Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America - Events Feed

CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:03:59 -0400

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

Report Back From Delegation to Honduras: One Year After the Coup - The Right to Resist!

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:13:07 -0400

Start: 08/06/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 08/06/2010 - 11:00pm

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 6^th, 8pm-11pm

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

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

Centro Romero "Our Families, Our Hope" Celebration

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:19:29 -0400

Start: 08/20/2010 - 5:30pm

End: 08/20/2010 - 7:30pm

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

Unlikely Friendships: An Interfaith Response to the Changing Faces of America

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:35:24 -0400

Start: 09/01/2010 - 6:30pm

End: 09/01/2010 - 9:00pm

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

Immigrants' Caravan Against Deportations

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:13:31 -0400

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

Book Release and Photo Exhibit

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:11:13 -0400

Start: 09/14/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 09/14/2010 - 5:30pm

Marcha! Latino Chicago and the Immigrant Rights Movement

Richard Daley Library, 801 S. Morgan, Chicago

For more info see http://www.crln.org/book_release

An Evening with Cipriana Jurado: The Life of a Human Rights Defender in Mexico

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:15:12 -0400

Start: 09/14/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 09/14/2010 - 9:00pm

Tuesday, Setpember 14, 7 pm, Chicago Public Library Conrad Sulzer Regional Branch, 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue. For more info, go to http://www.crln.org/cipriana_sulzer

Pedal for Peace

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:29:12 -0400

Start: 09/26/2010 - 1:00pm

End: 09/26/2010 - 5:00pm

Biking Chicago's lakefront to support projects in Latin America - see the whole story at http://www.crln.org/pedal4peace_2010

Justice Day 2010: Chicago's Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:03:07 -0400

Start: 10/02/2010 - 8:00am

End: 10/02/2010 - 3:00pm

Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica, 3111 W. Jackson. For more information, please contact:

Rey Flores
Director - Catholic Campaign for Human Development / Parish Sharing
Archdiocese of Chicago
3525 S. Lake Park Avenue
Chicago, IL 60653-1402
Tel. (312)534-3690
Mobile: (773)213-1081
Fax (312)528-9380
email: rflores@archchicago.org

Evening Discussion and Potluck with Cipriana Jurado

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:54:33 -0400

Start: 10/04/2010 - 6:30pm

End: 10/04/2010 - 8:30pm

Join us for an Evening Discussion and Potluck with Cipriana Jurado, Human Rights Defender from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Monday, October 4th at 6:30pm
1741 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

It is the corner building on Western Ave and St Paul Ave, across from Dunkin' Donuts.
Click here to see online-map of location

Please RSVP by e-mailing jdale@chicagosanctuary.org or calling 773-293-3680

Click here for more information on the event

Action to Protest FBI Raids Against Peace Activists

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:43 -0400

Start: 10/05/2010 - 8:30am

End: 10/05/2010 - 10:00am

Join us at the Dirksen Federal Building (220 S. Dearborn) to protest the FBI raids and federal grand jury inquiry against 8 peace activists from Chicago and Minneapolis. For more information, go to http://www.crln.org/FBI_Actions_Against_Activists

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:01:37 -0400

Start: 10/08/2010 - 7:15am

End: 10/08/2010 - 9:00am

http://www.crln.org/Broadview-Detention-Center-Vigil+

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:02:40 -0400

Start: 10/15/2010 - 7:15am

End: 10/15/2010 - 7:15am

http://www.crln.org/Broadview-Detention-Center-Vigil+

Borderlinks: Beyond the Border Delegaion

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:46:55 -0400

Start: 10/17/2010 - 5:00pm

End: 10/20/2010 - 5:00pm

Immersion Education for Pastors, Lay Leaders, and Other Faith Leaders (October 17-19, 2010)

This BorderLinks delegation is a two-day immersion experience, connecting leaders of all faiths with the daily realities and stories of their immigrant neighbors. The delegation will assist faith leaders in understanding the immigrant experience in Chicago and throughout Illinois. Participants will return home with practical resources and insights to engage their congregants around the divisive issue of immigration in a scripturally based and theologically informed manner. Intentional reflection time will focus on appropriate and caring ways to accompany a congregation confronting this timely issue.

Click here for more info http://www.crln.org/Beyond_the_Border_Oct2010

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:09:37 -0400

Start: 10/22/2010 - 7:15am

End: 10/22/2010 - 7:15am

http://www.crln.org/Broadview-Detention-Center-Vigil+

"Celebrating a Century of Faith in Action": Wellington Avenue UCC

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:23:17 -0400

Start: 10/23/2010 - 5:30pm

End: 10/23/2010 - 7:30pm

Where: 616 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago

Leslie Schuld, CIS, Talk and Discussion

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:05:25 -0400

Start: 10/24/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 10/24/2010 - 5:00pm

http://www.crln.org/Leslie_Schuld_CIS

Days of Saints and Memories: Between Memory and Revolution

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:01:11 -0400

Start: 10/29/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 10/29/2010 - 10:00pm

www.crln.org/Moller_Exhibit

Justice for Immigrants National Convening

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:32:18 -0400

Start: 11/03/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 11/05/2010 - 11:30am

US Council of Catholic Bishops Justice For Immigrants

NATIONAL IMMIGRATION CONVENING

"Immigration in a New Congress"

Nov. 3 - 5, at Chicago O'Hare Four Points Sheraton
Register at (note: advance registration requested by Oct. 29th)

US Council of Catholic Bishops Justice For Iimmigrants

NATIONAL IMMIGRATION CONVENING, "Immigration in a New Congress"

Nov. 3 - 5, at Chicago O'Hare Four Points Sheraton
Register at (note: advance registration requested by Oct. 29th):
http://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=98ad417c-f7ee-464d-8baf-09c88801a773

DETAILS: Preliminary Topics/Speakers

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3

6:00 -8:00 p.m. Dinner and Opening Plenary (preceded by registration and 4pm Opening Mass)

• Welcome: Ambassador Johnny Young – Executive Director M.R.S, USCCB

• Immigration and the Future of the U.S. Church: Fr. Alan Deck, Executive Director, Office of Cultural Diversity, USCCB

• Catholic Teaching and Migration: Fr. Daniel Groody, University of Notre Dame

THURSDAY, Nov. 4

8:30-10:00 a.m. Best Practices in Organizing for Immigration Reform (preceded by 7am Mass and breakfast)

• Panel: Elena Segura, Archdiocese of Chicago; Jill Malone, PICO National Network; Fr. Clete Kiley, UNITE-HERE; Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum

10:30-Noon Public Policy/CIR Issues for the 112th Congress

• Panel: Angela Kelley, Center for American Progress; Maria Odom, Catholic Legal Immigration Network

12:30-1:45 p.m. Networking Lunch & Caucusing

• Presentations by Srs. Pat Murphy and JoAnn Persch, RSM, Pastoral Care at immigrant detention centers

2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Break Out Sessions

• Answering the Tough Questions (arguments/responses to illegal immigration) - Michele Waslin, Immigration Policy Center; Todd Scribner, USCCB

• Communication/Messaging about CIR in your communities - Patty Kupfer, Independent Communications Consultant

• Fighting Local Enforcement Initiatives (e.g. 287g and Secure Communities) - Helen Harnett, Heartland Alliance; Karen Herrling, CLINIC; Polo Morales, PICO National Network

• Parish Organizing for CIR (best practices) - Jaci Braga, PICO National & JFI

3:30-4:45 p.m. Break Out Sessions (REPEATED)

6:00 -8:30 p.m. Dinner, DREAM Act Presentation, Mid-Term Election Results Panel

• DREAM Act Presentation - DePaul University President, Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.
• Mid-Term Election Results Panel/what it means for Immigration - Frank Sharry, Executive Director, America’s Voice; Micheal Hill, Associate Director, Government Relations, USCCB

9:00 p.m. Movie Screening – Welcome to Shelbyville

FRIDAY, Nov. 5

6:30 a.m. Shuttle to Broadview Immigrant Detention Center

7:00 a.m. Rosary at Broadview

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Regional Breakouts: Strategize on organizing in the new congress
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Report Back/Next Steps – Sylvia Ruiz, Orlando Focus

11:30 – Noon Final Session

CRLN Annual Luncheon: Speaker, Padre "Melo"

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:36:49 -0400

Start: 11/04/2010 - 12:00pm

End: 11/04/2010 - 2:00pm

Where: Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church. 711 W Monroe St., Chicago

Free Evening of Afro-Colombian Music and Discussion: Witness for Peace

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:34:33 -0400

Start: 11/05/2010 - 5:30pm

End: 11/05/2010 - 11:00pm

http://www.crln.org/Colombian_Event_Nov_5_2010

Training on Video Production and Immigration for People of Faith

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:12:38 -0400

Start: 11/09/2010 - 10:00am

End: 11/09/2010 - 6:00pm

CALLING PEOPLE OF FAITH & SERVICE PROVIDERS STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANTS!

Join the national Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Church World Service and Auburn Media for a One-Day Training on Video Production

Learn how to make short, effective videos to share your stories & highlight your service programs, community outreach, etc.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Chicago, IL

As part of each training, a film crew will provide film and media training to people of faith, service providers, and activists working to make their communities more welcoming and advocating for immigration reform.

Auburn Media and Church World Service staff will facilitate group discussions on how to tailor the New Year's Resolution Campaign for Immigration Reform (see below for more information) for your local community, and how to effectively share your stories of solidarity, action and welcome with others across the country.

