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06 / 14 (event) Folk Music for Little Folks Start: 9:30 am *A Road Scholar Program by Chris Vallillo* In this engaging and entertaining performance, Illinois singer-songwriter Chris Vallillo presents a musical performance geared towards younger audiences. Chris introduces and discusses traditional Illinois folk music for guitar, slide guitar, Jew's harp, and hammer dulcimer. more info (event) Iron Ladies of Liberia Reprise Screening Start: 1:00 pm End: 3:00 pm Join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary Iron Ladies of Liberia, which chronicles the first year in office of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state. After the film, Prexy Nesbitt, speaker and educator on Africa, foreign policy, and racism, will lead the post-screening discussion. more info (event) 2008 Odyssey Project Graduation - Spanish Language Course Start: 1:30 pm The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) will celebrate the graduation of The Odyssey Project's class of 2008. Juana Goergen, Ph.D. will give the keynote address. more info
06 / 15 (event) GITAP ride with Eggers Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Revolutions are the turning over of things. When the things turning over are wheels, we move. When other, larger things turn over, we experience change. But full revolution, at least in word, brings us right back to where we started. Revolution looks like it can mean smooth motion or stark revolt, continuity or break, Lance or Marx. more info
06 / 16 (event) Summer Freedom School Start: 8:00 am End: 3:00 pm A free five-week summer program to encourage and motivate minority youth to develop a love of reading while learning about culture and heritage. more info (event) GITAP ride with Paine and Marx Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Revolutions are the turning over of things. When the things turning over are wheels, we move. When other, larger things turn over, we experience change. But full revolution, at least in word, brings us right back to where we started. Revolution looks like it can mean smooth motion or stark revolt, continuity or break, Lance or Marx. more info (event) [R]Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 7:30 pm End: 8:30 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. Political commentators say that chief among Obama’s more info
06 / 17 (event) African American Heritage in the Midwest Start: 7:00 pm African American history and struggles for freedom. more info (event) GITAP ride with Irving and Austin Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Revolutions are the turning over of things. When the things turning over are wheels, we move. When other, larger things turn over, we experience change. But full revolution, at least in word, brings us right back to where we started. Revolution looks like it can mean smooth motion or stark revolt, continuity or break, Lance or Marx. more info
06 / 18 (event) Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 12:30 pm End: 1:30 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. Political commentators say that chief among Obama’s more info (event) African Americans and Voting: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:30 pm This program will examine how African Americans won the right to vote and how that right is influencing elections today and in the future. It includes a screening of the acclaimed film Mississippi, America, which documents the events of the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. more info (event) Literature & Medicine: "The Liar" Start: 6:00 pm End: 7:30 pm Discussion of "The Liar," by Tobias Wolf *Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare* is a discussion-based program that brings hospital staff together monthly to reflect on the larger mission of medicine through facilitated conversations about literature. more info (event) Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. Political commentators say that chief among Obama’s more info (event) GITAP ride with Various Poets Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Revolutions are the turning over of things. When the things turning over are wheels, we move. When other, larger things turn over, we experience change. But full revolution, at least in word, brings us right back to where we started. Revolution looks like it can mean smooth motion or stark revolt, continuity or break, Lance or Marx. more info
06 / 19 (event) Bronzeville Cultural Festival Start: 4:00 pm The goal of the festival is to promote art, literature, and film created for, by, and about African Americans; to encourage literacy and education; and to shine a spotlight on the rich history of Chicago's Bronzeville commmunity. more info (event) Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. more info (event) Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. Political commentators say that chief among Obama’s more info (event) Roots of Rural Music Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Chris Vallillo* more info (event) Cultural Journalism: Preserving our History and Culture Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by Ray Elliott* more info (event) Mighty Cahokia: Prehistoric Indian City Start: 7:00 pm *A Road Scholar Program by William R. Iseminger* more info (event) GITAP ride with Benet and Chesnutt Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Revolutions are the turning over of things. When the things turning over are wheels, we move. When other, larger things turn over, we experience change. But full revolution, at least in word, brings us right back to where we started. Revolution looks like it can mean smooth motion or stark revolt, continuity or break, Lance or Marx. more info
06 / 20 (event) The Meaning of Service: Literacy Volunteers of IL discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'' Start: 1:30 pm The Meaning of Service (MoS) is a reading and discussion program for Americorps volunteers featuring discussions that use short philosophical and literary texts on the nature of justice, service, and related themes. Meaning of Service presents participants with the opportunity to examine, refine, and regenerate the beliefs underlying their work. more info (event) Bronzeville Cultural Festival Start: 1:30 pm The goal of the festival is to promote art, literature, and film created for, by, and about African Americans; to encourage literacy and education; and to shine a spotlight on the rich history of Chicago's Bronzeville commmunity. more info (event) Whose Race Problem Is It? Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:00 pm After a long fought primary season, the Democrats have finally selected their nominee for president, Barack Obama. This historic decision, presented as a civil rights victory by most news outlets, has been surrounded in questions and controversy about race. Political commentators say that chief among Obama’s more info
06 / 21 (event) Bronzeville Cultural Festival Start: 10:00 am The goal of the festival is to promote art, literature, and film created for, by, and about African Americans; to encourage literacy and education; and to shine a spotlight on the rich history of Chicago's Bronzeville commmunity. more info (event) Bronzeville Cultural Festival Start: 1:00 pm The goal of the festival is to promote art, literature, and film created for, by, and about African Americans; to encourage literacy and education; and to shine a spotlight on the rich history of Chicago's Bronzeville commmunity. more info

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