Please Forward to your people! You never know who knows what!


Thanks to everyone who came out to some of the events last month in conjunction with our "money issues" AREA #8. To continue the fun, there are several events on the geographic periphery of Chicago which we are co-sponsoring this month, leading up to the November release of our 9th issue "Peripheral Vision." They are markey with Astrix below for your reference. Hope to see you around!


Sept 09 Summary:


01) Tue 9/1 - Youth Rally About Budget Cuts

02) Thu 9/3 - South Africa Action and cultural event @ new Greenheart

03) Sun 9/5 - Attend meeting to decide future of New World Resource Center

*04) Mon 9/7 - Labor Day in Pullman

05) Tue 9/8 - Sex Documentary Film Series @ Hull-House Museum

06) Thu 9/10 - Grace Lee Boggs/Jane Addams Birthday Event

07) Thu 9/10 - Chicago Design Educators Forum monthly potluck

08) Fri 9/11 - Exhibit "Visual resistance in feminist health movements, 1969-2009"

09) Fri 9/11 - CORE-The Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators - Fundraiser

10) Sat 9/12 - Soundwalk by/around Michael Reese Hospital

11) Sat 9/12 - UE Warehouse Workers for Justice - Dance Party

12) Sun 9/13 - Urbanforaging in Lincoln Park with Nance Klehm

13) Tue 9/15 - Tamms Year Ten/Party on the Right Side of History!

14) Thu 9/17 - cider/cyser/mead making workshop

15) Fri 9/18 - Children of the Incarcerated Legilsative Hearing and Rally

*16) 9/19-9/20 - Tri-State Peripheral Bike Tour - Learn NW Indiana and SW Michigan

17) Sat - 9/19 - "Left Confused: a debate between Marxists and Anarchists"

18) Sat 9/19 - Brew Not Bombs 2

19) Sat 9/19 - ARC 109 Summit on Health Care with Vijay Prishad

20) Sun 9/20 - Hidden History of University of Chicago  - Walking Tour

21) Mon 9/21 - Media and Democracy with Laura Flanders @ Cultural Center

22) Tue 9/22- Sex Documentary Film Series @ Hull-House Museum

23) Wed 9/23 - "Leon Despres: A Celebration of His Life"

24) Thu 9/24 - Rally: One year after the Wall Street Bailout

*25) Sat 9/26 - South Suburban Peace and Justice Conference

*26) Sat 9/26 - Hobofest in Pullman

27) Sun 9/27 - Herbal Beer Making Workshop

!) Oct 1 - Deadling for Fire This Time Fund! Apply Everyone!

!!) Apply for workshop with Artist in Residence Guillermo Gómez Peña




Sept 09 Details:

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Youth-led rally to protest budget cuts and demand more youth investment!
Date: Tuesday, September 1st
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Place: James R. Thompson Center (100 W Randolph St)
Who: Youth from Albany Park Neighborhood Council, Enlace Chicago, Females United for Action, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, MAGIC, Organization of the Northeast & Southwest Organizing Project - YOU!

There will be a live DJ, spoken word & dancing!
 Come for the cause, stay for the fun!

Did you know...
The youth unemployment rate is 9 times higher than the national average!?
People under the age of 18 make up 26% of the population and spend over 170 billion dollars per year!?
The llinois 2010 budget cut scholarship funds by 48.77%, cut mentoring funds by 83.9%, cut delinquency prevention/intervention services by 43.8% & cut homeless youth services by 22.2%!?

 Confirmed to attend are State Senators Mattie Hunter, Kwame Raoul & Iris Martinez and State Representatives Esther Golar, Connie Howard & Marlow Colvin and many more city, state & federal representatives.

If you're coming, please RSVP to Manju at femalesunited@gmail.com or 919-618-0442, so we know what kind of numbers to expect! You can also RSVP on the rally's event page on Facebook. And if you can't make it to the rally, please do listen in at 10am sharp 9/1/09 on Vocalo.org (89.5 FM WBEW)- they'll be doing a live interview with Allie Pates from FUFA and Ira Hatcher from Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization!

