Events

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World Fair Trade Day
Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

Daley Plaze, 50 W. Washington  more info at http://www.chicagofairtrade.org/

 

 

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Chicago Green Festival
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 05/22/2010 - 10:00am
End: 05/23/2010 - 6:00pm
At Navy Pier.  Fair Trade and trade policies deeply impact environmental issues.  For more info go to http://www.greenfestivals.org/chicago/
Guatemala Partnership Group "Sharing Pictures and Stories From Our Guatemalan Partners"
Start: 5:30 pm

Rice and Beans Dinner on Saturday May 22nd at 5:30 pm

Come see and hear about the recent delegation of the Guatemala Partnership Group, one of the groups that receives funds from CRLN's Pedal for Peace event every year.  The evening will include updates on: 

  • women's micro-credit groups formed in the highlands of Guatemala by Accion Cultural Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Cultural Action, or ACG), a Mayan community organizing association working in over 50 communities in the Guatemalan highlands;
  • Gloria Vicente, a Guatemalan Mayan who came to Chicago in 1985 with her family to be in sanctuary at University Church.  Now she is working with ACG in a position funded by the UCC-Disciples Board of Global Ministries;
  • developments in Saq Ja', a rural community in the department of El Quiche that was the boyhood home of Gloria's father. It was destroyed in the 1980's by the army during the Guatemalan civil conflict, and was resettled in the mid to late 1990's by the community members who survived the attack. 

The dinner and presentation will be at University Church, 5655 S. University Ave.,in Chicago.  Email shunter-smith@crln.org for more information.

 

 

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Chicago Green Festival
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 05/22/2010 - 10:00am
End: 05/23/2010 - 6:00pm
At Navy Pier.  Fair Trade and trade policies deeply impact environmental issues.  For more info go to http://www.greenfestivals.org/chicago/
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CRLN Honored, Gary Cozette to Speak at United Methodist Gathering
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Gary Cozette will speak at a luncheon hosted by the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) at the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church's 2010 Annual Conference.  At the luncheon, the MFSA will recognize CRLN with its 2010 Justice award. 

For more information,download the attached flier (below) or contact the Reverend Lisl Heymans Paul at revlisl@uic.edu or 847-345-0169.

 

 
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US Social Forum 2010
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 06/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 06/26/2010 - 1:00am

National Gathering in Detroit

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.



We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

 

Join CRLN staff Gary Cozette, Marilyn McKenna and Jenny Dale at the gathering.  For more info, go to http://www.ussf2010.org/ or contact Jenny at jdale@crln.org

 

 

06 / 23
US Social Forum 2010
(all day)
Start: 06/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 06/26/2010 - 1:00am

National Gathering in Detroit

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.



We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

 

Join CRLN staff Gary Cozette, Marilyn McKenna and Jenny Dale at the gathering.  For more info, go to http://www.ussf2010.org/ or contact Jenny at jdale@crln.org

 

 

06 / 24
US Social Forum 2010
(all day)
Start: 06/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 06/26/2010 - 1:00am

National Gathering in Detroit

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.



We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

 

Join CRLN staff Gary Cozette, Marilyn McKenna and Jenny Dale at the gathering.  For more info, go to http://www.ussf2010.org/ or contact Jenny at jdale@crln.org

 

 

06 / 25
US Social Forum 2010
(all day)
Start: 06/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 06/26/2010 - 1:00am

National Gathering in Detroit

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.



We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

 

Join CRLN staff Gary Cozette, Marilyn McKenna and Jenny Dale at the gathering.  For more info, go to http://www.ussf2010.org/ or contact Jenny at jdale@crln.org

 

 

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US Social Forum 2010
End: 1:00 am
Start: 06/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 06/26/2010 - 1:00am

National Gathering in Detroit

The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next most important step in our
 struggle to build a powerful multi-racial, multi-sectoral, inter-generational,
 diverse, inclusive, internationalist movement that transforms this country and
 changes history.



We must declare what we want our world to look like and we 
must start planning the path to get there. The USSF provides spaces to learn 
from each other’s experiences and struggles, share our analysis of the problems 
our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international 
brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.

 

Join CRLN staff Gary Cozette, Marilyn McKenna and Jenny Dale at the gathering.  For more info, go to http://www.ussf2010.org/ or contact Jenny at jdale@crln.org

 

 

AmericaSPEAKS-National Town Meeting on the Federal Budget
Start: 10:30 am
End: 5:00 pm

AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy is a national discussion to find common ground on tough choices about our federal budget.  Americans from across the country will come together to weigh-in on strategies to ensure a sustainable fiscal future and a strong economic recovery.  As a part of this national discussion, on June 26, 2010, thousands of Americans across the country will participate simultaneously in an unprecedented National Town Meeting. The Chicago Meeting will take place at Navy Pier.

 

Go to http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5874/p/salsa/event/common/public/index.sjs?event_KEY=19959 to register and for more information.

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Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America meeting
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Where:  7575 Lake St., #2B
River Forest, IL  60305
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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
Start: 1:00 am
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

07 / 25
CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

07 / 28
CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

07 / 29
CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

Action in Chicago: No to Arizona, Yes to Civil Rights!
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Say Yes to Civil Rights!
July 29th in Chicago's City Hall
121 N. LaSalle * 2nd Floor * 11-12:30
A Public Unity Event for Chicago's Civic and Community Leaders
11:00 AM - Press Conference in 2nd Floor Hall
12:00 PM - Reception in Council Chambers
July 29th is set to be the day that SB 1070 - Arizona's anti-immigrant, anti-civil rights law - is set to go into effect.  Meanwhile, Arizona-style policies are cropping up around the country, including in Illinois.  In Chicago, we will stand unified for an alternative vision of immigration, one that embraces our common values of family, faith, fairness, and civil rights.
We invite you to join  religious leaders like Fr. Chuck Dahm and Rev. Slim Coleman, law enforcement officials like Winnetka Police Chief Joe DeLopez, Illinois Business Immigration Coalition Co-Chair Billy Lawless, elected officials, members of the "Chicago 9" immigrant students who risked arrest in Washington, DC., and dozens of civic leaders to stand united against hate.  At the event, we will welcome home citizen children who are marching in Washington on July 28th for real solutions for their parents.  Together, we will "Say No to Arizona and Say Yes to Civil Rights, to Families, to Education, and to Real Solutions." 
The reception is hosted by Alderman Danny Solis, and there will be a special announcement by Alderman Edmund Burke, Alderman Richard Mell, and Alderman George Cardenas at 11:00 to introduce the strongest anti-SB 1070 ordinance in the country.
This is a unity event, with leaders coming from all sectors, all religious faiths, and all political backgrounds.  The "Say Yes to Civil Rights" event is co-sponsored by the Southwest Organizing Project, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, the New Sanctuary Coalition, the Northwest Neighborhood Federation, the Organization of the North East, Centro Sin Fronteras, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the Chicago Workers Collaborative, the Immigrant Youth Justice League, and the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition.
For more information contact Stephen Smith at ICIRR at 773.444.9557 or stephennoblesmith@gmail.com 
Action against SB1070 at Cook County Jail
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
One Thousand and more, against the Deportations
Every day 1,100 people are deported from the US. Join us as we call for an End to Deportations and say No to SB1070
4pm-6pm Action at Cook County Jail (California Ave and 26th St)
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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia
End: 1:00 am
Start: 07/22/2010 - 1:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 1:00am

This delegation is for members of the Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America (CSLA)group of the Chicago Presbytery.  For more information about CSLA please contact Gary Cozette at gcozette@crln.org  For information about other delegations to Colombia, please contact Erica Spilde at espilde@crln.org

 

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Report Back From Delegation to Honduras: One Year After the Coup - The Right to Resist!
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm

From June 26-July 4th twelve people, including CRLN Program Director Gary Cozette and CRLN Board member Sidney Hollander, traveled with the La Voz de los de Abajo delegation to Honduras for the mobilizations protesting one year of the military coup and celebrating the birth of the new resistance movement in Honduras. The delegation traveled throughout the country observing and interviewing political prisoners, campesinos, journalists, human rights and indigenous leaders, and members and leaders from the National Front of Popular Resistance.  Join us for our report back, which will include analysis and commentary from members of the delegation, video, photos and plenty of discussion.  

