, movement activists and representatives of the Chicago Real Estate Board. On August 26, after the Chicago Freedom Movement had declared that it would march into Cicero, an agreement, consisting of positive steps to open up housing opportunities in metropolitan Chicago, was ...
After virtually every Dallas Cowboys game, Jerry Jones, the team’s owner, general manager and center-of-attention, arrives in the hallway outside the team locker room and makes himself available ...