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Get vaccinated for your mom this Sunday, health officials suggest
Cook County officials say being vaccinated is the best gift you can give your mom for Mother s Day. Rick West | Staff Photographer, March 19
Updated 5/5/2021 6:25 PM As COVID-19 vaccination fever wanes, Cook County officials urged suburbanites to roll up their sleeves for Mom this Sunday. This Mother s Day really is about next Mother s Day, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle said at a briefing Wednesday. This year, all your mom wants for Mother s Day is for you to get your vaccine. It s one of the greatest gifts you can give your mother. You can walk into any mass site, it will cost you nothing and it could save your mother s life. ....
After Decades of Reform, Has Chicago Finally Learned How to Fix Education? Some promising signs suggest the city may be turning around its troubled school system. It offers lessons for other struggling districts. June 27, 2018 • The phone call Janice Jackson had been waiting for came in early December. She was going to be named interim CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). A protégé of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, she would be taking over the third largest school district in the nation. She was also getting the job she had predicted for herself since her days as a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A month after her appointment, the city closed the deal by dropping the word “interim” from her title. ....
May 5, 2021 For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today s profile is Don Villar. Don Villar was born into the labor movement and the spirit of social justice. His father was on strike at the time of his birth, fighting for better wages and benefits for bank workers in the Philippines. During his nearly 25-year broadcast journalism career at WLS-TV (ABC) Chicago, Villar won an Emmy for his breaking news coverage. Villar became a member of NABET-CWA Local 41 in 1991, was elected vice president in 2010 and then president in 2015. He became secretary-treasurer for the Chicago Federation of Labor in 2018 and continues to build solidarity across Chicago, Cook County and beyond. ....
Patrick Pyszka The Grant Park Music Festival announced Tuesday its 2021 season will return to the Pritzker Pavilion, for a season of live music and in-person audiences. The season will kick off July 2 and run through Aug. 21 and will operate at 25% capacity (under current pandemic restrictions) with reserved seats for all concertgoers, both in the pavilion and on the lawn. The lawn will, for the first time, feature socially distanced “pods” for small groups. Artistic director and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar will return to lead the Grant Park Orchestra, with Christopher Bell directing the Grant Park Chorus, in an eight-week season. All concerts are free and will take place Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Run time will be 90 minutes, without intermission. ....
Preckwinkle encourages Cook County residents to get vaccinated for Mother s Day By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published Preckwinkle encourages residents to get vaccines for Mother’s Day weekend Are you still not sure what to get the favorite woman in your life for Mother s Day? How about a COVID-19 vaccine? CHICAGO - Are you still not sure what to get the favorite woman in your life for Mother s Day? How about a COVID-19 vaccine? So far, 50% of all eligible residents in Cook County have received at least one dose of the vaccine. In order to make getting your shot a more enjoyable experience, Cook County Health is partnering with the Chicago Federation of Musicians. They ll be performing at mass vaccine sites in Des Plaines, Tinley Park and Forest Park on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ....