Assyrian Community Fund

03/04/2023

Important for Medicaid members!

📣 Medicaid members! Don't risk losing your health insurance. Update your mailing address with Illinois Medicaid! Free at 877-805-5312 from 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. or visit medicaid.illinois.gov.

05/14/2021

***SCHOLARSHIP FOR INCOMING NEIU STUDENTS***

“Northeastern Illinois University is offering a one-time scholarship program for first-year, full-time students. 🎓 The scholarship will cover the remaining costs of tuition and fees after all other scholarships and grants are applied - meaning that new students attending NEIU can earn a 4-year degree for the cost of 3 years! Students admitted to NEIU automatically qualify, but must also submit a completed FAFSA, intent to enroll form for NEIU and register for classes. Learn more at admissions.neiu.edu.”

📣 To welcome new students, Northeastern Illinois University is offering a one-time scholarship program for first-year, full-time students. 🎓 The scholarship will cover the remaining costs of tuition and fees after all other scholarships and grants are applied - meaning that new students attending NEIU can earn a 4-year degree for the cost of 3 years! Students admitted to NEIU automatically qualify, but must also submit a completed FAFSA, intent to enroll form for NEIU and register for classes. Learn more at admissions.neiu.edu.

05/01/2021

Assyrian Community Fund is pleased to announce our inaugural Teen Leadership Program (TLP). The TLP provides leadership development for Assyrian American teens between the ages of 13 to 19 located in the Chicagoland area.

The program is designed to empower teen confidence, explore different career fields, prepare teens for college and trade schools, while encouraging community building.

We aim to inspire teens to lead through a global Assyrian perspective, informed by the rich wisdom and insights of Assyrian thought and culture.

Applications are open through June 1.

Complete an interest form below 👇
https://tinyurl.com/TLPInterestForm

02/28/2021

Assyria A.D. is an upcoming documentary that covers Assyrian Civilization through the lens of the longue durée.

Assyria A.D. takes viewers on a remarkable journey and delves into the complex history of the Assyrian cultural identity. This ground-breaking documentary paints a portrait of an ambitious land and a resilient people, constantly intermeshing legend with its real history to produce an intoxicating folkloric narrative.

April 2021.

02/09/2021

"On display in the 8900 block of Bronx Avenue last week was a snow sculpture of a mythical winged bull with a human head, an Assyrian symbol, said Odicho Kifarkis. The Skokie resident created the snow sculpture and plans to continue creating more works of art throughout the season."

Read more on this story from Chicago Tribune here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/ct-skr-skokie-snow-sculpture-tl-0211-20210209-qfkptaec45axpky336kqhqktxe-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1731i1pAd43GefXf_E6BF8qsIsx1ZQFV9GGOETOTn5VZlPQi_LOBWgu9I

A Skokie artist is using his sculpting skills to create large works of art out of snow.

02/02/2021

Assyrian Studies Lecture Coming Up!

Laura Robson: "The Assyrian Experience and the Making of Minorities in the Post-Ottoman Middle East"

Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 6pm CST
Register: https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvc-GqrzIpH9VryfL5wTPchppE-voKmqi_

01/06/2021

Are you a restaurant, bar, or coffee shop worker effected by the COVID-19 crisis?

Southern Smoke still has over $3 million of emergency funds to distribute in Chicago.

Apply below:
https://southernsmoke.org/chicago-relief-fund/

Thanks to State Representative Lindsey LaPointe for sharing!

The Chicago Restaurant Worker Relief Fund was created to help Chicago restaurant, bar and coffee shop workers who are experiencing hardship from the COVID-19 crisis. This fund will provide emergency relief grants based on need to these workers who have lost wages or employment due to the shutdown fo...

12/06/2020

Save up to 80% on all prescription costs with Niles Township Government's Coast2Coast Rx Card. Pick up your card now at Ashtar Food Market Inc in Skokie.

Special thanks to Lincolnwood Trustee Atour Sargon for her continued efforts to make sure families and individuals have access to the Coast2Coast Rx Card.

We'd also like to thank Niles Township Trustee Don Gelfund for his explanation of Niles Township Government services.

11/18/2020

Rollback announcements made this afternoon by Governor Pritzker starting on Friday, November 20, 2020.

With a new wave of COVID-19 surging across the state of Illinois and the nation, the state is committed to listening to public health experts and following the science to keep people safe. Tier 3 builds on the Resurgence Mitigation Plan first released in July to suppress the spread of the virus and....