A Re-Thinking Soup soapbox forum on reproductive choice.
What does Choice really mean? Who gets to choose? How does the language shape and influence our thoughts on reproductive decisions?
Join us for a soapbox forum and discussion on choice as it relates to sex education, how the issue is framed in media, and the predominant public discourse. RSVP required.
This program is in partnership with the Jane Addams Hull-House.
"Words matter. Language matters. We live in and express ourselves with language, and that is how we communicate and move through the world in community. This is only the fourth time in our history that a President has featured a poet at his inaugural. I hope that this portends well for the future of the arts in our everyday and civic life."
-Elizabeth Alexander, December 2008
Join us for a lecture by Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected to compose and deliver a poem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009. Alexander , one of the most vital poets of her generation, is currently a professor of African-American Studies at Yale University as well as incoming chair of that department.
This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, please RSVP to gwsinfo@uic.edu. For more information, call 312.413.7629.
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Using clips from a variety of motion pictures throughout the twentieth century, Ron Keller demonstrates how the lens of popular culture shapes public perceptions of history. He also shows how that history does and does not mirror the changing perspective of one of America's greatest icons, Abraham Lincoln.
***This is a year-long course beginning in September, open only to selected applicants. Applications for next year's class will be available on this website beginning in June 2009.***
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level.
Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Labor unions have a long and complicated history in the United States. The first local labor unions of men in the U.S. formed in the late 18th century, and women began organizing in the 1820s. Legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries, labor unions serve to formulate collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their members and on representing their members in conflicts with management.
But some are beginning to feel that the current U.S. labor law mandating how unions are formed is outdated and not in the best interest of workers. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), now pending legislation, seeks to establish what many deem an easier system for employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations.
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.
IHC Program Officer Ryan Lewis will field questions about guidelines for major and mini grants, as well as about grant support for various kinds of projects -- local and community history projects, oral history projects, documentary film projects, and reading/discussion programs, for example.
Registration is required. When registering, please provide your name, the name of the organization you will be representing, and the organization's address and phone number.
***This is a year-long course beginning in September, open only to selected applicants. Applications for next year's class will be available on this website beginning in June 2009.***
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level.
Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Charles Gilyard of Chicago Jobs with Justice will be speaking at this event.
Labor unions have a long and complicated history in the United States. The first local labor unions of men in the U.S. formed in the late 18th century, and women began organizing in the 1820s. Legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries, labor unions serve to formulate collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their members and on representing their members in conflicts with management.
But some are beginning to feel that the current U.S. labor law mandating how unions are formed is outdated and not in the best interest of workers. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), now pending legislation, seeks to establish what many deem an easier system for employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations.
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.
Labor unions have a long and complicated history in the United States. The first local labor unions of men in the U.S. formed in the late 18th century, and women began organizing in the 1820s. Legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries, labor unions serve to formulate collective bargaining over wages, benefits, and working conditions for their members and on representing their members in conflicts with management.
But some are beginning to feel that the current U.S. labor law mandating how unions are formed is outdated and not in the best interest of workers. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), now pending legislation, seeks to establish what many deem an easier system for employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations.
This segment will air as part of Voices: A Collection of Illinois Stories, a radio series produced in partnership with 98.7WFMT, Chicago's Classical Experienc. This segment can also be heard, as they air, via WFMT's enhanced web streaming and will be archived for on-demand listening at wfmt.com.
Voices is an eight-part radio series that features programs funded and created by the IHC. It is underwritten by the Illinois Humanities Council. The series was produced and reported by Anne Glickman for the WFMT Radio Network, and edited and mixed in the studios of 98.7WFMT.
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Bahram Beyzaie's "Four Boxes" (Chahaar sanduq, 1979), directed by Farrokh Asadi is a play about how a society manufactures its own dictators.
Art by painter, sculptor and actor, Ario Mashayekhi, will be displayed in the theatre lobby.
Bahram Beyzaie's "Four Boxes" (Chahaar sanduq, 1979), directed by Farrokh Asadi is a play about how a society manufactures its own dictators.
Art by painter, sculptor and actor, Ario Mashayekhi, will be displayed in the theatre lobby.
