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Click Image Above for Rep. Ford's Daily Job Leads, and Click Images Below for Job Leads!       CLICK HERE FOR TODAY'S JOBS!      Five statewide ballot questions will be on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the state of Illinois' General Election: Right to Vote Amendment Suffrage: Provides that no person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Trials: Modifies the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights by strengthening the rights of crime victims during criminal court proceedings Minimum Wage Increase: Minimum wage Increases the state's hourly minimum wage to $10 Birth Control in Prescription Drug Coverage: Healthcare Requires prescription birth control to be covered in prescription drug coverage health insurance plans Millionaire Tax Increase for Education: Taxes Increases the tax on income greater than one million dollars to provide additional revenue to schools  CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR THE BALLOT QUESTION MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU! It is only fair to the people that drive the streets of Chicago that a moratorium be placed on the automated traffic violation system, or red light camera system, until it has been determined that the process is fair and just?   Fair and just practices should be the goal of government in Illinois, as it aims to protect the welfare and safety of everyone living in and visiting Illinois. That's why I created a petition to City of Chicago, which says: "End Red Light Cameras in Chicago" Will you sign this petition?   Click here:  http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/moratorium-on-red-light?source=c.em.cp&r_by=9616806       Is this law fair?      "The Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license issued to an obligor upon receiving an authenticated report that the person is 90 days or more delinquent in court-ordered child support payments or the person has been adjudicated as having engaged in visitation abuse." Yes - Children must be considered first.  No - Laws should not make parents less employable.  Yes - It is the only way to force parents to pay their child support.  No - There are other methods to punish and collect child support from deadbeats. CAST YOUR VOTE HERE! COMMUNITY EVENTS   Click HERE for the New Moms flier            Click HERE for all of the Corrections Officer Information Click HERE for the Bethel New Life Manufacturing Program Click HERE for the DCFS flier information Click HERE for After School Matters information  Click HERE for Chicago Park District Event Calendar  State Representative La Shawn K. Ford - Eighth District Workforce Development www.lashawnford.com

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Links:The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Journal: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   In America, Only 12% of Eighth Grade Black Boys Read Proficiently.  How did we, Black people, allow this to occur on our watch?  And what will we do about it?  If Black boys cannot read, they won't do well in school. If Black boys don't do well in school, they will turn to the streets. If Black boys turn to the streets, they will become involved with gangs, guns, drugs and violence. If Black boys become involved with gangs, guns, drugs and violence, your community will turn into a war zone. If your community turns into a war zone, good Black people will flee the community. If good Black people flee, your community will become an economic wasteland.  If your community becomes a war zone, you will be afraid to leave your house and you will fear for the lives of your children and loved ones.  If good Black people flee your community, you will not have positive Black male role models in your community for your boys to emulate.  If Black boys cannot read, they will not be able to become good fathers and husbands. If Black boys cannot read, they will not be able to get or keep jobs or to start and manage successful businesses. If Black boys cannot read, they will likely produce other Black boys who cannot read.   And the cycle continues! Break the cycle: Teach Black boys to read well by the 4th grade. How? 1) Read to Black boys between birth and 10 years old 2) Emphasize the value of education--not sports, not entertainment, not games--when Black boys are 2 to 12 years old. 3) Give Black boys books for their birthdays, holidays, and to reward them for jobs well done.  4) Enroll Black boys in a Saturday University Reading Academy at your church, park district, library or school. (Call The Black Star Project at 773.285.9600 for assistance setting up your Saturday University) 5) Have Black boys between the ages of 5 and 15 years old read aloud to you for at least 30 minutes a week.  6) Monitor and regulate the amounts and kinds of media your Black boys consumes.  7) Immerse Black boys in positive, educationally-based peer groups. 8) Find a mentor or a mentoring group for your young Black men.  9) Include culture, spirituality, history, economics, languages and critical thinking in the education of Black boys. 10) Ask the White House to support The Black Star Plan to to teach Black boys to read well by 4th grade. *************************************************************** Click Here to Ask The White House to Support The Black Star Plan to Teach Black Boys to Read Well by 4th Grade. Click Here to comment on this article.  Statistical information provided by the Institute for Black Male Achievement-Life Outcomes Indicator.  Click Here to learn about Life Outcomes for Black Men and Boys Across America.

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