When: Friday, August 6th, 8pm-11pm

Where: Decima Musa Restaurant, 1901 South Loomis (Pilsen) 

For more information, call (312) 656-8655. 

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Centro Romero "Our Families, Our Hope" Celebration
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

Where: St. Augustine College Student Center, 1345 W. Argyle St.

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Unlikely Friendships: An Interfaith Response to the Changing Faces of America
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The Interfaith Immigration Network of Greater Chicago, in partnership with Lewis University's 2010 Fall Symposium: Welcoming the Stranger Together, is pleased to invite you to attend the official launching of IIN for an evening of interfaith conversation and storytelling on

Wednesday, September 1st, from 6:30 - 9pm in the Student Union building of the Lewis University Romeoville Campus

Click here for more information

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Immigrants' Caravan Against Deportations
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 09/03/2010 - 9:00am
End: 09/06/2010 - 9:00am

 

September 3-6: Freedom Riders: Immigrants’ Caravan Against Deportations

Join the three-day Illinois freedom ride caravan, bike and cultural festival or join us along the way!  The Caravan will be stopping in Schaumburg, Wheaton, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Joliet, Homer Glen, Blue Island and Chicago.

For more information on how to get involved contact Jose Herrera at JOSEFROMCHICAGO@aol.com or call 773-632-9992

 

Itinerary and Schedule

Friday September 3rd

3:00 PM:  Rally in support of the DREAM Act •Congresswoman Melissa Bean's office, 1701 East Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, IL Suite 200.

6:00 PM - leave Schaumburg and ride to Naperville 7:00-8:00 PM - arrive in Naperville and be received by our friends at Immigrant Solidarity Dupage. Shelter is graciously provided by St.

Margaret Mary Parish, 1450 Green Trails Dr, Naperville, IL.

8:00-10:00 PM  Welcoming Reception from Immigrant Solidarity Dupage and Dupage Community Leaders •St. Margaret Mary Parish, 1450 Green Trails Dr, Naperville, IL.

Saturday, Sept. 4

8:00 AM Breakfast at St. Margaret Mary Parish

9:15 AM Depart St. Margaret Mary Parish - ride to Wheaton

10:00 AM   Rally: Stop the 150 Deportations weeky in Dupage/

Legalization for All!

  • Dupage County Courthouse 421 S. County Farm Rd. Wheaton IL
  • 1/2 Mile March South on County Farm Rd and East on Roosevelt Rd to Marianjoy (Franciscan Sisters) Campus for a short vigil
  • 10:45 Return to Dupage County Courthouse Complex for closing remarks and distribution of sacked lunches.

11:00AM - assemble caravan and leave for Joliet 3:00 PM rest stop, lunch and discussion on precarious working conditions in suburban warehousing and logistics industries:

Bolingbrook area (TBA)

6:00 pm  meeting and discussion on immigrant rights issues and Joliet-area activism; dinner with Freedom Riders

  • Nuestra Senora de Monte Carmelo Church,

205 East Jackson Street,
Joliet

Sunday September 5th

8:00 am: Breakfast and tabling at the 8:30 mass., Monte Carmelo Church 10:00 AM depart for Homer Glen noon - 1PM : stop in Homer Glen for rest, discussion of English-Only ordinances and sidewalk chalking action •Culver Park on S Parker Rd, Homer Glen 2:30 PM - stop in Blue Island to discuss polimigra issues, rest rest of Sunday itinerary TBA

Finale: Labor Day, September 6th Chicago IL, Little Village Neighborhood

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