Bread and Roses

working for justice locally and globally -a social justice calendar

Wouldn't it be nice if there were enough going on that this could become a regular feature? Dreams, dreams, dreams....

Here's what I know:

• Wednesday, October 12: noon -Bread for the World brown bag lunch -Judson Baptist Fellowship; all are welcome.
• Wednesday, October 12: noon -Global Issues video series and brown bag lunch at Kishwaukee College Library (L202); This week's offering is Global Poverty.
• Thursday, October 13, in the afternoon -Blood Drive -Newman Catholic Student Center.
• Thursday, October 13, 7:00 p.m. -Take Back the Night March -start at Welsh Park.
• Thursday, October 13, 7:00 p.m.- Native American Film Festival -Shingoethe Cetner; Aurora University. This week's offering is Singing Our Stories
• Friday: (every Friday), in the afternoon -Peace Vigil -corner of First St. and Lincoln Highway.
• Sunday, October 16 -CROP Walk 1:00
• Thursday, October 20, 4:00 p.m. -Jesse Jackson is speaking at NIU on Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act; Altgeld Auditorium.
• Thursday, October 20 -Sunday, October 23 -Voices of the Oppressed: A Theatrical Collage, part of the NIU Studio Series, Stevens Building Corner Theater; tickets are $5 at the door. 7:30 p.m. performances, except for Sunday, which is at 2:00
• Thursday, October 20 -Native American Film Festival; Shingoethe Center; Aurora University . This week's offering is Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
• Friday, October 21: noon -Global Issues video series Kishwaukee College's video series and brown bag discussion continues; this week's offering is a documentary on Sudan
• Monday, October 24, 6:30 p.m. -11th Annual Domestic Violence Vigil; DeKalb Area Women's Center

I found this list encouraging -and all I did to compile it was stack up all the little notes, e-mails, and slips of paper that had piled up on my desk. There are probably plenty of other activities that I don't know anything about. Notice how centered these activities are on the local universities -where, by the way, community members can't attend because they don't have the almighty parking pass. Nonetheless, I was entering these activities into MY calendar, and the light bulb went off that other people might be interested in this list as well.

WHY is there no locally coordinated justice activities calendar? Well, I guess now there is. Feel free to send me notices as you think of it. I have no idea what criteria I will use to determine inclusion. I don't even know how often I'll write up this calendar. Every two weeks, maybe. Let's allow this to be an evolving work in progress. But it could become interesting.