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African-American Real Estate Professionals to Escalate Push for New Policies PAGE 3

BUSINESS

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The Strong family lives in Park Manor with their 5 children, 3 of which have sickle cell anemia. Photo Credit: Provided by La Rabida Children’s Hospital

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

UIC EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS The University of Illinois at Chicago has earned praise from federal officials for its sus‑ tainability initiatives by earning the designa‑ tion as a “2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School.” UIC was among 46 schools and districts acknowledged for their efforts to reduce envi‑ ronmental impact and costs, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education. UIC was one of only six colleges or universities to receive the Postsecondary Sustainability Award. Officials announced the award Sept. 19 at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Com‑ merce in Washington, D.C.; it is the latest of two sustainability awards UIC has recently earned.

HEALTH

IT’S FLU SHOT TIME As soon as the influenza (flu) vaccine is available in your community, the Illi‑ nois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recommends everyone six months and older be vaccinated. The nasal spray flu vaccine is once again a recommended option for in‑ fluenza vaccination. During the past two flu seasons, the nasal spray was not recommend‑ ed due to concern about its effectiveness. “It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies that protect against flu to develop in the body,” said IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. “The flu season typically starts around October so we recommend you make plans to get vaccinated now, before flu season begins.” To find a location to get a flu shot in your community, check with your health care provider or local health department. You can also use the online Vaccine Finder at https:// vaccinefinder.org/

LAW & POLITICS

NEW APPROACH USES TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY SOLE OWNERS OF $2,000 OR LESS IN CASH, APPROXIMATE VALUE IN COOK COUNTY: $6,885,020 The new ‘Money Match’ program auto‑ matically will return lost money to Illinois residents without the usual need to gather paperwork or file a claim, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said recently. The ‘Money Match’ program uses existing tech‑ nology and state records to match unclaimed cash with qualifying Illinois taxpayers. The property must be $2,000 or less in cash with only one owner. The goal is to return more money, more quickly, and without the need of paper, to Illinois taxpayers. Individuals can search the state treasurer’s database for their name or the name of their business or non‑profit at www.illinoistreasur‑ er.gov/ICASH. Because the treasurer’s office accepts unclaimed property twice each year, Frerichs encourages individuals to search the database twice each year. Frerichs’ office never charges money to search the database or return unclaimed property.

Local Family Impacted By Sickle Cell Anemia Continued from page 1 BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

For the Strong Family, living with sickle cell anemia has become the new normal. Marshon and Martha Strong live in Park Manor with their five children, three of which were born with sickle cell anemia and receive their primary care and treatment from La Rabida Children’s Hospital in South Shore. About 100,000 Americans have sickle cell anemia which is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. In the United States, most people with sickle cell anemia are of African ancestry or identify themselves as black, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Symptoms of sickle cell anemia can in‑ clude chronic pain, anemia, infection, brain problems, eye problems, delayed growth and puberty, liver complications, and acute chest syndrome which the Strong’s middle son has suffered from as a result of the disease.

ABOUT 100,000 AMERICANS HAVE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA WHICH IS A GROUP OF INHERITED RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS. IN THE UNITED STATES, MOST PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA ARE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY OR IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS BLACK. Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

“I’ve had a couple of scares with my middle son, Marrion Strong. One time he got really, really sick and it became somewhat life-threatening,” said Marshon Strong. “It’s hard being helpless and not being able to do anything and having to wait to see what the doctor can do, but we’ve made it to where we are now. We still get scared when they get sick and that is never going to change because we know that could become serious at any moment in time. It could be normal and then the very next day, they can be very, very, very sick.” Currently, the only cure for sickle cell ane‑ mia is a blood and bone marrow transplant and it is only effective on a small number

of patients. After diagnosis, the number one goal is health maintenance to prevent complications and medicines and treatments to manage and complications that may arise, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. “By them being children, it is hard because I don’t want to limit them. I want for them to be able to go out and play and get dirty like all the rest of the kids, but we have to be open and let them know you can’t do that, you got to put on a jacket,” said Strong. Because they don’t want to limit their chil‑ dren, Strong said that as a family, they simply “live like there’s nothing wrong, but prepare for the worse.”

