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Events & Activities
A New New Deal:
Obama Year One
Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here? Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:30pm - 4:30pm Roosevelt University Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan), Room 232 This past year, in the aftermath of the historic 2008 elections and in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression, activists and... »
Film Series: Urban Greening
Urban Greening: Thinking Global, Acting Local! Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. In this slide presentation, Oak Parker Julie Samuels will show how urban residents and organizations in Chicagoland are restoring a healthy urban environment, and eating, breathing and feeling better by using city land to grow... »
Film Series: Taxi to the Dark Side
Oscar winning director Alex Gibney investigates the torture and killing of an innocent Afghani taxi driver in this gripping probe into reckless abuses of government power. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. A disturbing, incisive and compelling documentary thriller, the Academy Award -winning TAXI TO THE DARK... »
Rally: “Stop Corporate Crime by the Bailout Bandits”
Join the campaign for a Peoples' Economic Recovery, starting with * Jobs * Housing * Health Care * Sept 24, 12 Noon Monroe & Franklin (Wells Fargo) A year ago, Congress bailed out the banks and insurers, claiming they were “too big to fail.” They got bailed out; We got Sold Out! One year later these “bailout bandits” award executive bonuses while eliminating jobs and carrying... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “Thirst”
A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap. Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. Is water part of a shared "commons", a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought,... »
OPCTJ Film Series: “Never Turning Back; The World of Peggy Lipschutz”
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 2:00 p.m. Veterans Room, Oak Park Library 834 Lake Street, Oak Park. Co-Sponsored by: The Oak Park Public Library. The life and work of artist and activist Peggy Lipschut This film, by filmmaker Jerri Zbiral, celebrates the life and work of 90 year-old Evanston artist Peggy Lipschutz and her "chalk talks" (Songs You can See!). For a generation of labor... »
Labor Day: A Celebration and Rally for American Working Families
Invited Guest of Honor: President Barack Obama Moderator: WCPT Radio Host Dick Kay Program: Music and Food Speakers Celebrating the Achievements of American Working Families -- Commemorate Past and Ongoing Struggles for a Union Wage, the Rights of Citizenship, Healthy Workplaces, Strong Communities, Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Immigrant Rights, and Service Jobs that are Good Jobs. Speakers Rallying for a Better... »
A New New Deal: How We Make It Happen!
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 12:30-5:00 p.m. Workers United Hall, 333 S. Ashland, Chicago An organizing workshop to build the movement for change based on human needs by connecting the fights for ending wars and militarism; workers' rights; the right to health care; and stopping foreclosures. Visit the event page for details Join other Chicago area labor, community, religious leaders and... »
Eyewitness Reports On Iraq’s Historic Labor Conference
May 30, 2009, 3PM - Roosevelt University - Come hear Amjad Ali, Representative of the Iraqi Freedom Congress. After six years of US invasion, war and destruction... Help support Iraq’s inspiring grass roots labor movement fighting for a free, secular and independent Iraq. FORUM (3 p.m.): Roosevelt University, Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan. AMJAD ALI of the Iraqi Freedom Congress MIKE ZWEIG of AFT... »
Annual Walk for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
Break the Silence. Break the Blockade. Sunday, May 17, 2009, Oak Park, Illinois Although Gaza has faded from the headlines in the aftermath of Israel’s December 2008–January 2009 bombardment and assault, the blockade and siege of Gaza’s 1.5 million residents continues. Already an impoverished, isolated zone before the winter war, Gaza now faces a humanitarian disaster of catastrophic proportions, widespread physical... »
Featured Resources
Feb. 20, 2010 - Obama Year One - Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Join leaders of the labor, peace, immigrant rights, healthcare reform, and economic justice movements in assessing the past year and current political conditions to determine ways we can work together towards progressive change.
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