Dear Neighbors: Spring is upon us, and as our public health metrics continue to improve, Illinois has moved into the Bridge Phase of the Restore Illinois plan! This phase marks…
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Dear Neighbors: I am honored to have sponsored HB 376, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act. This legislation recently passed the House and awaits a vote in…
Dear Neighbors: The 102nd General Assembly is progressing quickly and I’m pleased to report that I have passed several bills through committee, an important step towards becoming law. Despite the…
Source: Liz Zhou, Vox “By not showing up in American history, by not hearing about Asian Americans in schools, that contributes to that sense of foreignness.” By Li Zhou Jul…
Source, Grace Hauck USA Today CHICAGO – Amid a dramatic rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor of Illinois signed a law Friday requiring public schools…
Join Senator Laura Fine, Representative Robyn Gabel and Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz for an End-of-Session town hall next Monday, July 19th at 7:00PM at the Evanston Ecology Center (2024 N McCormick…
Source: Chicago Sun-Times Asian American history will soon be woven into public school studies across Illinois under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday, a move…
Mary Manching felt a disconnect between her Asian American heritage and what she was learning at Northside College Prep. “I never saw myself represented in the history curriculum,” said Manching,…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When the Asian American Student Union at a Connecticut high school organized a Zoom call following the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, senior Lily…
Dear Neighbors: The Spring 2021 Legislative Session has come to a close and I am proud of the accomplishments we made. We came together to pass a balanced budget that…