And please contact Elianne at Albany Park Neighborhood Council if you've got questions at elianne@apncorganizing.org or 773-583-1387.


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South African Action Evening!
Co-sponsored by the South African consulate and Chicago Fair Trade, we'll be focusing on all things South African at this multi-part event. A delegation of  South African artisans will kick off the evening with crafting demonstrations highlighting traditional beadworking and jewelry making. Following, will be a South African wine tasting with Stellar Organics. While we enjoy the wine, the evening will culminate  with a collective group call-in to Sam's Wine and Binnys asking them to start stocking South African fair trade wines- Remember to bring your cell phone!

When: Thursday, Sept. 3rd

4-5pm: Jewelry and beadwork demonstrations

5-7pm: Stellar Wine Tasting and call-in action to Sam's and Binnys

Where: Greenheart Shop; 1911 W. Division


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PLEASE ATTEND A MEETING TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
Sunday, Sept. 6th – 2pm
Location TBA

(please RSVP to be updated on meeting location)

New World Resource Center, Chicago’s oldest and only non-partisan left-labor bookstore and meeting space, has been without a home since June, 2008.  This meeting will provide an update on the state of NWRC and what our options are for the future.  Several possible scenarios for the future will be briefly presented followed by discussion and ultimately decision-making on the best path forward for NWRC and Chicago’s left community.

WE NEED INPUT AND IDEAS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF CHICAGO’S LEFT COMMUNITY – BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS –(INCLUDING ACTIVISTS, LABOR UNIONS & LABOR ADVOCATES, PROGRESSIVES, RADICALS & POLITICAL PARTIES, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS)

PLEASE RSVP TO rbunting@sbcglobal.net AND  heather.1300@gmail.com SO WE CAN GET A GOOD ATTENDANCE ESTIMATE AND HAVE ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE.


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Labor Day: A Celebration and Rally for American Working Families

September 7, 2009 - 2pm

Chicago’s Pullman State Historic Site

111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue

Invited Guest of Honor: President Barack Obama

                 Moderator: Radio Host Dick Kay

Program:

·        Music and Food

·        Speakers Celebrating the Achievements of American Working Families -- Commemorate Past and Ongoing Struggles for a Union Wage, the Rights of Citizenship, Healthy Workplaces, Strong Communities, Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Immigrant Rights, and Service Jobs that are Good Jobs.

·        Speakers Rallying for a Better World for American Working Families -- Equal Opportunity for All Men and Women Regardless of Race, Ethnicity, Religion, or Sexual Orientation through the Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care Reform, Education Reform, and “Green Jobs.”

·        Providing Access to Services for American Working Families -- Get Free Advice from Labor Lawyers and Representatives from the Chicago Public Schools , the Chicago Department of Public Health, Labor Unions, Community Organizations, and More.

 

Sponsored by: State of Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Chicago Building Trades Council, Illinois Labor History Society,  Pullman Business Council, Historic Pullman Foundation, Pullman Civic Organization, Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society, Calumet Heritage Partnership, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, the Chicago Center for Working Class Studies, Arise Chicago, Jobs with Justice, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Chicago State University, SEIU, AFSCME Council 31, United Steelworkers, Ironworkers locals 1 & 63, Electrical Workers, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois State Senator Donne Trotter, Illinois State Representatives Connie Howard and Marlow Colvin, and WCPT ProgressiveTalk Radio.

 

Co-Chairs:
Tom Shepherd (773)370-3305

labordaypullman@gmail.com                                 

Larry Spivack   (312) 663-4107   ilhs@prodigy.net

Chicago’s Pullman State Historic Site http://laborday.pullmanevents.info/

111th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue , 60628  


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September 8
SEX+++ Documentary Film Series @ Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted
"Yellow for Hermaphrodites: Mani's Story" (2003)  Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday for a series of films about positive sexuality and sexual identity. This free documentary series will create a new space to discuss sex, culture, and sexual fun! Each film will be accompanied by delicious snacks and followed by relevant conversation.  YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO RSVP BY PHONE
 TO HULL-HOUSE MUSEUM FOR EACH FILM: 312.413.5353.   FREE


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Date September 10th,5:30-7:00pm
Event title/host Grace Lee Boogs at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Location Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 South Halsted Street

Details/Contact This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 312.413. 5353.

Join us in celebrating the birthdays of Jane Addams and our Special Keynote Speaker Grace Lee Boggs.  Grace is an activist, writer, and speaker whose more than sixty years of political involvement encompass the major U.S. social movements of this century:  Labor, Civil Rights, Black Power, Asian-American, Women's, and Environmental Justice.  Grace will be our Keynote Speaker for the annual Jane Addams Birthday Conversation on Peace and Justice.  Her talk is entitled "Love and {r}evolution."

This event is part of the Jane  Addams Hull-House  Museum’s Birthday Conversation on Peace and Justice and is co-sponsored by The Public Square.


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Thursday, September 10, 6:30-8:30
Chicago Design Educators Forum monthly potluck
at the Rebuilding Exchange - 3335 W. 47th

Come join us for our fourth monthly informal gathering of Chicago Design Educators working with youth. Meet folks from Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Architecture Foundation, After Schools Matters, ACE Mentoring Program, Archi-treasures and more as we discuss our projects and programs and the ways we can improve them. Bringing a dish or drink to pass is encouraged. If you're interested, please get in touch with Charlie Vinz:charles.vinz@gmail.com


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EveryBody! Visual resistance in feminist health movements, 1969-2009
Start Time:  Friday, September 11, 2009 at 5:00pm
Location:     @ I space - 230 W. Superior, 2nd floor Chicago, IL
     3125879976 - ispace@illinois.edu


“Our feelings will lead us to our theory, our theory to our action, our feelings about that action to new theory and then to new action.” -Kathie Sarachild of Redstockings Radical Feminist group, presented at the First National Women’s Liberation Conference, Chicago, November 27, 1968

Every Body! presents work by artists and activists representing historical and visual exchanges around feminist health movements. By combining historical documents from the Women’s Health Movement (WHM) with presentations and performances by artists and activists working towards health care justice in the present day, Every Body! explores how feelings, theories, and actions are shaped into the creation of a place where all bodies are celebrated and health care is a human right. The exhibition begins with the visual culture of the WHM of the late 1960s-70s through posters, ephemera, and literature donated from individuals, groups, and institutions involved in the movement including the Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective and the Federation of Women’s Health Centers. The work of participating artists reflects this movement and its evolution with creative responses to and representations of the issues surrounding the health needs of women, men, and transgendered people. Every Body! is an ongoing conversation taken up and shared over many years is present in the works and projects included in this exhibition.

The exhibit includes original work from the following artists and contributors (alphabetical order):

Heather Ault, CureThis!, Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective, Christa Donner, Suzann Gage, Terri Kapsalis, Suzanne Lacy, Madsen Minax, the Pink Bloque, Favianna Rodriguez, Dewayne Sleightweight, subRosa, Laura Szumowski, Video Data Bank, Sara Welch, Women on Waves, and Faith Wilding.

Curator: Bonnie Fortune

I space is the Chicago gallery of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


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Date: Sepember 11th, 2009
 
Event title/host: Back to School Fundraiser, Hosted By CORE-The Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators
 
 Where: Andre’s Sports Bar-1801 W. 87th St.
 When: Friday, September 11th, 2009 from 4-8:00 PM
 Price: $25 at the door/$20 in advance
Raffle Tickets are $2 each or 6 for $10
 
This event was organized to raise funds for CORE to win the May 2010 Chicago Teachers Union Officer Election. There will be dancing, a raffle, and a silent auction.
 
