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2017 Laureate Convocation Video

3 days ago

Today's Student Laureate Spotlight is Diana Silvas from Illinois Institute of Technology.

With mental wellness taking center stage right now, Diana is the perfect Student Laureate to feature. Diana served as the President of Union Board at Illinois Tech and was directly instrumental in creating a safe and inclusive community. Diana took great strides to make mental health a focus for students, faculty, and staff on campus. She created an environment that allows students to focus on not just their academics, but the self‐care that allows them to be successful.

Congratulations Diana on all your hard work and contributions to your campus. You made a difference not only for your peers, but future students to benefit from. ... See MoreSee Less

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The Lincoln Academy of Illinois

7 days ago

Today would have marked Emmett Till’s 80th birthday. In 2020, the Lincoln Academy of Illinois inducted Till into our Hall of Fame. Till’s kidnapping, torture and death at the age of 14 by two white supremacists while visiting family in the Mississippi Delta in 1955 vitalized the Civil Rights Movement.

Emmett Till was one of the youngest and most widely-covered victims of racial lynching. In 1955, after finishing seventh grade in Chicago, Till traveled to Money, Mississippi to visit relatives. Till was there in a grocery with a group of other teenage African American boys to buy candy and was accused of whistling at a white woman. The woman’s husband and his half-brother later abducted Till from his uncle’s house, severely beat him, shot him to death, and dumped Till’s his body into the Tallahatchie River. Till’s body was recovered several days later, and the ensuing funeral and trial received wide national attention. The brutality of the case and Till’s age spurred massive outrage and helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement. ... See MoreSee Less

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TWIN Global - The World Innovation Network

1 week ago

We would like to welcome new TWIN Members to our global connective of innovators who manifest purpose and impact.

Stephanie Pace Marshall is internationally recognized as an educational visionary, thought leader, and pioneer. Her work is grounded in generative system leadership, transformative learning and schooling, and the design and creation of life-affirming learning systems and environments that flourish and learn “as life does.” She is also the founding president and president emerita of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, as well as the former chancellor of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Stephanie joined us for TWIN Global 2018, participating in a discussion that you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRmPbpb7Yw4

Irving Lachow serves as the program lead for MITRE’s Social Justice Platform. The organization recently launched a new website sjp.mitre.org and published an equity assessment framework designed to help federal agencies examine programs and policies from the perspective of underserved communities as required by Executive Order 13985 (A Framework for Assessing Equity in Federal Programs and Policy | The MITRE Corporation).

Ann Drake is an executive, civic leader, and founder of Lincoln Road Enterprises — an advocacy, innovation, and investment office supporting female leadership in supply chains, engineering & technology, infrastructure design, and space. Over the past 18 months, Lincoln Road has made significant strategic investments with AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education), the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Yerkes Future Foundation, the Museum of Science and Industry and more. Thanks to its inspiration and impact, combined with monthly communications, Lincoln Road is reaching a global constituency on behalf of women’s leadership.

We are looking forward to our member-only, in-person, and virtual event in Chicago taking place at MCA, September 21st to 23rd, 2021. www.twinglobal.org/twin-global/beyond-2021

Reach out to us to learn more: membership@twinglobal.org

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