Family and Community Engagement in Education has launched a series of virtual workshops to help families navigate remote learning. Please see these virtual offerings for the week include tutorials on Google, Aspen, computer basics, and more!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM CDT

Benefits for Job Seekers:

• Conduct live online one-on-one virtual interviews with nationally known employers at The Chicago Virtual Job Fair.
• No more sending your resume in to the black hole and waiting for a phone call.
• This event will put you front and center with the recruiter who can hire you!
• Free Attendance to job seekers! The Chicago Virtual Career Fair is Open to all candidates!
• Safety – No contact necessary
• Chat with a recruiter from the comfort of your home at a convenient time
• Build a video profile that is continually viewed by employers
• Create a video cover letter
• Proprietary Job matching
• All you need is an internet connection
• Job seekers must create a free virtual profile to attend a virtual hiring event, which they can do here.

SPRINGFIELD — After a Senate hearing Thursday about transparency and equity at the Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT and other members of the Mid-America Association of State Transportation Agencies voted to establish a diversity committee. State Senator Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) praised the decision in the following statement:

“For years, we’ve heard serious complaints about acts of discrimination at IDOT. Thursday, we gave Secretary Omer Osman the opportunity to respond to these allegations, and I’m happy to see that he’s taken them seriously.

“The establishment of this diversity committee is a start, but it will not be enough to fix the issues on its own. I’m looking forward to seeing policies that result in us hearing less and less discrimination complaints.

“I hope to see the organization implement more opportunities for people of color statewide, both in employment and mobility.”

CHICAGO — State Senator Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) is joining advocate groups and Alderman Jeanette Taylor in calls to make the childhood home of Emmett Till a landmark on the 65th anniversary of his death.

“Emmett’s unjust death parallels many today – George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and too many others to count,” Hunter said. “Emmett received no justice for being murdered senselessly, just as others we’ve seen this year that are still waiting for justice. This is why we proclaim, ‘Black Lives Matter’ – because the justice system hasn’t shown us that they do.”

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