Contact: coreteachers@gmail.com


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SOUNDWALK IN BRONZEVILLE—BY AND AROUND THE MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL CAMPUS
 
CONTACT:  Dan Godston  dgodston@gmail.com   312.543.7027
WHEN: Saturday, September 12, 2009 (10 a.m.-11 a.m.) 

LOCATION:  by and round the Michael Reese Hospital Campus starting the northwest corner of 31st St. and Cottage Grove Dr.
 Chicago, IL 60616

You are invited to join the World Listening Project, during a soundwalk which will happen by and around the Michael Reese Hospital campus on Saturday, September 12. Soundmarks during this soundwalk will include the chainlink fence along the perimeter of the Michael Reese Hospital campus; the wind in the trees in front of the Singer Pavilion; a security guard’s car tires rolling over gravel on the MRH campus; traffic on Lake Shore Drive; demolition and earthmoving equipment being operated at MRH; bikers, pedestrians, and automobile drivers/passengers on the streets by MRH; and trains traveling the north-south tracks (between MRH and LSD). 

This soundwalk will start on the northwest corner of 31st St. and Cottage Grove Dr. We will walk along the fenced-in perimeter of the MRH campus in a clockwise direction, and then we will turn around and return to the soundwalk’s starting point. This soundwalk is free and open to the public; it is being organized by Chad Clark, Jennifer Mosier, Norman Long, Eric Leonardson, and Dan Godston.

Here are several definitions that relate to soundwalks – 1) soundscape: your sonic environment; 2) soundwalk: a walk when you are listening to the sounds in your environment; 3) soundmarks: sounds identified in specific places in a particular soundscape. 

THE WORLD LISTENING PROJECT (WLP) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to understanding the world and its natural environment, societies and cultures through the practices of listening and field recording. WLP maintains and develops a repository of sound recordings and provides access to this information via web-based technologies, workshops, forums, lectures, and festivals. WLP hereby seeks to encourage worldwide opportunities for collaboration, education, curation, research and experimentation across the disciplines of the arts, humanities, and the social and natural sciences. 

http://www.worldlisteningproject.org
http://mwsae.org/
http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html
http://www.gropiuschicago.org


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Date: Saturday September 12th, after 9pm.
 Event title/host: FUNdraiser Dance Party!
 Location: 37S Ashland (and Monroe)

Awesome DANCE PARTY. Bring all your friends.

DJs playing an eclectic mix and your requests.
Cheap alcohol.

 We're helping the Warehouse Workers for Justice with your generous donations at the door ($5-20) and drinks.

Warehouse Workers for Justice is a project of UE, organizers of the Republic Windows factory occupation.

Please forward widely.
Event posted on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124316062093

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URBANFORAGES
3-5pm rain or shine
$10-$20 donation

september 13 lincoln park – meet at nature museum
check: spontaneousvegetation.net for place and costs of classes.

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WHEN: 9/15/09, 7-10 PM
WHAT: Tamms Year Ten/Party on the Right Side of History

WHERE: A New Leaf, 1818 N. Wells

Tamms Year Ten is having a heavenly fundraiser in an astonishing space. We invite each of you to come glow in the glory!
 
Support the efforts to end long-term isolation at Tamms supermax prison simply by attending this wonderful party. Perhaps you have been with us in spirit and have always wanted to help.
 
This is your chance.
 
Join us at A New Leaf, Chicago’s premier event space with an outdoor courtyard and an award-winning multi-level interior of
exposed brick, suspended concrete staircases and modern metalwork throughout.

