CRLN

Cuba’s Javier Cabrera on the Impact of the US Blockade of Cuba’s Economic, Social and Environmental Programs
2019-07-16 19:00 (America/Chicago) | UE Hall, 37 S. Ashland, Chicago
Javier Cabrera will discuss Cuba’s changing economic development program, its community health care program, and its programs to combat climate change.
He will explain how the US blockade of Cuba, begun in 1961, and condemned on a yearly basis by overwhelming UN vote, interferes in Cuba’s ability to carry out these programs. There will be ample time for extended Q&A with the audience.
UE Hall
37 S. Ashland
Tuesday July 16, 7 pm

GILBERTO JAVIER CABRERA TRIMIÑO

Professor, University of Havana, Center for Public Administration Studies (CEAP)
Independent Writer of the UNEAC (National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba)
Coordinator of the Public Administration Network of the University of Havana
Vice President of the International University Network of Studies and Research in Population, Environment and Sustainable Local Development (www.iunetwork.org),
Coordinator of Environment and Sustainability of the University Network Iberoamericana de Territorio y Movilidad (RUITEM).

Master in Teaching Methodology (1980) Pedagogical University for Technical and Professional Education
Ph.D. in Pedagogical Sciences, specializing in Environmental Education (1989), Pedagogical University, Moscow
Postgraduate Specialization in Ecological Economics (1994), United Nations University

Research stays and postdoctoral studies in topics related to public health, environmental management and community participation:

University of Havana
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
University Autónoma de Madrid
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
University of Carlenton, Canada
Metropolitan University of London
University of California Los Angeles
University of Puerto Rico
University of Costa Rica.

Sponsors and endorsers: Chicago ALBA Solidarity, US Peace Council (Chicago), Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Chicago Antiwar Coalition (CAWC), Evanston Neighbors for Peace

For more info: Stan Smith 773-322-3168, stansfieldsmith100@gmail.com

Northside Gang Database Teach-In
2019-07-14 14:30 - 17:30 | 4427 N. Clark, Chicago
Find out what the Chicago gang database is and how Chicago police decide who gets labeled a gang member.
Learn why communities in Chicago argue that the gang database is a violation of our civil rights and are organizing to get rid of it.
Connect with people who are finding different strategies to protect and defend community members who are in the gang database and fighting to end it.

Ven a un taller acerca de la Base de Datos de Pandillas en Chicago, donde estaremos hablando de como el Departamento de Policia decide quien es parte de una pandilla.
También estaremos hablando de por que las comunidades en Chicago estan organizando en contra de esta base de datos para proteger los derechos civiles de todas las personas en la ciudad.

Cuba’s Javier Cabrera on the Impact of the US Blockade of Cuba’s Economic, Social and Environmental Programs
2019-07-14 14:00 | Chicago Public Library Sulzer Branch, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
Javier Cabrera will discuss Cuba’s changing economic development program, its community health care program, and its programs to combat climate change.
He will explain how the US blockade of Cuba, begun in 1961, and condemned on a yearly basis by overwhelming UN vote, interferes in Cuba’s ability to carry out these programs. There will be ample time for extended Q&A with the audience.
Sunday July 14, 2pm
Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Branch
4455 N. Lincoln Ave

Professor, University of Havana, Center for Public Administration Studies (CEAP)
Independent Writer of the UNEAC (National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba)
Coordinator of the Public Administration Network of the University of Havana
Vice President of the International University Network of Studies and Research in Population, Environment and Sustainable Local Development (www.iunetwork.org),
Coordinator of Environment and Sustainability of the University Network Iberoamericana de Territorio y Movilidad (RUITEM).

Master in Teaching Methodology (1980) Pedagogical University for Technical and Professional Education
Ph.D. in Pedagogical Sciences, specializing in Environmental Education (1989), Pedagogical University, Moscow
Postgraduate Specialization in Ecological Economics (1994), United Nations University

Research stays and postdoctoral studies in topics related to public health, environmental management and community participation:

University of Havana
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
University Autónoma de Madrid
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
University of Carlenton, Canada
Metropolitan University of London
University of California Los Angeles
University of Puerto Rico
University of Costa Rica.