45th Annual Pullman House Tour takes place on Oct 6-7 BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Town Hall Meeting at Avalon Park

The Historic Pullman Foundation and the Pull‑ man Civic Organization together are sponsoring the 45th Annual Pullman House Tour which will take place from 11 a.m-5 p.m. Oct. 6-7. Visitors will begin at the Historic Pullman Visitor Center, 11141 S. Cottage Grove Ave, and proceed to take a self-guided tour of several historic homes and structures that showcase the history of the com‑ munity through architecture and storytelling. “The Pullman House Tour has kind of a festival atmosphere and people will have a chance to see homes that are restored. Some of them have been restored to their 1890’s appearance and then there’s a couple of homes that were restored by young couples with kids and they have a very contemporary look in their row houses. We have two executive homes that are huge three-story houses that would have been lived in by upper-lev‑ el management of the Pullman Company back in the day and then we also have the little workers cottages which are small two-story homes,” said Pat Brannon, co-chair of the Pullman House Tour. The town of Pullman was built beginning in 1880 as a residential community for the people who worked for the Pullman Company that produced railroad sleeping cars. Today, the Pull‑ man area has remained intact as it was originally designed and the streetscapes look almost exactly like it did in the 1880’s, according to Brannon. In February 2015, President Barack Obama found that it was in the public’s interest to preserve and protect the historic objects in the Pullman Historic District and declared Pullman a National Monument, according to official White House archives, which ensured that the town would continue to be preserved. The walking tour spans four square blocks and allows visitors to explore seven houses along with a few public buildings like the church and the school. Each historic property will also have a

Eighth Ward Alderman Mi‑ chelle Harris will host an upcom‑ ing fall 8th Ward “Committed to the Community,” Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, from 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Ava‑ lon Park Field House, 1215 East 83rd Street. “Many local residents are unaware of all the great resources and programs offered by the City of Chicago to help them in their daily lives,” said Alderman Harris. “I encourage everyone to come out, and tell your family, friends and neighbors as well. This 8th Ward Town Hall event allows them to access information about a wide range of city services in a convenient location.” During the session, residents will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from various city departments and agencies in‑ cluding the Department of Water Management; Chicago Dept. of Transportation (CDOT); Streets & Sanitation; Dept. Of Buildings; Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP), among others. Peoples Gas and ComEd will also be on hand to answer ques‑ tions, resolve issues and discuss cost-saving rebates and other programs. For more information, contact the alderman’s office at 8539 South Cottage Grove, call 773-874-3300 or send an email to michelle. harris@cityofchicago.org.

The 45th Annual Pullman House Tour will take place on Oct 6-7 and will allow visitors to explore several historic homes and public buildings that have existed and been preserved for over a century. Photo Credit: Pullman Historic Foundation Community Prepares For 45th Annual Pullman House Tour

wealth of relevant background information avail‑ able to accompany the viewing. “We have a program booklet that has a few paragraphs about each house, sometimes with a little history and information about the archi‑ tect of the neighborhood, Solon Beaman,” said Brennan. There will be boards up outside each home on the tour with a little bit of history and the original architectural renderings and floor plan so as you’re waiting to go in, you can look at the boards. There’s usually somebody at the front door who might say a few words about the history of the house or the architecture of that particular home and then we let people go in the home.” The House Tour will take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 with the addition of an antique car show on Sunday. There will be food, live music, and proceeds from the event will go towards home restoration grants that Pullman homeowners can apply for to update the facade of their homes to replicate the original appearance.

