Documentary Film Screening

Mary Robinson

Senator Dick Durbin

Br. Joe Schenk OFM Conv.    

All proceeds to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR).

Book Signing with author, Dr. Ana Maria Pineda

9th Annual El Pueblo Canta

Sherri Bevel, Olga Bautista, Frank Chapman, Toby Chow, Rory Fanning, Troy LaRiviere, Tuyet Le and William McNary  

Rev. Bryan Massingale, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Nanko-Fernandez, Michael Zedek

Theresa Kubasak & Gabe Huck

Why Civil Resistance Works | Dr. Maria Stephan Jesus and Nonviolence | Dr. Terry Rynne Interrupting Conflict and Building Peace | Mel Duncan The Catholic Church and Nonviolence | Dr. Ken Butigan

Connect with local advocacy organizations for employment and/or volunteer opportunities.

Discussing issues related to Islamophobia, open to all Muslims and non Muslims.

Voices for Creative Nonviolence, David Swanson and Mary Dean

A short documentary by Andy Dworak about one of Still Point's Imagination Workshop ensembles, the Orchard Village Players.

Cardinal Cupich will lead a walk through Englewood, tracing the Stations of the Cross and pausing along the way to remember those who lives were lost to violence.

Good Friday Walk

Keynote speaker U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. Light lunch will be provided.  All proceeds will support ICDI programs for detained immigrants.

The Salaam-Shalom Music Project delivers a message of peace and interfaith cooperation through a musical collaboration of Arabic and Klezmer musicians. One Chicago-area show only. Reservations strongly recommended.

Jeanne Bishop and Karli Butler talk about their struggles and steps forward, sharing their experiences of how the restorative power of forgiveness can lead to transformation – in ourselves, in our communities, in our world. Jeanne is the author of Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy and Making Peace with My Sister's Killer Karli is the...

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Catholic Theological Union’s annual Blessed Are the Peacemakers Trustee Dinner is a celebration to support the education and formation of men and women preparing for a ministerial life of service. Each year, an institution or individual(s) whose accomplishments and commitments reflect the values of the mission of Catholic Theological Union, particularly in the areas of...

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Cheese and Wine Gala & Silent Auction

Martha Nussbaum, Ph.D.

Kathy Kelly

This I Believe Small group discussions followed by a town hall Q & A to learn from one another and explore how Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions  have formed their beliefs on:   Community, Commitment & Connection  

Pope Francis and the Christian Response to the Ecological Crisis

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Her academic career spans 40 years of research and writing. An accomplished author, Dr. Lipstadt's book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," recounts the story of her libel trial in London against David...

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The biblical story of Noah’s Flood served as a template for some of the very first theories of global climate change in the Scientific Revolution, and it is once again being used as a means of imagining and representing anthropogenic global climate change in the 21st century in popular media. This talk considers the historical...

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The creative fingerprints of executive producer Stephen Spielberg are evident throughout this documentary that functions as a mystery, a dramatic exposé of a little-known Guatemalan massacre, and a piece of humanitarian detective work that reunites the remainder of a family. On the night of December 6, 1982, the special forces of a Reagan-backed Guatemalan military...

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Fr. Dan Groody

This year the focus is on climate change and the keynote speaker is Dan Misleh, Executive Director and Founder of the Catholic Climate Covenant.

Join the Justice and Peace Ministry for a day of learning and reflection on Climate Change. Enjoy presentations - offered in English and Spanish - from Catholic Relief Services, Faith In Place, and the Catholic Climate Covenant. Lunch will be provided. There is no cost for this event but we will accept free will offerings....

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The creative fingerprints of executive producer Stephen Spielberg are evident throughout this documentary that functions as a mystery, a dramatic exposé of a little-known Guatemalan massacre, and a piece of humanitarian detective work that reunites the remainder of a family. On the night of December 6, 1982, the special forces of a Reagan-backed Guatemalan military...

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Clarence Page

The creative fingerprints of executive producer Stephen Spielberg are evident throughout this documentary that functions as a mystery, a dramatic exposé of a little-known Guatemalan massacre, and a piece of humanitarian detective work that reunites the remainder of a family. On the night of December 6, 1982, the special forces of a Reagan-backed Guatemalan military...