Sponsors and endorsers: Chicago ALBA Solidarity, US Peace Council (Chicago), Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Chicago Antiwar Coalition (CAWC), Evanston Neighbors for Peace

For more info: Stan Smith 773-322-3168, stansfieldsmith100@gmail.com

PROTEST! Take Action to End Criminalization, Detention, & Deportations
2019-07-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Daley Plaza
Gather with CRLN at 10:30am on Saturday July 13 at the Joan Miro sculpture that’s immediately east of the Chicago Temple which is located at 77 W Washington. Here is the map: https://goo.gl/maps/QDXsHHiNBUcuzPQS7 . Please email Juan Carlos Hernández <JCHernandez@crln.org> if you can join!

We will join immigrant rights, social justice, and grassroots organizations to protest the administration’s destructive policies and actions, and take a stand to welcome immigrant communities in solidarity. Add your voice to those in the movement to end criminalization, detention and deportation of immigrant families in the United States.
On a daily basis, immigrant communities in Illinois live with the fear that imminent raids and escalated activity by ICE, as stated by Trump, will rip families apart. We see more information each day regarding deplorable situations at the border – where government officials deny there is a humanitarian crisis, where children are treated as less than human, and where more children have died in immigration custody in 2019 than in the past 10 years.
In Illinois, we are taking a stand.
We see the current criminalization of immigrants, those coming to our borders seeking asylum and those seeking a better life for themselves and their families, as a continuation of the United States’ deep history of exploiting and criminalizing immigrants.
We reject the framework of hate + profit. Instead we envision a movement that builds intersectional power among our vibrant communities and a nation that recognizes the incredible social and cultural value of immigrants in our society.
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/events/693145914482339/

Summer of Love Kick Off Campaign Resolution Hands off Cuba
2019-06-20 18:00 | Centro Autonomo, 3460 W. Lawrence, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Please come to the send off of the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba and the kick off of a campaign to pass a resolution in the Chicago City Council to end the embargo and lift the travel ban!
BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN
THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL
• Attend the Caravan event and be part of the short training for visits to elected officials
• Sign up on the Google sheet linked below
• Get your friends to be part of this historic initiative!
In 2016, Obama admitted the US policy on Cuba was a failure and worked to take steps to restore relations.
Now, under Trump the bellicose rhetoric and threats have made the situation for people on the island increasingly difficult.
Read the Latin American Working Groups statement below
and join their CALL TO ACTION!
https://www.lawg.org/threats-to-cuba-policy-dont-sit-this…/…
If you would like to work on the campaign to get a Chicago city council resolution, please sign up using the Google Sheet Sign Up:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WaSFXhuMAtZhmlNMHgZPlj8A-QI6Xtlc6LrtXVpf15c/edit?fbclid=IwAR0vlfwF0i2xlgaYTT-gHdHm5WpCHT1Hh34mpE8UPSKjAsh2CE7bm-BvaCk#gid=0
{This sheet is a way for us to organize our campaign to meet with city officials, information will not be circulated or shared}
Can’t join us on June 20?😞
You can still support the Caravan by donating at our GoFundMe page 🙂:
https://www.gofundme.com/chicago-p4p-caravan-2019&rcid=r01-155820223439-309e886f63ab4c7f&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

Bowling Against Borders
2019-06-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Timberlanes, 1851 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL
Join Illinois SOAWatch for a fundraiser to help activists from Latin America travel to Chicago for a September SOAW strategy meeting and to Fort Benning, GA, for the SOAW 30th Anniversary Vigil.
Date and time: Sunday, June 9, 2-4pm
Location: Timber Lanes, 1851 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago, 60613.
Street/Meter Parking • Irving Park Brown Line Stop
RSVP: to Chris Inserra, cminserra@sbcglobal.net
Cost: Donation: $35 – $50
Students & Limited Income: $20
Click here for online donation page OR make checks payable to CRLN and write “SOAW bowling” on the memo line and bring it with you to the event. You may also mail your check to CRLN, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd, #429, Chicago, IL 60640-5078.

Lunch Dialogue on Colombia with Rev. Milton Mejía and Rev. Atahualpa Hernández
2019-06-03 12:00 - 13:30 | 1100 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615, 1100 E. 55Th St., Chicago, IL, 60615, United States
Join Rev. Milton Mejía, President and General Secretary of the Latin America Counsel of Churches, and Rev. Atahualpa Hernández, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia, for lunch and dialogue about the current situation in Colombia. What can churches do to promote peace and reconciliation in Colombia?

