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Anti-racism workshop in Aurora May 18

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Discipling Anti-Racist Youth: Part 2,” a free workshop, will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora. Youth leaders and aspiring youth workers are invited. Admission, breakfast, and parking are free. Workshop facilitator is Richard Guzman,...

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Illinois health plan declares racism a public health crisis

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Advocacy groups say ‘Healthy Illinois 2028’ is missing key areas of focus By Dilpreet RajuCapitol News Illinoisdraju@capitolnewsillinois.com A new state health report pinpoints racism as a public health crisis while also noting Illinois needs to improve in the areas of maternal and infant health, mental health and substance use disorders....

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Minor Feelings author will discuss racism on Aurora Public Library District Zoom

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The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is proud to be a partner with many Chicago area libraries to welcome poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong, to the Aurora community at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. Cathy Park Hong is the poetry editor of the New Republic and is a full...

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‘Let’s Talk About Policing’ topic June 21

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Santori Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street will be host to “Let’s Talk About Policing,” a community dialogue, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, June 21. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The program is the second of four dialogues in a “Let’s Talk About...

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Study Circles opens in Aurora

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By Al Benson Four community dialogues on racism opened Monday, June 7, at Santori Aurora Public Library. Co-hosts for the series, free to the public in-person and on Zoom, are Study Circles Illinois, Santori Library, and Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Avenue, Elgin. The inaugural dialogue, moderated by...

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Study Circles in Aurora, Elgin, June 7, June 21

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Study Circles Ilinois will hold four community dialogues on racism at two sites June 7 and June 21, at Santori Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora; and Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Avenue, Elgin. The series opens with public conversations from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m....

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State leaders speak positively in support of Asian Americans

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By Sarah Mansur Less than a week after a deadly attack on Asian Americans in Atlanta, governor JB Pritzker and members of the General Assembly’s Asian American Caucus spoke out against the murders and against discrimination generally toward the Asian American community. “I do not pretend to know the pain...

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Antiracist book discussion on Zoom November 9 with registration

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The New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, will discuss his book, How to be an Antiracist, Monday, Nov. 9 live on Zoom. Dr. Kendi is the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, a contributor writer at “The Atlantic,” a CBS news correspondent, National...

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Tear it down, however, with a fitting plan, thoughtfulness

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Tear it down! That seems to be the rallying cry across these United States (or is it these “Untied States”?) in a loud and clear voice against white supremacy. Most of the action is taking place east of the Mississippi River where white supremacy once held sway in the Southeast....

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Illinois House speaker seeks removal of Douglas statue

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By Peter Hancock Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan Thursday, July 9 called for removing statues and portraits of the 19th Century U.S. senator Stephen A Douglas from the Statehouse along with other known slaveholders. “While reading Sidney Blumenthal’s book ‘All the Powers of Earth’ concerning the pre-Civil War period a...

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If Not Now, Then When? A conversation about race and reality in 2020

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Aurora alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns, center, presents If Not Now, Then When? It was conversation about race and reality in 2020, Monday, Feb. 24 at Aurora City Hall.

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