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Benefit for the Immigration Ministry of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Rep. Lewis was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and one of the "Big Six" national leaders of the movement, alongside such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph. As SNCC chairman, Lewis was an architect of, and the youngest featured speaker at, the historic 1963 March on Washington, and...

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Rep. Lewis was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and one of the “Big Six” national leaders of the movement, alongside such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph. As SNCC chairman, Lewis was an architect of, and the youngest featured speaker at, the historic 1963 March on Washington, and...

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Martha C. Nussbaum “Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular.” When we are offended, anger is often the “first responder” we summon from our array of emotional responses. Can anger be a noble response or is it a human failure, a disease that deforms all our interactions? Drawing upon the lessons we can...

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The creative fingerprints of executive producer Stephen Spielberg are evident throughout this documentary that functions as a mystery, a dramatic exposé of a little-known Guatemalan massacre, and a piece of humanitarian detective work that reunites the remainder of a family. On the night of December 6, 1982, the special forces of a Reagan-backed Guatemalan military...

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Our communities in the Americas—whether immigrant or campesino or indigenous or Afro- descendant—are pushed off their land and sometimes out of their countries by large economic forces pursuing profits. For these forces, there are no borders. Many who are displaced are finding ways to connect with others in the Americas to resist deportation and dislocation....

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Our communities in the Americas—whether immigrant or campesino or indigenous or Afro-descendant—are pushed off their land and sometimes out of their countries by large economic forces pursuing profits. For these forces, there are no borders. Many who are displaced are finding ways to connect with others in the Americas to resist deportation and dislocation. All...

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Mary Deeley, pastoral associate at Sheil Catholic Center, will present a liturgy-based approach to Catholic social teaching. She will focus on sacramental life and what it calls us to be. Deeley received a music degree from Dominican University, a Master of Divinity degree fromYale University Divinity School, and a PhD in Hebrew Scripture and Early...

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The will brief people on the substantial progress being made in southwest Chicago-- *property values are up *foreclosures down *many parents take part in a parent-mentoring program *the crime rate has been cut in half *local public schools are improving greatly *by end of 2017, no vacant properties to reclaim between Rockwell & California, 59th to...

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Join Catholic Extension for an evening of cultural and religious music sung by 50 Latin American sisters serving poor Catholic communities across the U.S.

This talk argues that minority communities are better able to overcome the clandestine collective action dilemma, i.e. the dual challenge of coordination and secrecy. Based on two unique collections of post-war testimonies, Robert Braun shows that minority groups were more likely to facilitate clandestine cooperation against the Nazis because their members formed insulated hubs of...

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Strengthening Our Community Through a Shared Experience Join us as we celebrate breaking our fast with our Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i, Hindu and Sikh communities. Listen to stories from our faith leaders, eat dinner and engage in dialogue with members of other faiths. There will be a panel of storytellers -- Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Baha’i,...

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In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month the Asian American Studies Program and Multicultural Student Affairs are sponsoring an evening of short films on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Contact: Cheryl Jue 847-467-7114 or  asianamerican@northwestern.edu

A forum and discussion with Kevin Gostolza of Shadowproof, and Pat Hunt of Chicago area CodePINK. For well over a decade, US drone strikes, special forces raids, and aerial bombardments have reigned down terror on people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria and other countries, yet have received inadequate attention from the media and even...

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As people of faith, we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of God's creation. Pope Francis urges us to have "a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and...

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Produced 70 years after the creation and first use of nuclear weapons, the film explores the conundrum of humankind's most lethal weapon, investigates the continuing struggle over how to resolve this complex issue, and ponders why nuclear weapons continue to exist. Following the documentary, there will be a discussion led by Lily Wojtowicz, a nuclear...

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Maryknoll Sister Jaruko Doi will offer a deeply personal reflection on the contemporary significance of the forced removal and internment U.S. citizens of Japanese heritage during World War II.  This experience lives on, not only among generations of Japanese-Americans who, like Jaruko, carry the legacy of their families' unjust incarceration, but also in the fabric of our American culture in...