Date: Monday June 3rd, 2019
Time: 12 Noon
Location: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago – 1100 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615.
Check at Main Desk for Room Number
RSVP to shunter-smith@crln.org
Co-sponsored by Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary, and CRLN.
Rev. Atahualpa Hernández
Rev. Milton Mejía

Update on Honduras
2019-05-16 19:00 | IL
CRLN is co-sponsoring an educational event with Rabbi Brant Rosen to update our members on the current human rights conditions in Honduras. Rabbi Rosen was part of a religious leader delegation to Honduras sponsored by SHARE, organized to provide accompaniment to organizations and individuals under threat.
Date & Time: Thursday, May 16, 7pm
RSVP: Space is limited. Please contact wendy.ilene.carson@gmail.com if you would like to attend and for the address of the event.

Join CRLN for the Good Friday Walk for Justice!
2019-04-19 12:00 - 15:00 | IL
April 19, 12:00-3:00pm
Gather at the Corner of Michigan & Ida B. Wells Drive
(formerly Congress Blvd)
8th Day Center for Justice organized this annual event before they closed their doors last year, but the tradition lives on! A committee of people have been meeting with former 8th Day staff to plan the 2019 Good Friday Walk for Justice around the theme of Justice: Truth in Action.
We live in a post-truth culture, where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and polarizing judgments have more weight than straightforward evidence. In our post-truth world, it is not that the truth, science and facts have ceased to exist but that they are so easily dismissed.
As Martin Luther King, Jr. once proclaimed, “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Please join us to boldly proclaim the truth, to call out the lies and to be a people that live the truth so that we can create a world of justice and peace. We are grateful to be joined in the Good Friday Walk for Justice by groups and organizations that are living the truth in action and awakening communities, creating change and transforming systems for the common good.
There is no cost to participate. To sponsor this year’s Walk, make checks payable to CRLN (memo GFWalk) and mail to CRLN, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd. #429, Chicago 60640 or Online: https://bit.ly/2DgARe8

Crisis in Guatemala: An Eyewitness Account
2019-04-10 18:30 - 20:00 | 4th Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Date: Wednesday, April 10
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Place: Fourth Presbyterian Church (Gratz Center), Room 4F 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611
Parking: Parking passes available for garage at 900 N. Michigan Ave. building. Access the garage from Rush and Walton Streets. Discounted parking begins at 5:00 pm
In January, a CRLN delegation traveled to Guatemala, just as President Jimmy Morales ordered the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala to leave the country and as Congress was preparing a law granting amnesty to war criminals retroactively. They met with Mayan communities and organizations, human rights groups, and talked with people about the roots of migration, resistance to mining and other extractive projects, and the Constitutional crisis gripping the country.
Come with your questions and join us for an evening exploring these themes and ways to respond.
Light food available.

2019 El Pueblo Canta
2019-04-06 17:30 - 20:30 | Wellington Ave Church, 615 West Wellington Ave, Chicago, Wellington Ave Church, 615 West Wellington Ave, Chicago, United States
This year’s El Pueblo Canta features musician Alex Farha, a teacher at the Old Town School of Folk Music, who will play music on the oud, a Middle Eastern and North African instrument.
Advance tickets, sponsorships and information about public transportation, parking and childcare: waucc.org/2019ElPuebloCanta
Date: April 6, 2019
Time: 5:30pm doors open–traditional Middle Eastern and Latino food available for purchase
7:00-8:30pm–Concert
Place: Wellington Avenue UCC, 615 W. Wellington Ave.
Cost: $25–General admission; $15–students/limited income; Children under 12 FREE.
For more information, call 773-935-0642
All proceeds will go to benefit the immigrant justice work of Centro Romero, CRLN, and Wellington Ave. UCC.

2019 Ecumenical Advocacy Days
2019-04-05 - 2019-04-08 | Washington, DC, United States
Save the date! Consider going with CRLN this year to participate in the Latin America track of this conference and advocacy opportunity. More information to follow after the event is planned.

