Town Hall Meeting

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Lightford urges everyone to mask up (VIDEO)

Lightford announces North Riverside vaccination site

• COVID-19
• Vaccination

NORTH RIVERSIDE – Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford (D-Maywood) is pleased to announce that one of the first state-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination sites is opening in North Riverside today.

“I’m happy to see a vaccination site located in the district I represent that prioritizes health care workers,” said Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford (D-Maywood). “They will finally have a chance to be protected the way they have protected us during this tragic pandemic, and giving everyone the opportunity to get vaccinated is vitally important. Vaccination is the pathway to getting families back together, businesses back open, and our lives back to normal.”

The site opens today, Jan. 19, at the North Riverside Health Clinic, located at 1800 S. Harlem Ave., and its hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Leader Lightford sworn in for new term in Illinois Senate

• Black Caucus
• Inauguration

SPRINGFIELD – Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford was sworn in Wednesday for a new term in the Illinois General Assembly, marking the beginning of her 23rd year in the legislature.

A steadfast advocate for education reform and working class Illinoisans, Lightford’s new term begins days after passing legislation to help ensure Black children receive the opportunity they need to build brighter futures, a measure Lightford negotiated during her recent tenure as chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. It makes comprehensive changes to support Black and low-income students from birth to adulthood, the latest in a long line of education reforms Lightford has championed.

“There are two huge influences in every child’s life – their family and their school,” Lightford said. “We require kids to go to school, and it’s our responsibility as a state to make sure that every child’s educational experience prepares them to be happy, contributing members of society when they grow up. That’s really what every education reform I’ve ever worked on has been about – giving every single child in Illinois the opportunity they deserve.

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