FEATURING
* fancy food from Wolfgang Puck, Food for Thought, J&L Catering, & the Hearty Boys
* music by LeRoy Bach (formerly of Wilco)
* music by Steve Vasquez (of Blue Eyed Jesus)

* special guest list of the greatest community leaders and elected officials in town
* updates on the Tamms Year Ten campaign
* Wine, Wine and more Wine

RECOMMENDED DONATION: $25 (but don't let the recommended amount keep you away)
Make checks payable to 'Year Ten' yearten.org • tammsyearten@gmail.com • 773-241-4155

Friends, do us a favor and RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/TY10-on-Sept-15

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LIVING KITCHENclasses:

cider/cyser/mead  sept 17 (registration deadline sept 13)
check: spontaneousvegetation.net for place and costs of classes.

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STAND UP FOR CHILDREN OF THE INCARCERATED  AT A RALLY AND LEGISLATIVE HEARING

Friday, September 18, 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

11:30 AM: Rally and Vigil
Thompson Center Plaza
NW Corner of Clark and Randolph in Chicago

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Legislative Hearing
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph in Chicago
16th Floor, Senate Hearing Room
 
Across the state of Illinois, more than 90,000 children suffer the consequences of having one or both of their parents incarcerated. These invisible victims of the criminal justice system have committed no crime, yet are left without support, stability, or care due to a parent's misdeed or mistake.
-----Until now----
On Friday September 18, the Youth and Family Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives will hold a legislative hearing regarding the needs of children with incarcerated parents. Thanks to Civic Action Network congregations--in addition to the work of the Community Renewal Society, Catalyst Chicago and the Chicago Reporter--the General Assembly will finally shine a light on so many of our forgotten children.  This is a vital first step to addressing the needs for consideration and protection of children during a parent's arrest, sentencing, time of incarceration, and re-entry.

The time to break the cycle of incarceration and trauma is now.

We need you to stand in solidarity with Illinois' children. Only a large and powerful turnout on the 18th will move our state government to act to protect these children.  leaders and activists from Civic Action Network congregations will be holding a rally and prayer vigil outside of the Thompson Center at 11:30 AM and attending the 12:00 PM hearing.  Please join us for both or either.

COME STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHILDREN OF THE INCARCERATED.

You must have I.D. to enter the Thompson Center for the hearing.

Download a flyer to distribute in your congregation, organization, or office.

For more information, contact Alex Wiesendanger, (312) 673-3840, awiesendanger@communityrenewalsociety.org

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Saturday & Sunday, September 19-20
Tri-State Peripheral Bike Tour
Rainbow Beach Chicago to Union Pier, MI

The Tri-State Peripheral Bike Tour is an overnight bike tour from Chicago's south side to join in the "Hoedown For Justice" in Union Pier, MI, with stops along the way to look critically at Chicago's relation to it's region. The trip is approximately 75 miles each way, and we will camp at the farm in Union Pier.  Stops along the way will include US Steel, Marktown, Gary, New Chicago, Hobart, Beverly Shores, and Michigan City, where we will talk with specialists in local histories and economies.

Camping/overnight gear will be transported by vehicle, but participants need to be able to comfortably cover the distance at a moderate pace. Purchase of a ticket to "Hoedown For Justice" will also be required ($25). The tour is limited to approximately 15 people. Please RSVP and address any questions to Charlie Vinz: charles.vinz@gmail.com

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September 19 - 1-4 PM
Left Confused: a debate between Marxists and Anarchists
Hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society and the 4Star Anarchist Collective
Roosevelt University, Gage Gallery - 18 S Michigan Avenue

Join members of the International Socialist Organization, the Platypus Affiliated Society, the 4Star Anarchist Collective and the IWW in an afternoon of dialogue and debate amongst various members of the Left.  Panelists will attempt to clarify what their distinct politics seek to theorize and assert, and to understand what points of agreement exist amongst the Left’s various perspectives and affiliations.  In doing so, we hope our distinctions will not be erased, but rather, more deeply understood.

For more information, visit chicago.platypus1917.org, or contact ashleyweger@gmail.com.