Exhibit Reception: Immigration Advocacy, Past and Present
2019-04-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Damen Student Center,Loyola University, 6511 N. Sheridan Rd,, Chicago, Illinois, 60626
Stand on the Side of Righteousness: Immigration Advocacy, Past and Present
Time: 6-7:30 pm
Place: Room 214, Damen Student Center, Loyola University Chicago 6511 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60626
You are invited to attend the opening reception for an exhibit which draws from interviews with immigration advocates. Some of those interviewed worked with the Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance, now a part of CRLN. The exhibit is now open until the end of April on the second floor of the Damen Center. An online version of the exhibit will be available in early April.
The Immigration Advocacy History Project is supported by a grant from the Student Innovation Fund of Loyola’s Plan 2020. The project is an effort of a Loyola graduate student group, Historians for a Just Society. Volunteers interviewed immigration advocates, whose stories will be preserved in the Loyola University Archives & Special Collections. The project also hosted a fall panel on immigrant identity and intersectionality.
For more information, see immigrationadvocacyhistoryproject.wordpress.com or email justhistoryloyola@gmail.com

Meet Sister Magda, Coordinator of National Network of Migrant Shelters in Mexico
2019-04-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Institute for Cultural Affairs, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd., 1st Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 60640
Central Americans In Exile: What Can We Do To Help?

Since October of last year, when large caravans of mostly young people and families from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador began moving through Mexico, Maria Magdalena Silva Renteria, known as “Sister Magda,” began to organize humanitarian attention across Mexico for Central Americans and all who seek refuge. Sister Magda is the founder and director of the CAFEMIN shelter for women and children in Mexico City and Coordinator of a national network of frontline migrant defenders in Mexico. She rarely visits the U.S. due to her urgent and life-saving work on the ground. She will make just trhee stops in April–Chicago, Washington, DC and Detroit. Do not miss the chance to connect with this inspiring and thoughtful leader.
Co-sponsored by Alianza Americas, CAFEMIN, and CRLN.

Bowl to support scholarships for Cinquera, El Salvador students!
2019-03-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Timberlanes, 1851 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL
Come as an individual or as a team to support scholarships for University students in Cinquera, El Salvador, who will return to their community to share their new skills in agriculture, business, teaching and organizing. Children are welcome–there will be special lanes for kids. Free pizza, prizes, and fun for all! Sponsored by Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities.
Cost: $25/individual, or bowl for free with $50 in donations from others.
Date and time: Saturday, March 16, 2:00-5:00pm
RSVP to shunter-smith@crln.org if you would like to be on a CRLN team to support this project of our partner organization, Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities!

Dana Frank, “The Labor Struggles Behind the Caravans: Labor Activism, State Repression, and Poverty Creation in Honduras since the 2009 Coup”
2019-02-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, IL, 60660, United States
Place: Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago 60660
Time: 7 – 8:30pm
Public transportation: 2 blocks east of CTA Red Line Bryn Mawr stop
Parking: St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church, 5649 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660. **You must write a note, “At Presbyterian Church,” and place it on your dashboard, or your car will be towed!
Dana Frank will discuss the role of the labor movement and labor politics in Honduras in the long aftermath of the 2009 military coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. Honduran labor activists have been the backbone of the popular resistance that has been fighting the repressive coup regime ever since, especially agricultural workers, government employees, bottling-plant workers, and health care workers. They are struggling to retain basic labor rights that are rarely enforced, while joining the broad coalitions protesting the US-back post-coup regime and claiming labor rights guaranteed under the Central American Free Trade Agreement. This talk will explore labor activism in Honduras–while also analyzing the Honduran government’s destruction of the economy and livelihoods since the coup—that are helping produce the exodus of Honduran refugees at the US border.
Dana Frank is Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she taught US labor history and other topics for 30 years. She most recently published The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup. Her previous books include Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America, which focuses on Honduras; Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism; and, with Howard Zinn and Robin D.G. Kelly, Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls and the Fighting Spirit of Labor’s Last Century. Her writings on human rights and U.S. policy in post-coup Honduras have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, The Nation, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico Magazine, and many other publications, and she has been interviewed by the Washington Post, New Yorker, New York Times, National Public Radio, Univision, Latino USA, regularly on Democracy Now!, and on other outlets. Professor Frank has testified about Honduras before the US House of Representatives, the California Assembly, and the Canadian Parliament. She has worked closely with banana workers’ unions in Honduras for almost twenty years.
Co-sponsored by CRLN and La Voz de los de Abajo

Popular Education and a Salvadoran Perspective: An Alternate View of Migrant Caravans, Violence, and US Immigration Policy
2019-01-27 18:00 - 20:30 | University Church, 5655 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL, 60637
Alison Janus, a member of University Church in the Hyde Park nieghborhood of Chicago, spent 5 months teaching English in El Salvador at the Center for Exchange and Solidarity using a popular education methodology. She brings back to her community the perspectives of her Salvadoran students and their alternate views of migrant caravans, violence and the dialogue surrounding US immigration policy. Join us for a dialogue centering the Salvadoran perspective, working toward global solidarity.
RSVP on EventBrite–eventbrite.com/…/reflection-from-el-salvador-by-alison-janus-tickets-54737046981 Food will be available. Event is free and open to the public.
This event is co-sponsored by Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America, Stories Connect, and the Universtiy Chuch Social Justice Committee.

