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Good morning! It's Wednesday and your favorite morning news show is live. We hope you're all having a blessed and pleasant day. Today's show will be 45 minutes long, we have a most urgent community meeting to attend at 9 am. Together we can achieve so much. Let's get started! Here's the news: - The Everyday Heroes Breakfast will take place on Friday, April 28th at the Prisco Community Center (150 W. Illinois ave.). This is a celebration of scouting, hosted by the Ottawa District, Three Fires Council, BSA. The event will take place from 7 to 8:30 am and will feature retired Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez as guest speaker. Scan the QR code for more information and to register. We hope to see you there! - Tuesday, April 21st from 1 to 2:30 pm the HOPE Fair Housing Center & Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights will be hosting a great workshop on Fair Housing, Eviction Records and Tenant Screening. This training is free, open to the public and will be very informative. Registration is required, and this will take place at the downtown Aurora Santori branch of the Aurora Public Library. Use the QR code or link on the flyer to register and for more information! - Join our friends of Saint Astro, live at Two Brothers Roundhouse on Friday, April 21st. The show starts at 8 pm and will feature The Secret Lives as special guests. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Instagram! Have a fantastic day! We will see you once again Friday morning for more news and more Aurora. Subscribe to the show on YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningAuroraPodcast The second largest city's first daily news podcast is here. Tune in every Monday, Wednesday & Friday to our FB Live from 8 am to 9 am. Make sure to like and subscribe to stay updated on all things Aurora. Twitter: goodmorningaur1 Instagram: goodmorningaurorail Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dVweK5Zc4uPVQQ0Fp1vEP... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../good-morning.../id1513229463 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningaurora #positivevibes #positiveenergy #downtownaurora #kanecountyil #bataviail #genevail #stcharlesil #saintcharlesil #elginil #northaurorail #auroraillinois #auroramedia #auroranews #goodmorningaurora #news #dailynews #subscribe #youtube #podcast #spotify #morningnews #morningshow #wednesday --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/support

This is a special episode based on a webinar that we first presented on September 7th on the Fathering Together Facebook Page for another conversation on the ways fathers can empower and encourage their daughters to be community leaders! We had 3 amazing panelists doing great things in their community to forge a more equitable future. Barbara Barreno-Paschall is a Commissioner with the State of Illinois Human Rights Commission following her appointment by Governor JB Pritzker in 2019. Prior to her appointment, Barbara was a Senior Staff Attorney with Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She also was an Associate at Sidley Austin LLP. At Sidley, Barbara twice received the firm’s Thomas H. Morsch Award for Pro Bono Achievement for her successful representation of immigrants seeking asylum. Barbara is a Board member of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference and Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment and is a member of the Harris Alumni Council. In 2018, Barbara was elected as a Community Representative on the Kenwood Academy High School Local School Council and is an Emerging Leader with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Barbara is a graduate of Harvard College, Vanderbilt Law School, and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Ruth Lopez-McCarthy is a managing attorney with the Legal Protection Fund Project. Ruth holds over 17 years of experience in the immigration movement both locally and nationally. After working as an organizer in Chicago, Ruth obtained her J.D. from Chicago- Kent College of Law. Ruth served as the deputy field director with the Reform Immigration FOR America campaign, the coalition coordinator for the Northern Borders Coalition, and as the deputy legislative associate/legislative liaison for Field for the Alliance for Citizenship campaign in Washington, D.C. She joined the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights as the comprehensive immigration reform implementation director in 2013 where she built the IL is READY Campaign in preparation for administrative relief. Ruth worked as a consultant for immigration advocacy organizations coordinating immigrant focused programs across the United States and Mexico. At NIJC, Ruth leads the City of Chicago funded initiative, the Legal Protection Fund, aimed at educating community and providing immediate legal information, screenings, consultations, and representation to individuals who may be at risk for deportation or in need of trustworthy immigration representation. Ruth speaks Spanish and is licensed to practice law in Illinois. Kady McFadden is Deputy Director of the Sierra Club Illinois Chapter. In this role, Kady manages organizing and conservation staff in order to build strong advocacy campaigns for clean energy, clean water, and open space protection. Kady also runs the Sierra Club Illinois PAC to elect environmental champions to state, local and federal office. She is an alumna of Washington University in St Louis and University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. If you've enjoyed today's episode of the Dads With Daughters podcast we invite you to check out the Fatherhood Insider. The Fatherhood Insider is the essential resource for any dad that wants to be the best dad that he can be. We know that no child comes with an instruction manual and most are figuring it out as they go along. The Fatherhood Insider is full of valuable resources and information that will up your game on fatherhood. Through our extensive course library, interactive forum, step-by-step roadmaps and more you will engage and learn with experts but more importantly with dads like you. So check it out today!