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Marty Brounstein

The presenter will be Dave Ozar, Loyola University Emeritus Professor of Ethics, and a consulting ethicist at North Shore University Health System.  As a consultant to a local transgender support group for its educational outreach programs, Ozar has known many transgender persons.  He will explain the meaning of key terms (“gender identity,”  “transgender,” “transsexual” etc.),...

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Emerging adulthood is increasingly recognized as a distinct period of life, much like adolescence, with profound implications for adulthood. The justice system can help by treating conflict with the law through diversion, community alternatives and restorative justice - or can hurt by the stigmatization of an adult criminal record that is a barrier to employment...

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Together we can save our kids. Together we can stand for justice. Together we can rebuild our communities. Together we can make Black Lives Matter. Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, will attend.

Last year 123 countries voted in the UN General Assembly to ban nuclear weapons. Negotiations began this March, which the US and other nuclear weapons possessors have boycotted. Chemical weapons, biological weapons, and land-mines have all been banned, Women Ban the Bomb is a women-led initiative building on the momentum of movements at the forefront...

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Featuring Ahlam Mahmood, Iraqi Muslim, a refugee from Syria, a political prisoner, a mother, wife a new American, and subject of the upcoming book, A Disappearance in Damascus.

The Science is Clear, The Future is Not. Documentary & Discussion. This National Geographic documentary follows Leonardo DiCaprio as he travels the world to examine firsthand the effects of climate change and meets with President Barak Obama, Pope Francis and Elon Musk to learn more about possible ways to prevent catastrophic damage to the environment.

Women share their stories of conscience within the Catholic Church, using the following definition of conscience: “The still small voice within each person, a soul voice that speaks from our essence and guides our lives.” Parking entrance at 1032 W Sheridan. Doors open at 1:30 Q&A and light refreshments to follow the 1-hour performance. Suggested...

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We invite you to join us in our annual tradition of gathering around our peace pole. Uniting with persons from all walks of life, cultures and faith traditions, we are Pilgrims of Truth and Pilgrims of Peace, building a culture of peace and vigilant care for our Mother, “sister earth." Our “Pilgrimage of Blessing” will...

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Through colorful, cut paper images from artist Ingrid Hess and writer Patti Vick, explores why we need peace and find ways to be peacemakers in our world. Closes July 16, 2017.

The film discusses how climate change impacts resource scarcity, migration and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability. Whether a long-term vulnerability or sudden shock, unpacks how water and food shortages, drought, extreme weather and sea level rise function as "accelerants of instability" and "catalysts for conflict" in volatile regions of...

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Tony Magliano

The film discusses how climate change impacts resource scarcity, migration and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability. Whether a long-term vulnerability or sudden shock, unpacks how water and food shortages, drought, extreme weather and sea level rise function as "accelerants of instability" and "catalysts for conflict" in volatile regions of...

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Share what's happening in your faith community and learn from each others stories. Explore ways of building awareness, inspiring and acting in worship services, in the worship space and grounds in connection with other faith communities in Wilmette. Thoughts for the dialogue: What changes have you made to your place of worship that honor earth...

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Join Warriors Of Peace, Jeremiah Youth Group and Parish Peace Project for the 1st ever community walk against violence in the Gage Park Community. Neighborhoods are becoming too violent. People are losing their lives due to the increasing violence and crime. As the growing voice of the community, they are raising awareness about the recurring...

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A panel discussion about the value of a worker from a religious perspective and what the reality for minorities is today. The focus will be on how class, gender, race, disability and other factors can affect our access to meaningful work and fair compensation.  Below is a list of our esteemed speakers: Suzanne Akhras, Executive...

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This 3 day event will provide an in-depth look at race and racism in the United States. Individuals and institutional leaders responsible for diversity and social justice will appreciate the exploration of the historical development of systemic racism and its continuing effects in our society.  Participants will examine ongoing realities of racism including the identity-shaping power racism...

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