Webinar on Refugee Caravan
2018-11-08 19:30 - 20:30 | IL
Please join this Honduras Solidarity Network webinar to understand the origins of the Refugee Caravan, which finds its roots in US interventionist policies in the region. Hear about the current situation of the more than 7,000 people that are part of the caravan, and learn about ways to join in solidarity. President Trump’s announcement to send more armed forces to the already militarized US/Mexico border as a response to the caravan of Central American refugees must be confronted with active and informed solidarity for the hundreds of thousands of Central Americans that were forced to leave their homelands because of US intervention.
Facebook live available at: @Alliance4GlobalJustice. Register below to participate or watch live.

REGISTER NOW

2018 CRLN Annual Luncheon: Sanctuary for All
2018-11-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Old St. Patrick’s Parish Hall, 700 W. Adams, Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Sanctuary for All!
Join us for the 2018 CRLN Luncheon
with guest speaker Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pagán-Banks
We have always known that our work leads us to a path that many other activists share. Our aims – while focused differently—seek the same ends of social justice and human dignity. In the current political and cultural climate, with people of color especially under attack, it means that we must work together more closely to create a safe space for all to thrive. Our goal is Sanctuary for All! The CRLN Luncheon speaker, Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pagán-Banks will address ways we can join forces to protect immigrants from ICE and African Americans from police violence. As we enter our 30th year, join us at the luncheon as we renew our support of our brothers and sisters in Latin America, our immigrant brothers and sisters here, and add our support to other movements for justice.
Rev. Dr. Marilyn Pagán-Banks is a queer womanist freedom fighter, minister, teacher, and learner committed to the liberation of oppressed peoples, building power and creating community. She currently serves as executive director of A Just Harvest, pastor at San Lucas UCC, and adjunct professor at McCormick Theological Seminary.
Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 12 noon-2:00 pm
Old St. Patrick’s Church Hughes Hall 700 W. Adams St., Chicago
Order tickets and explore sponsorship opportunities at http://bit.ly/CRLN18 or by contacting Sharon Hunter-Smith at shunter-smith@crln.org or
773-293-2964. Volunteers are needed and attend for free.
Please email mmckenna@crln.org to volunteer.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Sponsored by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America

Margarito’s Forest: Expressions of Community, Survival and Partnership
2018-10-26 18:30 | IL
Art Exhibit Celebration
Friday, October 26th
6:30-9pm
7:30 Program
Attend this celebration of original collage art by Allison Havens that illustrated Margarito’s Forest, a children’s book written in K’iche’, Spanish, and English. The story emerges from a 30 year partnership between a Mayan community in Guatemala and the congregation at University Church who welcomed a family into Sanctuary in the 80’s. Come to learn the story of Margarito’s Forest, the effort to print more books for schools and organizations in Guatemala, and the fascinating history behind this project.
Suggested donation: $15 buys a book for a school in Guatemala
Sanctuary Café Stories Connect
University Church
5655 S. University Ave. Chicago, IL 60637

Support Refugees, Not Dictators! Press Conference and Rally in Solidarity with Honduran Refugee Caravan
2018-10-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Across from Trump Tower, Wacker and Wabash, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Thousands of Hondurans, refugees from the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Juan Orlando Hernandez and its effects, have set out on foot to reach the U.S. U.S. foreign policy is directly responsible for their plight, with its long history of interference and its support for the 2009 coup and subsequent repressive governments, disastrous economic policy, and, most recently, the 2017 fraudulent elections and ensuing bloody repression. Now President Trump threatens to send the U.S. army to the border against the thousands of families on the caravan, while he also continues the policy of family separation, criminalization and mass deportations.
As immigrant communities, teachers, faith leaders and people of conscience, we will not be silent.

