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Published in the Daily Herald 11/15/21 Countries across the world came together in Glasgow for COP26 to discuss how the world will address our climate crisis. I have joined with…
Today, landmark legislation to address the climate crisis is on its way to the Governor’s desk after passing both the House and Senate, setting Illinois on the path to achieve…
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…
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…
As hate incidents against Asian Americans continue to rise nationwide, Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz of Illinois said that a new bill, which would be the first in the nation to require…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is poised to become the first state to require Asian American history be taught in public schools after a bill cleared its last legislative hurdle Monday…