Participants will tell their stories and highlight what their communities are doing - ESL classes, immigration legal clinics, congregation accompaniment programs, prayer vigils, community education, etc. - using the most effective messaging techniques; learn about best filming practices; discuss the current political dynamics of immigration reform, and brainstorm how their communities can be involved in the upcoming New Year's Resolution Campaign for Immigration Reform.

In addition to providing hands-on instruction to training participants, we hope to collect powerful stories of how congregations, service providers, and community members are building more welcoming communities and advocating for immigration reform.

Church World Service will assist with travel costs both for local participants and a limited number of out-of-state participants interested in sharing their stories and building their communities' capacity to utilize video for outreach, education, community building and advocacy work.

Please contact Yvette Schock (yschock@churchworldservice.org) to register or request travel scholarships.
Space is limited.

Draft agenda:

10am Introductions, overview of New Year's Resolution Campaign 11am Political timeline, opportunities for immigration reform
12pm Crafting your story / highlighting your local program for film
1-3pm Recording your stories (each participant will have a designated time to work privately with the film crew)
1-3pm Tailoring the New Year's Resolution Campaign to your community's needs
3-4pm Incorporating video footage into your local campaigns, proposals, etc.
4-6pm Practicing filming, editing, posting your videos

Charlie Hardy: Venezuala 101

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:12:01 -0500

Start: 11/16/2010 - 4:15pm

End: 11/16/2010 - 5:30pm

Venezuela 101

Tuesday November 16th 4:15-5:30pm

Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St.Louis

Lech Walesa Hall, (formerly CLS Building) Room 2044. Off of Bryn Mawr Avenue

www.crln.org/charlie_hardy

Charlie Hardy: Venezuela Since the September Elections

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:19:13 -0500

Start: 11/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 11/16/2010 - 9:00pm

Venezuela Since the September Elections

Tuesday November 16, 7 pm

1901 S. Loomis Avenue, Chicago (Decima Musa Restaurant)

Sponsored by La Voz de Los de Abajo and the Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban Five

www.crln.org/charlie_hardy

Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:37:10 -0400

Start: 11/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 11/18/2010 - 9:00pm

Join co-author Norma Price as she reads from and discusses Crossing with the Virgin

Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail

Kathryn Ferguson, Norma Price, and Ted Parks

Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Women & Children First

5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, 60640

PH: (773) 769-9299

“This is an extraordinary book about the courageous journeys of people crossing the U.S.–Mexico border—and about U.S. citizens who are erasing those borders with acts of mercy and defiance . . . a page turner.”

—Demetria Martínez, author of Mother Tongue

“Peel back phrases like illegal alien and undocumented worker and you’ll find the voices heard in this book, poor people coming north to survive. And the local people who try to help them. Learn the tragedy that is the border and listen to the tales of our fellow human beings as they are hunted on American ground.”

—Charles Bowden, author of Down by the River

Vigil to Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:32:00 -0400

Start: 11/19/2010 - 12:00am

End: 11/21/2010 - 12:00pm

Join CRLN at the Vigil to Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC. See the full web story at http://www.crln.org/SOA_Vigil_2010

Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America - Events Feed

CRLN/Congregations in Solidarity with Latin America Delegation to Colombia

Report Back From Delegation to Honduras: One Year After the Coup - The Right to Resist!

Centro Romero "Our Families, Our Hope" Celebration

Unlikely Friendships: An Interfaith Response to the Changing Faces of America

Immigrants' Caravan Against Deportations

Book Release and Photo Exhibit

An Evening with Cipriana Jurado: The Life of a Human Rights Defender in Mexico

Pedal for Peace

Justice Day 2010: Chicago's Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Evening Discussion and Potluck with Cipriana Jurado

Join us for an Evening Discussion and Potluck with Cipriana Jurado, Human Rights Defender from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Monday, October 4th at 6:30pm 1741 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60647

Action to Protest FBI Raids Against Peace Activists

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

Borderlinks: Beyond the Border Delegaion

Immersion Education for Pastors, Lay Leaders, and Other Faith Leaders (October 17-19, 2010)

Broadview Detention Center Vigil

"Celebrating a Century of Faith in Action": Wellington Avenue UCC

Leslie Schuld, CIS, Talk and Discussion

Days of Saints and Memories: Between Memory and Revolution

Justice for Immigrants National Convening

US Council of Catholic Bishops Justice For Immigrants

NATIONAL IMMIGRATION CONVENING

"Immigration in a New Congress"

CRLN Annual Luncheon: Speaker, Padre "Melo"

Free Evening of Afro-Colombian Music and Discussion: Witness for Peace

Training on Video Production and Immigration for People of Faith

Charlie Hardy: Venezuala 101

Charlie Hardy: Venezuela Since the September Elections

Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail

Join co-author Norma Price as she reads from and discusses Crossing with the Virgin

Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail

Kathryn Ferguson, Norma Price, and Ted Parks

Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Women & Children First

5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, 60640

PH: (773) 769-9299

Vigil to Close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC

Monday, October 4th at 6:30pm
1741 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60647