We live between fences. We may hardly notice them, but they are dominant features in our lives and in our history. Built of hedge, concrete, wood and metal, the fence skirts our properties and is central to the American landscape. We use them to enclose our houses and neighborhoods.Jane Addams believed that two of her greatest inspirations were her father and Abraham Lincoln. Her father taught his children that Lincoln's compassion for all people, including his enemies, was the highest virtue of civilization. Likewise, her own broad definition of democracy closely resembled Lincoln's philosophy. And, after many strongly criticized her for her support of the Pullman strike Addams sought out Lincoln's statue for comfort in granting "charity for all."
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.
This segment will air as part of Voices: A Collection of Illinois Stories, a radio series produced in partnership with 98.7WFMT, Chicago's Classical Experienc. This segment can also be heard, as they air, via WFMT's enhanced web streaming and will be archived for on-demand listening at wfmt.com.
Voices is an eight-part radio series that features programs funded and created by the IHC. It is underwritten by the Illinois Humanities Council. The series was produced and reported by Anne Glickman for the WFMT Radio Network, and edited and mixed in the studios of 98.7WFMT.
There is an ever-growing interest in the study of slavery and race relations in the United States, as well as Abraham Lincoln's role within that context as "the Great Emancipator." In this PowerPoint presentation, historian Ron Keller traces the imagery and documents that present Lincoln on both sides of the ongoing debate. Decide for yourself whether he was a progressive emancipator or a reluctant anti-slavery man.
Not since Jacqueline Kennedy turned ordinary Americans into designer aficionados has so much talk about what a first lady wears swirled around the fashion world. But now, with Michelle Obama on the world stage, the fashion press, couture designers, and people around the globe have zeroed in on her every wardrobe choice.
From her decision to wear a cardigan to meet Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace to some observing that she wore fake eyelashes during her visit to the home of the British Prime Minister, Obama was closely scrutinized over every outfit she selected during a recent trip to Europe. Big-name designers-such as Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan, and Vera Wang-are dismissing the first lady's style, although some suspect they're miffed that she's overlooking their design houses in favor of the lesser known high-end designers such as Thakoon, Jason Wu, and Isabel Toledo and the labels J. Crew and Gap.
Mrs. Obama herself said, "First and foremost, I wear what I love. That's what women have to focus on: what makes them happy and what makes them feel comfortable and beautiful. If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion."
Daniel H. Burnham was a gifted planner and architect who left a significant mark upon Chicago as creator of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. This year will mark the centennial year of the publication of his plan. Burnham was master planner for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, where he coordinated the efforts of architects from across the country to turn the dream of the White City into a reality in record time. This presentation will explore Burnham's Plan of Chicago, his plan for the World's Fair, and his architectural achievements in the City of Chicago.
Women's fashions are shaped, literally and figuratively, by their underclothes. Throughout history a woman's frame has not always been entirely her own. These delicate pieces of linen and lace, stiff corsets, and sturdy hoops and bustles are fascinating to modern eyes; they are the unseen history of an era. Modern contrivances are no less remarkable. Join Elizabeth Carlson as she explores the history, and unveils the myths, of women's "unmentionables."
***This is a year-long course beginning in September, open only to selected applicants. Applications for next year's class will be available on this website beginning in June 2009.***
The Odyssey Project is a college-level course in philosophy, literature, art history, and history for men and women living below 150% of the poverty level.
Its anchor program is the first-year course, which is offered in partnership with Bard College and for which students may receive six units of college credit.
Faculty members are largely from first-rate universities such as University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute, and DePaul University.
Tuition is free, and the Illinois Humanities Council provides free childcare, free books, and transportation. The six units of credit are fully transferable to other colleges and universities.
This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Admission is by application only. Refer to syllabus for changes in course schedule.
Presenters Marydale Stewart and Ed Krolak provide poetry readings, offer commentary on the poems, and invite audience participation. Unlike traditional poetry readings, "The Sense of Poetry" makes use of dialogue between the speakers and the audience, encouraging audience members to make connections among contemporary and classic poetry and their own lives, experiences, and reading/listening. The speakers will discuss works by Browning, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Auden (to name a few), as well as works by newer poets who are currently writing and publishing, including some Illinois poets. Stewart and Krolak's years of classroom teaching result in their ability to connect quickly and empathetically with audiences of all ages, demystifying poetry and the act of writing.
Weaving music with stories, Lee Murdock presents a compelling story of Irish immigrants in Illinois. As they came to America to build their new lives in a foreign land, they were also essential hands in building the canals, railroads, and towns that became Illinois and America. Both traditional ballads and modern historical songs are featured in this illuminating presentation.