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NEWS

African-American Real Estate Professionals to Escalate Push for New Policies “IF WE’VE BEEN RACIALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST SUCH THAT WE DON’T HAVE THE WEALTH, THEN HOW CAN WE ALL OF SUDDEN HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT OF 15 AND 20 PERCENT? AND IF WE DON’T HAVE THAT DOWN PAYMENT WHEN WE GO FOR A LOAN, WE THEN PAY ALMOST ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNTS OF INSURANCE AND FEES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT WE DON’T HAVE THE 20 PERCENT DOWN PAYMENT. IS THAT DE FACTO OR DE SURE? IS THAT DISPARATE IMPACT?”

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Despite the fact that the Fair Housing Act was passed by Congress more than 50 years ago, evidence now reveals that govern‑ ment-supported racial discrimination in home buying remains rampant across the U.S. - yet, with little legislative remedy or recourse. This is the reason that members of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), a 71-year-old organization of Black real estate professionals, are pushing for Con‑ gress and policy influencers to take action after a NAREB-issued report and a panel of inde‑ pendent housing experts confirmed pervasive discrimination in homeownership. “Trends leave us today with a Black home‑ ownership rate of 41.6 percent - merely the same as it was just two years after the signing of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Yes, there are reasons,” says NAREB President Jeffrey Hicks. “There has been decades of federal, state and local government supported discriminatory housing and housing finance policies, disparate lending patterns, redlining, and exploitation, resulting in unimaginable losses of wealth.” Hicks was giving opening remarks to an audience of hundreds of people assembled at a two-hour NAREB forum during the recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference (CBCF-ALC) in Washington, D.C. “Let me be clear. We are here today assem‑ bled in this room to begin down a road to solutions identifying the key areas where policy changes can have a measurable impact and create a space for true democracy in housing allowing all people of our nation to climb up the middle class ladder to build wealth through home ownership,” Hicks continued. “NAREB believes it is possible and doable.” Following Hicks’ remarks, a string of policy experts - including U. S. Rep. Gregory Meeks agreed that the matter is dire. Startling findings documented in the 2018 State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) report, commissioned by NAREB, undergird their sentiments. According to the SHIBA: The gap in home‑ ownership between Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites remained at 30 percentage points between 2015 and 2016, with homeownership rates of 42 percent and 72 percent respectively. This 30-percentage-point gap in homeowner‑ ship is the highest it has been in the new mil‑ lennium. Black homeownership is more than 7 percentage points below its peak, achieved in 2004, of just under 50 percent. In the 10 cities with the largest Black popula‑ tions, segregation remains extremely high with dissimilarity rates ranging from a low of .60 in Detroit to a high of .83 in Chicago. Washing‑ ton, D.C. stands at .70. The dissimilarity index measures the extent to which Blacks would have to move to different census tracts in order to achieve an even geographic distribution of households by race throughout the city. Dissimilarity indices over .60 are generally considered high. Since the peak year of Black homeownership in 2004, Black gains have been eviscerated

JAMES H. CARR, SENIOR FELLOW, ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE; CO-AUTHOR, SHIBA REPORT

The panel also included Lisa Rice, president and CEO National Fair Housing Alliance; Mark Alston, owner, Skyway Realty and Alston & Associates Mortgage Co., chair, Public Affairs Committee NAREB; Maurice Jourdain-Earl; managing director and co-founder Complian‑ ceTech; and Alanna McCargo, vice president, Housing Finance Policy, Urban Institute. Hicks concluded that NAREB would be moving forward with a vigorous push for democracy in homeownership. “We started this conversation by saying we do not see ourselves as just wallowing and discussing the problems and the history, but also talking about solutions, he said. He outlined three primary policy principles that “we believe we want to help push forward in this country.”