We demand :
*End U.S. support for the Honduran Dictatorship;
*Stop Criminalization, Deportation and Family Separation;
*Respect the Human Rights of Refugees;
*Asylum for Refugees
*No Border Wall!

Conveners: La Voz de los de Abajo, Organized Communities Against Deportation; Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America; Gay Liberation Network; Chicago Teachers Union Latinx Caucus; Chicago Comite Justicia Ayotzinapa, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Arab American Action Network, US Palestinian Community Network, Campaign to Take On Hate- Chicago, ANSWER Chicago.

"Healing a Broken World: Allies in the Non-violent Struggle for Justice": Pax Christi Illinois Annual Gathering
2018-10-20 13:00 - 16:00 | St. Mary Margaret Catholic Church, 1450 Green Trails Drive, Naperville, IL, 60540, United States
How can we become allies of poor communities of color around the world in their nonviolent struggles for social justice and peace?
Join Pax Christi Illinois at their Annual Gathering. All are welcome!
PRESENTER: Marie Dennis is co-president of Pax Christi Interna-tional (the global Catholic peace movement). From 1989-2012 Marie served as the director the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, She also served as chairperson of the Pax Christi USA National Council. She holds a masters degree in moral theology from Washington Theological Union and an honor-ary doctorate from Trinity Washington University and has authored and co-authored seven book.
Co-sponsored by CRLN.

"Memory, Truth and Justice in Guatemala"
2018-10-13 00:00 - 2018-10-16 00:00 | IL
Maria Luisa Rosal, staff person at the School of the Americas Watch, will be in Chicago to talk about the importance of historical memory in relation to the disappearance and assassination of people during the Guatemalan civil war (1960-1996), U.S. involvement in that war, the efforts of family members to find out the truth of what happened to their loved ones, and the effort to find justice in the courts. She will update us on the progress of judicial proceedings against generals and high level officials who are accused of ordering these human rights crimes. All events open to the public.

Group
Date
Time
Location

University Church
10/13/2018
7:00 pm
Sanctuary Café, 5655 S. University Ave., Chicago

Glencoe Union Church
10/14/2018
11:00am – 12:00pm
263 Park Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022

DePaul University
10/15/2018
9:40-11:10am
Arts & Letters Hall, Room 102
2315 N. Kenmore, Chicago

DePaul University
10/15
1:00-2:30pm
Levan Hall, Room 100
2322 N. Kenmore,
Chicago

North Park University
10/15/2018
4:00pm
Brorson Lounge, Old Main

DePaul University
10/16/2018
11:20am -12:50pm
Arts and Letters, Room 204
2315 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Loyola University
10/16/2018
7:00 – 8:30pm
Lake Shore Campus
6339 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Damen MPR

Immigrant Justice Vigil
2018-10-02 17:15 - 19:30 | 4th Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL, 60611, United States

2018 Pedal for Peace Bike-a-thon
2018-09-30 13:00 - 17:00 | Lincoln Park, Grove 13, Barry Ave. underpass to Lakefront Bike Path, Chicago, IL, United States
Pedal for Peace supports health, education, legal aid, and community organizing in Latin America and Chicago. For a list of beneficiaries, click here. Sign up to ride 12- or 24-miles and find sponsors and people to pledge to donate to your ride to support Pedal for Peace projects.
Registration:
Click here to register online and select your t-shirt size. There is an option at this online registration site to mail a check to CRLN or bring it to the Pedal for Peace site on the day of the event rather than pay online, but you must register online. If you want to collect pledges in person, click here for an information and pledge list.
$10 student/low income; $15 after September 9, 2018
$20 adult; $25 after September 9, 2018
Children 12 and under free
If you prefer to reach out in person, keep track of checks and cash through this form (which can be turned in the afternoon of Pedal for Peace or mailed to CRLN at 4750 N. Sheridan Rd., Suite 429, Chicago, IL 60640-5078).
Location:
Main registration, starting point, fiesta and program site – Lincoln Park Grove 13 (west side of Barry Ave. underpass to Chicago Lakefront Bike Path)
Alternative registration and starting point – Dog Water Fountain (55th Street and Chicago Lakefront Bike Path)
Schedule and Route:
1:00 Gather and Ride! Choose the 12- or 24-mile loop and ride along the beautiful Chicago Lakefront Bikepath.
3:30 Fiesta & Program! Relax, enjoy food and conversation at the main site (Grove 13) and hear about the work of the participating groups.
Riders Receive refreshments on the ride, food at the post-pedal fiesta, and a free T-shirt!