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Brew Not Bombs II
September 19, 5pm-1am
3951 W. Fullerton

The second annual Brew Not Bombs fundraiser bash will feature the return of the People's Choice Home-brew Competition, a vegan pizza cook-off, vegan root beer floats, mircobrew samples, and raffle prizes, with music by This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Defiance Ohio, The Read, Sass Dragons, Al Scorch, and The Rust Belt Ramblers. (Pizza and brew entries still welcome. Contact BNBchicago@gmail.com for details.) $8 donation to benefit Iraq Veterans Against the War and Cob Connection.

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Sept. 19th, 2-5PM, Location TBA

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Health Care and Human Rights for All
Coordinated by ARC109

Why has the debate over health care reform involved partisan politicians, media pundits, corporate interests, and hired agitators rather than the people?  Why has the single payer option been demonized on the right, the media, and even the liberal establishment? How does the broader crisis in health care in this country – clinic closings, epidemics of disease related to inequality and inaccessibility to care, indifference to wellness in our schools, our public services, the military – relate to the unwillingness to address growing economic gaps in our society and the abdication of public authority for the sake of private concerns?   How can the United States learn from other communities about how to deliver care, promote wellness, and affirm the public interest, in order to achieve human rights, here and around the world?

Speakers include Vijay Prashad and a number of local activists working for a just health care system.

For details on location and speakers, check www.ARC109.org or email info@arc109.org

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 Date: Sunday, September 20th
 Event title/host: Paul Durica, Pocket Guide to Hell Tours, presents
 THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
 Location: starts at the Reynolds Club (E 57th and S University),
 2:00-4:00pm (tour begins at 2:15)
 Details/Contact: This awesome and unstodgy free! walking tour tour
 will focus on the school's early history, with nods to true crime,
 social justice, labor history, good jokes, and weird hats. For more
 details, email Paul at pgdurica@hotmail.com.

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Date September 21, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Media and Democracy with Laura Flanders
@ Chicago Cultural  Center,

This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 312.422.5580.

Join us in celebrating the official launch of the Café Society Do-It-Yourself Toolkit with our special guest Laura Flanders of GRITtv. Flanders, a bestselling author and broadcaster, is also founding director of the Women's Desk at the media watch group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.  Flanders will discuss the changing political landscape and the role of media in fostering democracy with Barbara Ransby, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, African-American Studies, and History, and Director of the Gender and Women Studies Program at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Following the presentation, we invite YOU to join the conversation. We’ll break down into small, facilitated discussions – Café Society style -- to share thoughts and reflections on the media and democracy.

Light refreshments will be served.

This event is co-sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and The Public Square.

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September 22
SEX+++ Documentary Film Series @ Hull-House Museum
 800 S Halsted
"Queens of Heart" (2006) and "All Women Are Equal" (1971)  Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday for a series of films about positive sexuality and sexual identity. This free documentary series will create a new space to discuss sex, culture, and sexual fun! Each film will be accompanied by delicious snacks and followed by relevant conversation.  YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO RSVP BY PHONE
 TO HULL-HOUSE MUSEUM FOR EACH FILM: 312.413.5353.   F

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September 23
5:30 – 7pm / Reception and Panel Discussion
Leon Despres: A Celebration of His Life
*Meet at Glessner House Museum, 1800 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago


For detailed information check: www.architecture.org - P 312.922.3432


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Thursday, September 24, 12 noon

** Downtown Location -- Stay Tuned for Details **
One year after the Wall Street Bailout,
Put the "Bail-Out Bandits" on trial.

Labor, religious, community and student groups that make up Jobs with Justice coalitions across the country, as part of building the momentum for a new economy that works for everyone, are challenging the corporate criminals and demanding:

Jobs | Housing | Health Care

email chicago@jwj.org


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Come meet suburban comrades!  Generations4peace is a diverse group of residents of south-suburban Chicago who are committed to promoting peace and justice. On September 26, Generations4peace hosts a conference with speakers, film, and discussion about how to get to peace.