James H. Carr, senior fellow, Roosevelt Institute; co-author, SHIBA report PHOTO: Photo Credit: Imagine Photography

due largely to the failure of federal financial regulatory agencies to prohibit predatory loan products that were disproportionately peddled to affect Black consumers, as well as insensitive federal policies that provide less assistance to Black households facing foreclosure than to non-Hispanic White homeowners. Federal housing regulators have aggressively pursued lending practices that make access to homeownership more challenging than necessary for lower- and moderate-income and Black households. More than twice as many of Black applicants (50 percent) applied for FHA-insured loans in 2016 compared to White applicants (23 per‑ cent). Conversely, fewer Black applicants (32 percent) sought conventional financing, half the rate of non-Hispanic White applicants (64 percent) seeking conventional financing. Congressman Meeks (D-N.Y.), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, promised that Black homeownership - viewed as a key vehicle for Black wealth - will not be continually overlooked or purposely ignored by lawmakers. If Democrats win control of the

House, Meeks hinted that the continued hous‑ ing crisis in the Black community will be high on the legislative agenda. Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow James H. Carr, a co-author of the SHIBA report, illustrated, in a nutshell, how discrimination is embedded throughout the process by which most African-Americans seek homeownership. “If we’ve been racially discriminated against such that we don’t have the wealth, then how can we all of sudden have the down payment of 15 and 20 percent? And if we don’t have that down payment when we go for a loan, we then pay almost astronomical amounts of insurance and fees to compensate for the fact that we don’t have the 20 percent down payment. Is that de facto or de sure? Is that disparate impact?” Carr quizzed. “Sounds like there’s a problem. So the conclusion of sorts of the context for this year’s report is simply this: Not only have we not put into place remedies that are as powerful as the negative forces that have driven Blacks into this precarious financial state, but we’re still having federal policies and actions that further drive us into a financial abyss.”

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They are, in part: * Promote homeownership as a high priority public policy with support for the mortgage interest tax deduction; creation of a tax-advan‑ taged first-time homebuyer down payment sav‑ ings vehicle; and preservation of the affordable 30-year fixed rate mortgage. * Create “loan level equality,” or the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions; prevent biases or privileges in the mortgage origination process, and ensure consistent pric‑ ing and terms for similarly situated borrowers, with no penalties or higher prices based on neighborhoods, zip codes or census-tracts. * Create a federal accountability structure for the expanding non-depository lender market that will monitor their origination, pricing and lending practices to ensure practices are fair, equitable and non-discriminatory. Rothstein, also the author of the book, “The Color of Law, a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America”, concluded that any successful movement must take place with the inclusion of both Blacks and Whites. “We need allies,” he said. “We can’t progress in this area without a bi-racial movement, a new civil rights movement, which has always been bi-racial. And we need the bully pulpit of politicians like members of the Congressional Black Caucus.”

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BUSINESS

Key women leaders urge an override of Governor's veto

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Vidanta Announces 'World's Best Job' Campaign Vidanta, a collection of premier entertainment and destination resorts across Mexico, recently announced the launch of the "World's Best Job" global campaign, where one lucky candidate will land the dream job of a lifetime. Boasting an impressive hotel portfolio located along some of the most coveted beaches in Mexico including Nuevo Vallarta, Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Puerto Peñasco, and Puerto Vallarta, Vidanta's "World's Best Job" campaign seeks a brand ambassador to leave the office life behind and make some of Mexico's most impressive resorts their new workplace. Days will be spent acting as Vidanta's on-location social influencer, gathering content by experiencing all of the comfort, relaxation, adventure and luxury they have to offer. “Considering all of Vidanta's impressive resort amenities including gourmet dining, high-end spas, designer golf courses and our exclusive entertainment partnerships with Cirque du Soleil and Hakkasan Group, it's an understatement when we say that the 'perks' of this position are endless," said Iván Chávez, Executive Vice President, Grupo Vidanta. "In addition, the lucky applicant will fully immerse themselves in each of our resort

