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… Could it be that we have so many black men, incarcerated and incompacitated within our society? Could it be that our communities are assualted with drugs and violence? Could it be that our youth are culturally under attacks that limit their ambitions? Could it be that we aren't getting the standard of health care that is needed that would increase the life expectancy of black people? It could be any one of those issues and many more that we are angry about. They should make us and the world outr …
Welcome film/movie fans! - Join us to meet other local Indie & Documentary film fans. Discuss and recommend indi films, documentaries, and other movies to one another. The idea is to watch the films that pose various moral/ethical questions or expend awareness about different issues that our society and individuals are facing. Therefore we will be focusing on watching Independent or Documentary films rather than watching typical Hollywood movies that are mostly for entertaining purposes. Choosin …
The Chicago International Social Change Festival was created for filmmakers to showcase films that heighten public consciousness and provide a film forum for their productions to be screened on an international level. In addition, the festival is dedicated to the art of filmmaking and the filmmakers who make each and every work possible. This is a Chicago film festival with a specific focus on the issues facing society and how social change can make an incredible impact. Every day, society i …
The mission of the United Way Young Leaders Society (YLS) is to promote and encourage the spirit of philanthropy and volunteerism among the young professionals of Chicagoland. Members of YLS are committed, compassionate and generous individuals who are dedicated to making a positive impact throughout our community around our issue areas of income, education and health. They GIVE, they ADVOCATE, they VOLUNTEER and they share a common desire to LIVE UNITED.
The Chicago Taoism Study Group seeks to explore the ironic, absurb and penetratingly insightful gentle "way" of wisdom - and hopefully in the process reach the end of logic and enjoy a really good laugh. In the ancient Far East, Taoism traditionally was the pursuit of older citizens, who - having fulfilled their civic and worldly duties - abandoned society retreating to mountain hermitages to sit by streams and observe the changing seasons divining skillfull and elegant means of aligning one's …
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