 

Saturday, September 26, 10:30am-4pm at the Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., Flossmoor, IL.

For more info: http://www.generations4peace.org/

 or contact g4p@generations4peace.org


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Hobo Fest
 
Sat., Sept. 26; 4:30pm-6:30pm - Welcome spaghetti donner at Greenstone Church; 11211 S. St. Lawrence, followed by Grand Hobo Concert in the famous church sanctuary.
 
Saturday night - Complimentary Hobo Camp-out at Pullman State Historic Site (open to all for an urban camping adventure with Mulligan stew, campfire, song & stories)
 
Sunday - Crafts and Barndance/Hoedown at Historic Pullman Stables; 112th & Cottage Grove Ave.

Tom Shepherd 773-370-3305

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LIVING KITCHENclasses:
herbal beers  sept 27 (registration deadline sept 23)
check: spontaneousvegetation.net for place and costs of classes.

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Date: Deadline October 1, 2009
The Fire This Time Fund (FTT) is a four year old, all volunteer organized, independent giving circle that supports small-scale, creative social change projects initiated by local artists, educators and organizers who weave an analysis of racial, economic, social, environmental, or gender justice into their work. We prioritize the channeling of project-based funds to informal groups and individuals working in atypical ways, inside and outside of the non-profit model, without access or ties to extensive institutional support. Average grants are $1,000. Check out our application online at www.firethistimefund.org or by emailing firethistimefund@gmail.com.

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2009 - 2010 WORKSHOP APPLICATION
with
Critical Encounters Artist in Residence Guillermo Gómez Peña/ La Pocha Nostra
 
Presented by:
Center for Teaching Excellence
Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
Center for Community Arts Partnerships
LGBTQ Office of Culture and Community
National Performance Network

As part of the first Critical Encounters Artist Residency, renowned Mexican-American performance artist Guillermo Gómez Peña and his San Francisco-based “trans-disciplinary arts organization,” La Pocha Nostra, will lead an intensive artist workshop on campus that incorporates and challenges ideas of race, gender, faith, and boundaries. Inspired by the past work of La Pocha Nostra, the project aims to offer participants a dynamic and multiple-stage mentorship opportunity, initiated and developed over several months, and culminating in a public presentation. 

Critical Encounters is a college-wide civic engagement initiative intended to synchronize conversations between the school and the community in an ongoing dialogue around a central, socially and culturally relevant issue each academic year. Fact & Faith explores how we negotiate the tension between the need to believe and the need to know, examining the concept of truth, what shapes it, and how it is expressed.

The workshop will comprise 20 participants, including students from Columbia College and other colleges and universities, joined by practicing artists, educators and community members. The diversity of cultures, ideas, abilities, perspectives, beliefs, and aspirations of participants will inform and shape the collective work. This workshop will explore the ideas of Columbia College Chicago’s Critical Encounters Initiative: Fact & Faith, while building a bridge between the Columbia College community and beyond.

The intensive will take place from October 23 – 30, 2009. The residency culminates in the Chicago debut of La Pocha Nostra’s most recent work “Corpo Illicito” on Friday, October 30, 2009. From December 2009 to March 2010 participants will take part in additional workshops with Roberto Sifuentes, of La Pocha Nostra, and other artists/individuals through a partnership with Links Hall (dates and times to be determined by organizers and participants). On April 15–16, 2010, the workshop attendees will re-convene with La Pocha Nostra to rehearse their final participant-created performance, which will be presented at the 6th Annual Gender Fusions on Saturday, April 17, 2010. 

Students are encouraged to work with their departments to use this opportunity as an independent study.

Applications due by Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5pm

Chosen participants will be notified by October 9, 2009 5pm

To get applications and to ask questions contact:
Dia Penning, Associate Director of Civic Engagement
Center for Teaching Excellence
600 S. Michigan, 8th Floor
dpenning@colum.edu
312.369.3286