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Key women leaders from around Illinois united recently to urge an override of the Governor's veto of new protections for fair treatment for women in the workplace, after he vetoed a similar proposal last year. Lawmakers who sponsored House Bill 4163 led a Chicago news conference recently at the James R. Thompson Center to explain their support for creating wage equity in Illinois. The bill was sponsored by state Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, in the Illinois House and state Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin, in the Illinois Senate in this past spring legislative session. It cleared both houses, but Gov. Rauner vetoed the bill recently mirroring his comments from last year. Lawmakers originally held the bill from his consideration in order to give him more time to carefully review HB 4163 and reconsider his veto last year of the bill that aims to protect women by making it illegal for employers to ask applicants about their previous salary history. That information can be used to prevent new hires from making a fair wage, if they had received lower wages previously, according to a press release. “Lawmakers have shown for two years now they understand this issue, with bipartisan support for House Bill 4163,” Moeller said. “It’s simply wrong for employers to use past wages to put workers at a disadvantage when they are hired, and women – especially minority women – bear the biggest brunt of this discriminatory practice. I had hoped the Governor would reconsider his position and stand with women, but it's clear we need to override him and put these protections in place ourselves.” “We decided to hold the bill in the Senate for a few extra weeks this summer so the Governor could better understand the issue,” Castro said. “I am frustrated that he cannot recognize there is no place for discrimination in the workplace. Workers deserve better, women deserve better – Illinois deserves better. Enact House Bill 4163 into law during the veto session and let’s send the right message.” "HB 4163 would provide women added protections to ensure pay equity. Governor Rauner’s amendatory veto language would allow employers who discriminate to escape liability,” said Wendy Pollack, Women’s Law and Policy Intitative Director for the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. “Governor Rauner's amendatory veto of HB4163 undermines the existing IL Equal Pay Act that is intended to reduce the wage gap. In addition, his proposed No Salary History amendment would give employers an exception that allows them to ask about previous salary after extending an offer to an applicant - why, so they can then lower what they offered her?” said Melissa Josephs, Director of Equal Opportunity Policy for Women Employed.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights From The RTDO Blue Wave Annual Dinner Event

Left to Right: Calvin Jordan, Rich Township Democratic Committeeman, Yumakea Brown, Clerk, Village of Matterson.

Yumakea Brown, J.B. Pritzker and Calvin Jordan

Pictured are member of the dinner committee from left to right: Andre Satchell, Monica Gordon, Julian Alexander, Richardo D. Spivey, Cassandra J. Matz, Jerome Brown, Yumeka Brown and Adam Shorter, III

Mayor of Matteson Sheila Chalmers- Currin with Democratic Nominee for Governor of the State of Illinois J.B. Pritzker.

Left to right: Bill Lowry, Cook County Commissioner (3rd Dist.), J.B. Pritzker, and Calvin Jordan.

Julian Alexander, Calvin Jordan, J.B. Pritzker, wife of Judge Barrett and Andre Satchell.

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Black History Express Apps Are Added To A 20 Year Portfolio Of Empowering Software Hugh Smith, President of Quikthinking Software, recently announced the launch of two new Android apps, Black History Express and Black History Quotes Express. Both apps gather together factual information and thought provoking anecdotes that offer a time slice into Black culture. “Getting history right is the most important thing an informed citizen can do,” says Smith. He adds that these two apps are a way to “memorialize and acknowledge the past.” Black History Express presents engaging stories about African Americans within 26 chapters ranging from art to theater and everything in between. Several hundred people are featured. A quiz game is included with the app for fun. Black History Quotes Express offers several thousand inspiring, motivational, and reflective author quotes for readers to explore, share and enjoy. IDFPR ADVANCES ONLINE LICENSE TRANSFORMATION FOR REAL ESTATE The majority of Real Estate Brokerage and related license types may now be applied for and renewed via the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional

“We want to make it easier for our small businesses, licensed professionals and state employees to submit and process paperwork,” said Gov. Rauner. “This advancement in online license transformation will help break down unnecessary hurdles hindering our economic growth.” Licenses impacted by this deadline include: • Real Estate Broker • Real Estate Managing Broker • Real Estate Leasing Agents • Real Estate Student Leasing Agents • Real Estate Brokerage Branch Offices • Real Estate Brokerage Corporations • Real Estate Brokerage Limited Liability Firms • Real Estate Pre-License Instructors • Real Estate CE Instructors Hugh Smith

Regulation’s (IDFPR) Online Services Portal. Beginning Oct. 1, 2018, IDFPR will no longer accept paper applications for real estate licenses that have already been migrated online.

