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Tag: Lori Lightfoot
African-American
The Crisis of the Underrepresented Leader: Three Considerations
The rift between underrepresented leaders and those we lead, some of whom also happen to be underrepresented, is not confined to politics. In the academic sphere, I have both an active role and a front-row seat to the spectacle, as an African American dean of one of the University of Richmond’s five schools, who serves under a president who also happens to be Black. Worse than “we can’t tell,” words not fit for print have been used to describe each of us, in earshot and otherwise.
September 11, 2020
Students
$5 Million Aid Fund for Chicago’s Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot this week announced a $5 million fund that will distribute cash assistance to the city’s 300,000 undocumented immigrants, including college students and others blocked from receiving federal COVID-19 emergency aid. “The Chicago Resiliency Fund is going to help ensure that our undocumented residents, students, and others excluded from federal aid don’t […]
June 12, 2020
COVID-19
Chicago Mayor to Receive Honorary Degree From Northwestern U
Chicago’s mayor Lori E. Lightfoot will be awarded an honorary degree from Northwestern University, the college said in a statement. On June 19, Lightfoot will also virtually deliver the commencement address for graduating Northwestern seniors. Northwestern said Lightfoot, who assumed office in May 2019, has been appreciated nationally as well as internationally for her response […]
May 5, 2020
African-American
Defining Political Progress
One of the things I love most about writing for Diverse is that it provides an opportunity for me to think through our increasingly complicated political space. Exploring the intersection of politics, pop culture and higher education also provides a platform to align pedagogy with public scholarship. I approach this column as I approach my classroom: my job isn’t to tell people how to think; but to provide them with information that encourages them to think critically and analytically.
April 8, 2019
News Roundup
Lori Lightfoot Elected First African-American Woman, Openly Gay Mayor of Chicago
Former assistant U.S. attorney Lori Lightfoot has been elected the first African-American woman and openly gay mayor of Chicago. “We may be strangers but in this room, in this city we are all neighbors,” Lightfoot said to a cheering crowd after the results came in on Tuesday. Lightfoot was a part of a historic runoff […]
April 3, 2019
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