Events

Friday December 21, 2007
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Saturday December 22, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Sunday December 23, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Monday December 24, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Tuesday December 25, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Wednesday December 26, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Thursday December 27, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Friday December 28, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Saturday December 29, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Sunday December 30, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Monday December 31, 2007
(all day)
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Tuesday January 1, 2008
End: 8:00 pm
Start: 12/21/2007 - 8:00am
End: 01/01/2008 - 8:00pm

CRLN's offices are closed for the holiday from December 21st through January 1st.  The offices are open again on January 2nd.  If you need to speak with someone on an urgent matter while the offices are closed, you can reach me at jvondracek@crln.org or on my cell phone at 630-267-8325.  With best wishes for a blessed holiday and New Year,

Jim

Jim Vondracek
Managing Director
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
www.crln.org
jvondracek@crln.org
773-293-2964
Friday February 1, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 02/01/2008 - 10:00am
End: 02/02/2008 - 4:00pm

Board and Staff Retreat.  For more info, follow this link http://www.crln.org/board_staff_retreat

 

 

Saturday February 2, 2008
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 02/01/2008 - 10:00am
End: 02/02/2008 - 4:00pm

Board and Staff Retreat.  For more info, follow this link http://www.crln.org/board_staff_retreat

 

 

Sunday February 10, 2008
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Come join us as we kick-off the Encuentros: Encounters in Latin America program!

We will gather to see photos of joy, hope, pain, triumph and friendship in a collection put together by past participants of CRLN delegations to Latin America.  In addition to these viewing these stunning photographs from Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador and and other countries, we will hear reflections on these experiences, and learn about upcoming possibilities for travel to Latin America with CRLN.  We will hope you will help us celebrate CRLN's past and share in our excitement for the future in this beautiful Frank LLoyd Wright building!

Sunday February 24, 2008
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Come Support SOA Prisoners of Conscience

Join LeAnne Clausen, sentenced to 30 days, Gus Roddy, sentenced to 30 days and a statement from Diane Lopez Hughes, currently serving 45 days for their witness against the SOA/WHINSEC. Also, we would like to take the time to remember the life of Rufina Amaya, the sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre of over 900 men, women and children in El Salvador. Later, 19 of the 26 people found responsible for the massacre were trained at the School of the Americas. Rufina told the story of the massacre and worked for justice until herdeath of heart illness earlier this year.

Sunday March 2, 2008
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm

Documentary Film Screening

 

CRLN member Jeanne Foley has arranged for the screening of the film 'Breaking the Silence: Torture Survivors Speak Out' - this is a powerful documentary that some CRLN members saw for the first time in Georgia, at the SOA Vigil.  It is highly recommended.

 

The screening will be held at:

 

Thomas Apostle School
Room 104
5467 Woodlawn Ave
Chicago 
Enter the south door of the school that faces the parking lot.
For more information, contact Jeanne Foley at (773) 306-8421.  

 

John F. Kennedy said in 1961, "Even today, there is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it."  There is much talk of torture today but little media attention given to its survivors.  It is a topic that directly impacts our soul as a nation and one that we need to be clear about. Today, more than 150 governments use torture.  In Chicago alone, there are over 45,000 survivors of torture, according the Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture.  This film was made by survivors themselves, to raise awareness and to call for action to build a world of zero tolerance for torture. 

 

 

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

CRLN will again be putting together teams for this year's Bowl-a-Rama to support the Cinquera-Chicago partnership! Contact Sharon Hunter-Smith at shunter-smith@crln.org if you'd like to join one of our teams - or bring one of your own!

Bowling . . . for a sustainable future for Cinquera, Chicago's sister city in El Salvador, supporting a youth radio project, Cinquera forest conservation, and sustainable agriculture.

Join the Chicago-Cinquera Committee for an evening of bowling fun! At Timber Lanes, 1851 W. Irving Park. Free Pizza! Fun for all! Register as an individual for $25 or bring in $50 in pledges to bowl FREE! Bring a team for the event!

www.chicago-cinquera.org

Friday March 7, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
Join CRLN members and friends on our annual Public Policy Delegation to Washington D.C. for Ecumenical Advocacy Days.  For more information, follow this link http://www.crln.org/advocacy/advocacy_days_2008
Saturday March 8, 2008
(all day)
Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
Join CRLN members and friends on our annual Public Policy Delegation to Washington D.C. for Ecumenical Advocacy Days.  For more information, follow this link http://www.crln.org/advocacy/advocacy_days_2008
Sunday March 9, 2008
(all day)
Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
Join CRLN members and friends on our annual Public Policy Delegation to Washington D.C. for Ecumenical Advocacy Days.  For more information, follow this link http://www.crln.org/advocacy/advocacy_days_2008
Monday March 10, 2008
End: 12:00 am
Start: 03/07/2008 - 12:00am
End: 03/10/2008 - 12:00am
Join CRLN members and friends on our annual Public Policy Delegation to Washington D.C. for Ecumenical Advocacy Days.  For more information, follow this link http://www.crln.org/advocacy/advocacy_days_2008