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Lightford honored with prestigious Chicago Defender’s Vanguard Award

Lightford honored with prestigious Chicago Defender’s Vanguard Award

Lightford fights for equitable funding for higher education

Lightford fights for equitable funding for higher education

Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2019

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Category: Events
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 02:15 PM
  • Event

Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2019
14-15 March 2019, San Francisco
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE

Please consider to submit your papers/posters/demo proposals for the Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2019 to be held from 14-15 March 2019 in San Francisco, United States.

FICC 2019 aims to provide a forum for researchers from both academia and industry to share their latest research contributions and exchange knowledge with the common goal of shaping the future of Information and Communication.

The conference programme will include paper presentations, poster sessions and project demonstrations, along with prominent keynote speakers and industrial workshops.

Important Dates
Paper Submission Due : 01 July 2018
Acceptance Notification : 25 July 2018
Author Registration : 15 August 2018
Camera Ready Submission : 15 September 2018
Conference Dates : 14-15 March 2019

Complete details are available on the conference website : http://saiconference.com/FICC
All FICC 2019 presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for indexing to IEEE Xplore, Scopus, Inspec, Google Scholar and more.

Legislative Black Caucus: Rauner no friend to black communities (VIDEO)

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Category: ILBC
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 05:26 PM
  • Black Caucus
  • Video
  • Minimum Wage
  • Minority Businesses

Lightford062218During an on-air interview Tuesday, Bruce Rauner repeatedly boasted with WVON’s primarily black audience that, “But especially, I’ve been great for Black businesses and African American schools. No governor’s done more than me.”

Leaders of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus presented a reality check today in response to Bruce Rauner’s claims. The coalition of lawmakers highlighted the governor’s record of distasteful and insensitive cuts to social services, community safety and economic opportunity.

Assistant Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford, Chair of the ILBC-

“And here I thought Bruce Rauner, as a white man, wasn’t going to have anything else to say about race. Well, since he brought it up, a true friend of the black community wouldn’t have slashed funding for Chicago State University, wiped out childcare assistance, grossly underfunded Teen REACH, waged a war against the students and teachers in Chicago Public Schools and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage.

“Perhaps the self-proclaimed protector of the black community forgot that black-owned businesses didn’t get paid during his impasse.

“Maybe he needs to be reminded that African-American women get breast cancer, too, and benefit from the screenings he tried to eliminate.

“And, in the midst of all this exaggeration, let’s not forget that under Bruce Rauner’s watch the African-American unemployment rate in Illinois is the highest in the nation.

“Some friend he is.

“Next, he’s probably going to tell us he really liked Black Panther, too.

“That movie contains more truth than Rauner’s claims.”

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Citywide Job Fair

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Category: Events
Monday, June 18, 2018 07:53 PM

UrbanLeague JobFair2018The Chicago Urban League’s 5 th Annual Citywide Job Fair – one of Chicago’s largest annual hiring event and co-sponsored by Jobcase will take place Wednesday, June 20, 2018 from 10:00a.m. – 2:00p.m. at the Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum (Formerly UIC Forum) 725 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL.

The event will connect thousands of Chicagoland residents with employment opportunities from local businesses and Fortune 500 companies.
Dress to impress! Bring resumes!

Register for the event here: https://www.jobcase.com/chicago-job-fair?

Coming Up: Forty Acres Market in Maywood

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Thursday, June 14, 2018 01:56 PM
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  • Maywood

FortyAcresForty Acres will be hosting its final spring pop-up market event on Saturday, June 16 from 9:00a.m. until 3:00p.m. at the Maywood Multipurpose Building (200 S. 5th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153).

Questions?

Visit @40AcresFreshMarket on Facebook

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  3. Lightford plan helps underrepresented students transition to college
  4. Lightford: Poverty should not be criminalized
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Senate Majority Leader
Kimberly A. Lightford

Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications & human relations, Western Illinois University; Master's in public administration, University of Illinois at Springfield. Village of Maywood Trustee 1997-2003; State Government Employee - IL Secretary of State, IL Department of Corrections, IL Central Management Services. Resides in Maywood with her family.

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