Daywatch: Chicago police log 11,000 complaints chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, was shoring up his leadership skills in 2013 in a training session with Leadership Greater Chicago, a civic leadership development organization, he looked around to find only a handful of people of color in a cohort of 35. “They were talking about city issues, issues around social justice and us not being at the table and our communities being impacted . it .
Chicago s Latino Caucus Foundation builds leadership pipeline chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Districts for the soon-to-be-elected Chicago Board of Education must be drawn by July 1, but those who spoke at the latest public hearing said the newest draft is rushed.
Despite a growth in population size, the Latino community is underrepresented in politics, with less than 2% of Latinos in elected positions nationwide.