Leadership Greater Chicago names 2022 Class for Signature Fellows Program Leadership Greater Chicago logo Courtesy of Leadership Greater Chicago
Leadership Greater Chicago recently announced the 2022 Class of its Signature Fellows Program.
This select group of 50 accomplished and diverse individuals represents a cross-section of professionals from the corporate, nonprofit, government and education sectors. With the city as their classroom, participants are immersed in major socioeconomic issues facing the community and build connections that facilitate solutions.
The 2022 Class will commence following more than a year of unrest in our country where we faced continued social injustice followed by the largest anti-racism movement in our history, all during a global pandemic, said Maria Wynne, LGC Chief Executive Officer. Developing civic leaders is critical today in achieving equity in our criminal justice, healthcare, and education systems, and in the
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The American people aren’t interested in defunding our police departments, but nor are we in favor of living in an actual police state. The happy medium, at least when it comes to addressing violent crime, seems to me to involve a strategy of prioritizing arrest and prosecutions of violent offenders. From both a constitutional and a practical standpoint, I can’t get on board with the gun control philosophy of banning and regulating our way to safety.
A new study from Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice suggests that my practical concerns, at least, are well-founded (the paper doesn’t really address the constitutional issues involved). The project examined the effects of Illinois’ very tough gun laws, which make it a felony to carry a firearm without a license. According to the study’s authors, their research has caused them serious concern.
State orders Chicago to fix special education in detention
KELLY GARCIA of Injustice Watch
April 23, 2021
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CHICAGO (AP) The Illinois State Board of Education has ordered Chicago Public Schools to fix problems with special education services for students at the high school in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
The state’s corrective action plan comes after two legal aid groups filed a complaint with ISBE back in November alleging that CPS “essentially halted” special education services during the Covid-19 pandemic for students at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School inside the detention center.
The nonprofit news outlet Injustice Watch provided this article to The Associated Press through a collaboration with Institute for Nonprofit News.
State Orders CPS: Fix Special Education For Students Behind Bars - Chicago, IL - Legal aid groups claim CPS "essentially halted" special education services at Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center last year.
The McLean County Law and Justice Center has been host to multiple high-profile felony murder cases in recent years. Criminal justice advocates say it s time to amend the controversial law. Others in the legal community say that likely won t happen soon. Staff / WGLT
Advocates of criminal justice reform in the United States have had several achievements in the last couple of years. Both sides of the aisle embraced calls for lower prison populations. A growing social movement calls for rehabilitation over punishment.
Supporters say part of that debate should be changing Illinois felony murder law. But others in the legal community argue that s a long shot.