On paper, Sonny Garg and Samir Wagle had achieved the American Dream. They were corporate executives, making lots of money, with great families and nice homes. The problem was, they were both miserable. This led each man on a journey of self-discovery that changed their lives. After meeting, the two decided to partner together to help others define their own lives in more meaningful ways.In 2015, Sonny launched the Energy division of Uptake Technologies, an enterprise software company named the #3 most promising AI company by Fortune in 2019. Prior to Uptake, Sonny was a member of the Executive Committee at Exelon Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, and served in a variety of senior executive roles including as the Chief Information Officer and the company's first Chief Innovation Officer and the President of Exelon Power. He sits on the boards of the Invisible Institute, the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, as well as the Advisory Board of the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship. Samir Wagle is currently the CEO & Founder of the 11:eleven Partners, a strategic talent mapping firm focused on helping organizations build conscious cultures. Prior to 11:eleven, he spent over twenty years developing and growing brands in the retail food sector. This includes being President & CEO of The Protein Bar & Kitchen, COO of Andre Boudin Bakeries, expansion leader of Chipotle Mexican Grill in the Eastern Great Lakes region and as the Head of Operations for McDonald's, India. Mentioned In the Episode: The Big Leap by Gay HendricksRustandy Center for Social Sector InnovationIkigai

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. Reset sits down with the committee’s current CEO and also a longtime volunteer attorney to hear about their work in Chicago.

Although data on hate crimes is limited and often underreported, we know that hate crimes have been on the rise in the United States since the election of Donald Trump, in particular hate that targets people of color, religious minorities and the LGBT community. Chicago is one of over two dozen cities that experienced a decade-high number of hate crimes in 2018. For this LIVE In The Thick show at DePaul University, Maria and Julio are joined by two guests who organize against this very hate, Isabella Gomez, actress from Netflix's One Day at a Time and LGBT activist, and Ugo Okere, former alderman candidate for the 40th Ward in Chicago and organizer with Chicago DSA.Special thanks to spoken word artist, Darius Parker with Kuumba Lynx for sharing his powerful words in this live show. ITT Staff Picks:How Chicago’s new democratic socialist city council members can change the city’s politics, from The Washington PostSeeking justice in Illinois after hate crimes, via Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil RightsExplaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes, from PolitiFactFor information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WBEZ’s Dave McKinney dives into Gov. Pritzker’s first budget address. And Julie Justice, director of the Hate Crimes Project at the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights talks about the difficult legal realities around the reporting and prosecuting of hate crimes

Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, the ACLU of Illinois speaks with Congressman Mike Quigley (5th District - IL) on election security, Russian cyber-attacks and the state of our electoral system. We also talk with Ami Gandhi (Director of Voting Rights and Civic Empowerment at Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights) about reducing barriers to voting and improving civic participation in Illinois - and whether you can take that "ballot selfie."

A Community Benefits Agreement ("CBA") is a contract signed by community groups and a real estate developer that requires the developer to provide specific amenities and/or mitigations to the local community or neighborhood. (Wikipedia) Join Jody Adler, Allegra Cira Fischer and me in a lively discussion on CBA’s.  We will talk about what CBA’s are; the pros and cons, and some of The Law Project’s work in supporting local community based coalitions in their quest for greater democracy in development.  Jody Adler is the Director of The Law Project. She specializes in the law of exempt organizations working with community-based nonprofit organizations. Jody has taught classes in nonprofit law and management for Oakton Community College and Spertus College. She is on the board of directors of AIDS Legal Council of Chicago and Changing Worlds, a Chicago-area arts in education organization.  Allegra is a staff attorney with The Law Project (TLP), which is the community development project of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. Allegra’s focus at TLP is on equitable and inclusive development, and she works with coalitions of non-profit organizations in negotiations with developers to secure benefits for surrounding communities, including commitments to build affordable housing, hire local residents and pay livable wages, among other investments important to Chicago neighborhoods and their residents. Call in live at (347) 884-8121. You don't need an account to listen, but, if you want to participate in an online chat, open a listener-only account at https://secure.blogtalkradio.com/register.aspx?type=listener to participate in a live chat. Visit Valeriefleonard.com. Archived episodes may be found at http://Valeriefleonard.com/NonprofitU, iTunes, Podcast Chart, Blubrry and Stitcher.

Civil rights attorney and social justice activist Danielle McCain shares how the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law advances civil rights and racial justice. She discusses how the CLC serves the most underserved communities in Chicago and focuses on voting rights, education, and economic development.