This week s Suburban Mosaic column leads with a report finding older adults top needs in Northeastern Illinois are access to and help navigating technology, social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for cultural support and services in languages other than English, and demand for more home delivered meals and congregate dining sites.
A new book by Chicago-based author and journalist Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk tells stories of five Latina immigrant women who changed their lives after learning English at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora.
Carmel High to open multicultural center promoting inclusivity
Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Posted4/25/2021 5:30 AM
Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein this Friday will open a new multicultural center to educate students about diversity, equity and inclusion.
The center will provide a space where all students can congregate, socialize, learn and feel valued. It is modeled after collegiate multicultural centers.
Officials plan to create new educational and social programs to introduce students to different cultures, ethnicities and religions. To do that, they will bring in speakers to talk about how to be an ally of marginalized groups, promote advocacy for certain needs and incorporate community service opportunities.
Lake in the Hills first female police chief takes helm in July Mary Frake, who has served 27 years with the Lake in the Hills Police Department, will be the town s first female police chief. She takes the helm when Police Chief David Brey retires in July after 29 years with that department. Courtesy of Lake in the Hills Police Department
Susana Mejia, of Bensenville, got her first COVID-19 shot administered Friday by Janeth Lopez of the HR Support group of Harwood Heights in the parking lot at the Gary Methodist Church in Wheaton. I am excited, she said. She was the second person in line to get the vaccine at a free clinic organized by Immigrant Solidarity DuPage for Latinos.
Suburban mosques reopen for Ramadan worship services
Men pray, spaced 6 feet apart and wearing masks, at the Islamic Foundation of Villa Park Monday evening ahead of the start of nightly congregational prayers for the holy month of Ramadan. John Starks | Staff Photographer
The evening sun reflects on the plastic covering the floor of the Islamic Foundation of Villa Park for COVID reasons as men enter the mosque Monday evening ahead of traditional Ramadan congregational prayers. Orange tape marks the spot for each worshipper spaced 6 feet apart. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Men pray, spaced 6 feet apart, at the Islamic Foundation of Villa Park Monday evening. The center is among several suburban mosques resuming traditional nightly congregational prayers for Ramadan as of Monday night.