Mayor Richard M. Daley has agreed to serve as the Honorary Chair for this exciting event. The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs is co-sponsoring the reception. They have graciously agreed to host it in historic Preston Bradley Hall, home to the world's largest stained glass Tiffany dome and intricately decorated mosaic walls and ceilings.

This event is by invitation only. If you are a 2006 recipient or if you are a Mayor who nominated someone in your community for the award in 2006, look for a formal invitation and further details in your mailbox in the early fall. For further information, please call Phoebe Stein Davis at 312.422.5585 ext. 233.

Park Forest
[ deep/south Cook
nestled beside good/Willeast of legacy<
west of morning dew ]

Blown by the winds of a wish,
Is destiny, desired

And liberated leaves hover wittily,
Unto an earth,
So graciously rising to greet them,

Graceful lovers,

This park, this forest, remembers
This tree, yet another grows,
And your dream knows,

The wind, east!

Is the rising sun:
Hope's commitment,
Faith's compassion,

Blest/be yes/ter/day sun/set in west,

As a gentle breeze blows…

A calling

Your calling

Thanks to the nomination by the Honorable John A. Ostenburg, the Mayor of the Village of Park Forest, I stand before for you, a proud member of the 2006 Class of the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award. And I represent a community so dedicated to the Humanities and the Arts. If you care to visit, you shall find her deep/southCook, nestled beside good/Will, just east of legacy, and west of morning dew.

CHICAGO- If you know a humanities hero in your community—someone who reads books to kids after school, teaches his or her neighbors to read, or keeps the doors to the historical society open—pl