Rep. Ford meets with President Obama - August 17, 2011
Rep. Ford and daughter Tia join celebration of '85 Bears-Oct.
'11
Rep. Ford meets President Clinton - October 26, 2010
Rep. Ford meets with Mayor Emanuel - June 14, 2011
Rep. Ford meets Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Erdogan - September 2010
Rep. Ford visits the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. National
Memorial-January 2012
Rep. Ford sponsors Grantsmanship Seminars - Summer 2011
Rep. Ford teams with the Chicago Urban League and CMS and more than 80 vendors
at Malcolm X College to host more than 3000 job seekers - June 23, 2010
Rep. Ford teams up with the YWCA Metropolitan
Chicago to host a Financial Survival Seminar, July 10, 2010, YWCA
Westside Center, 5080 W. Harrison, Chicago
Rep. Ford honored as one of Chicago's Top 40 Game
Changers by the Urban Business Roundtable -
August 5, 2010
Rep. Ford gives Keynote Address at Blacks in Government Banquet,
December 10, 2011
Rep. Ford
receives the 2010 Friend of Agriculture Award - August 31, 2010
Rep. Ford receives the 2010 Legislator of
the Year from Thrive Counseling Center, Oak Park -
November 10, 2010
Rep. Ford receives award from the Small Business Advocacy Council and
with Rep. May, congratulates SBAC on their 1st Anniversary -
June 17, 2011
IMPROVING EDUCATION
Education
is the key to future success and a strong economy. We
must work to expand educational opportunities for all
students in Illinois and throughout the nation. The
future of our country depends on the education we
provide to our children today, and we must invest in
them.
Introduced idea in Austin
Weekly News to locate new high school at Brach's location at
Lake and Cicero, May 31, 2006, and June 1, 2006 and
September 6, 2007
Working with Austin
Community Education Network for a new high school, was
Keynote Speaker at the Austin Education Summit at Austin
Town Hall, October 27, 2007
Forming
an agenda for improving education
Hosted an Education Summit,
May 18, 2006, Oak Park-River Forest High School
Hosted Summit on Violence
Prevention- March 26, 2007, John Hay Community Academy
Held a Special State of
Illinois House of Representatives Subcommittee Hearing on
Elementary and Secondary Education, May 14, 2007, Chicago
Police State of the 15th District
Held a Public Hearing
regarding Renaissance 2010 at Austin High School, October
11, 2007
Chair of Subcommittee
Hearing of the Illinois House of Representatives
Appropriations- Elementary and Secondary Education
Committee, June 23, 2008, Bethel New Life Center
Illinois House of
Representatives' Elementary and Secondary Education
Committee Hearing regarding education funding, September 18,
2008, Oak Park Village Hall
Support
of Local Schools
Support
for Parents
Improving
funding for education
Support
for Teachers
Scholarships
for community residents
Rep. Ford sponsors New School EXPO
January 28, 2012:
Rep. Ford supports Youth Law
Conference October 29, 2011:
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Rep. Ford and the City Colleges of
Chicago hosted 600 students on Feb. 1, 2011 at Malcolm X College to kick
off Black History Month with the program, College is an Option: Click
HERE for a Flyer
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Rep, Ford's Back2School Throwdown!!
Sat. August 28, 2010,11 am - 6:30 pm
La Follette Park, Chicago click here for a
flyer
click here for a flyer
Supports
Expanded Early Childhood Education
