![]() ![]() It will be followed by a Nagar Yatra (procession) from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The 21,000-square-foot Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Temple and Cultural Center is situated on eight acres at 540 Martingale Road in unincorporated Schaumburg.Ī Mahapooja (grand prayer service) will kick off festivities from 9 a.m. Join the grand opening celebration for a new Hindu temple near Schaumburg this weekend. Arun has expanded its mission to help inspire girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics fields. The nonprofit was founded by 16-year-old Ruby Arun of Inverness, an incoming junior at William Fremd High School in Palatine, to mentor elementary/middle school students and spread awareness about STEM. Mission: MathMinds will host camps for Creating Future Female STEAM Leaders this week. ![]() Part of the center's goal is closing the skills gap created by retiring baby boomers, Jamison added. That can lead to higher rates of violence, crime and poverty, she added. "We have 89,000 young people who are currently disengaged (statewide)." Layering in the stigma of not attending college creates barriers to seeing what's possible," said Lucretzia Jamison, the center's executive director. "The population we serve is already marginalized. It primarily serves 18- to 24-year-olds, 54% of whom are Black, roughly 30% Hispanic, about 15% white, and about 0.2% Asian. The center provides support to disengaged youth across the city, suburbs and state who are unemployed and not college-bound. ![]()
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