Other transactions impacted by this deadline include: • Sponsorship Terminations • A Named Managing Broker terminating a Licensee • A Licensee terminating their Sponsoring Broker (leaving brokerage) • Sponsorship Transfers

• Licensee transferring to a new Sponsoring Broker (remaining in Active Status) • Licensee adding a new Sponsoring Broker (if currently without Sponsorship) • Online License History CERTIFICATION FOR LICENSEES WITHOUT DISCIPLINARY HISTORY All paper applications and payments postmarked before October 1st will be accepted and processed. Those postmarked on or after October 1st for the impacted licenses will be returned to the sender. “The Department continues to transform paper applications online to enhance the user experience and improve operating efficiencies,” said Bryan A. Schneider, IDFPR Secretary. “Making online license submission mandatory is another step towards modernizing the Department and reducing license processing times.” Over 73,000 Real Estate licensees can take advantage of IDFPR’s online licensure services. For a complete list of professions now online, please visit www.idfpr.com/ onlineresources.asp For more information on IDFPR, please visit www.idfpr.com. Stay current by following IDFPR on Twitter and Facebook.

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explore alternative approaches to assessing basic skills. Currently, most teacher candidates opt to demonstrate the basic skills necessary for licensure through ACT or SAT. Portfolio or competency-based assessments could provide more effective options, while maintaining rigorous standards and high expectations. Partner with stakeholders on a statewide communications and community outreach campaign. Illinois can learn from the public awareness campaigns undertaken by other states and reach target audiences through grassroots and communications efforts. The report is available online at www.isbe.net/teachillinois and is open for public comment until Oct. 2. Commenters can submit feedback to TeachIllinois@isbe.net. The Joyce Foundation generously invested in the Teach Illinois project and served as a thought partner. The foundation also supported Education First Consulting and Revolution Impact, which provided technical and content expertise.?

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TEACH ILLINOIS: STRONG TEACHERS, STRONG CLASSROOMS” REPORT ADDRESSES RECORD NUMBER OF UNFILLED POSITIONS, CONCENTRATED IN UNDERFUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

SPRINGFIELD –The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today published a comprehensive suite of solutions for the statewide teacher workforce crisis, backed by state and national research and data. The “Teach Illinois: Strong Teachers, Strong Classrooms" report addresses the state's record number of unfilled positions. The data show the problem strikes underfunded districts: 90 percent of last year's teacher vacancies were in districts funded below adequacy. Fully investing in the Evidence-Based Funding formula will support school districts in the greatest need to implement proven models for improving teacher recruitment and retention. State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith, Ph.D., will facilitate a discussion on the report with State Board members at the ISBE board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The board meeting begins at noon at 100 N. First St. in Springfield. Additionally, ISBE will host a media call with Smith at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at (800) 230-1092. “Every child in Illinois deserves well prepared and effective teachers in their classrooms," said Smith. “The State Board charged agency staff one year ago with thoroughly investigating the teacher shortage in Illinois. We have a statewide crisis, and now we have a suite of research-backed and targeted solutions. Getting serious about solving the teacher shortage crisis means increasing investments in Illinois' underfunded school districts, so they can implement proven teacher leadership, mentorship, and pipeline models." The Teach Illinois report connects and prioritizes recommendations based on national and state research studies and engagement with focus groups involving more than 400 participants across the state. The Teach Illinois recommendations fall into six strategies: Provide adequate funding for all school districts. Ninety percent of the 2017 teaching vacancies were in districts funded below adequacy. The districts in the greatest need currently have the fewest

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- MYTRICE JONES, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO THE NORTHSTAR TRUST COMPANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO HERITAGE PULLMAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 5/14/74 A/K/A TRUST NO. 71-81311, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 06759 8136 S MANSTEE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60617 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 21, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 15, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8136 S MANSTEE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60617 Property Index No. 21-31122-023-0000. The real estate is improved with a

single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.\ The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOME-

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