Bring with you:
Bike, helmet, cell phone, collected pledges and sponsorship checks.
Volunteer:
Email shunter-smith@crln.org with your name, email address, and phone number if you can support Pedal for Peace in any of the following ways:

prepare a dish of food to share at the fiesta

request a food donation from a restaurant for the fiesta

ask for a contribution to support the event from a business in your community

make a contribution to support another biker or to support the event in general

GUATEMALA UPDATE: ROOTS OF MIGRATION
2018-09-23 16:00 - 18:00 | IL
¡BIENVENIDOS A TODAS Y TODOS!

Please join us for a fun and informative program on

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
4 – 6 PM
at
Martha Pierce’s home
1231 Oak Avenue, Evanston

GUATEMALA UPDATE: ROOTS OF MIGRATION

Current political situation: expulsion of CICIG, US response

Ongoing struggles for indigenous rights and economic justice

Celebration of 25 years of partnership between CRLN and the returned-refugee community of Chaculá: 1994 – 2019

Donations accepted for CRLN’s advocacy and accompaniment work in Guatemala

RSVP: shunter-smith@crln.org

TPS Bus Journey for Justice dinner and presentation
2018-09-06 17:00 - 2018-09-07 19:00 | St. Pius Church Basement, 1919 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608, United States
Join the members of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Bus Journey for Justice for dinner at St. Pius’ church basement, 1919 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, at 5pm, September 6, for dinner and a presentation about the effort to save TPS in the face of the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate the program.

Rally to Save Temporary Protected Status!
2018-09-06 13:15 - 14:15 | Ricahrd J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL, 60602
Rally at 1:15pm, Thursday, September 6, at Federal Plaza, Dearborn & Jackson, with beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and their supporters to save Temporary Protected Status in the face of the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate the program for hundreds of thousands of people.
Speakers will include Leslie Combs, District Director for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a representative from the office of Senator Dick Durbin and TPS Journey for Justice participants, with benediction by Rev. Walter Baires of Ascencion Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
A group of Temporary Protected Status holders launched a 12-week “Journey for Justice, starting in Los Angeles, in an effort to defend the program.
The caravan of TPS holders plan to travel to 50 cities to participate events, rallies, roundtable discussions and other activities while advocating for the TPS program and a pathway to permanent residency for its participants. They will be in Chicago September 6-7.
The TPS program offers a provisional reprieve from deportation to citizens of some countries, but the Trump administration has terminated legal protection for nearly half a million immigrants who were in the program, including people from El Salvador and Honduras.

Community Forum on the International Day of the Disappeared
2018-08-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Living Waters Church, 6808 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, United States
CRLN is co-sponsoring this event with Living Waters Church. Those gathered will chant the names of those disappeared and declare them “presente.” Speakers will lift up the situations of mothers detained in ICE jails, children in Chicago shelters, the Ayotzinapa students and others who have “disappeared” in Mexico.

Building Bridges & Ending the Blockade of Cuba
2018-07-01 11:00 - 13:00 | IL
Welcome the 29th Cuba Friendshipment to Chicago!
For more than twenty years, IFCO/Pastors for Peace has organized Friendshipment Caravans to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba and illuminate the harmful effects of U.S. policy in Cuba through educational events in the United States. Join us to welcome the 29th Friendshipment Caravan to Chicago. This Caravan began on June 22 and will hold educational events in more than 35 cities before traveling to Cuba.
Building Bridges & Ending the Blockade of Cuba
Date: Sunday, July 1
Time: 11:00 am
Place: Fourth Presbyterian Church Room 4F (126 E. Chesnut, Chicago)
Gail Walker, Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)/Pastors for Peace, will talk about the importance of building bridges between the people of the U.S. and Cuba and mobilizing people in the U.S. to end the economic blockade of Cuba and all travel restrictions.
In addition to the Friendshipments, IFCO coordinates a program for U.S. students from under-served communities to study medicine on full scholarship in Cuba. More than 170 U.S. students have already graduated and several are working in the Chicago area with under-served communities.
This event is sponsored by:
Fourth Presbyterian Church,
IFCO/Pastors for Peace, and
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
For more information contact Marilyn McKenna at 773-293-3680 or mmckenna@crln.org
