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May 9 Social Work profession
May 10 Modern development not sustainable? Mobilzation against violence
May 12 TIF advisory council- Harper Ct RFP, devels incl. 53rd Cornell
May 13 Madeleine Albright, Darfur talk
May 14 Looting of Iraq, Nussbaum on equal respect for conscience, Payne on educ. for liberation of African American youth, Coalition for Equitable Community Development
May 16 Jimmie Briggs on child soldiers
May 16-17 Garden Fair
May 17 Clean and Green programs, Women's Health; History Walk; Garden Fair; symp on human research at UC
May 20 Steven Heyman on Free Speech and Human Dignity, East Hyde Park Action Committee
May 21 Laura Donohue on the costs of counterterrorism, reproductive justice, 5th Ward Olympics-transportation, Voices from Home at Blackstone- Heise on Leon Despres
May 24 Art in Action festival and activist day

Don't forget CAPS, Local School Councils, Park Advisory Councils, TIF and CCC councils--see in Community Meetings.

See in Meetings page- "more distant" for meetings on transportation, parks, city capital improvement and Action plans hearings.

Smart Home: Green + Wired opens May 8 at MSI.

Partnership for Advancement of Refugee Rights has several subcommittees and meets Thursdays, 7 pm at 5710 S. Woodlawn. For more information or questions please contact Aruj at aruj@uchicago.edu OR Tsion at tgurmu@uchicago.edu.
You may also direct your inquiries to Parr@listhost.uchicago.edu.

Tuesdays, 7 pm. Hyde Park Comm. Against War and Racism at University Church, 5655 S. University. 773 955-7072.
4th Ward Report every Monday 9 pm on CANTV Channel 19.

4th Ward meeting 4th Sat. 10:30 at the ward service office, 5th Ward 4th Tuesday 6 pm moves around.

Thursdays at 7 pm. Hyde Park LaLeche League meets at Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn. 773 538-6128.

U of C Library Society lectures are often on public affairs matters. For information and RSVP: Barbara Palmer-Bostick at 773 702-7695 or bbostick@uchicago. edu. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/alumnifriends/libsoc/programs.html. Ditto the Chicago Society.

U of C Graduate School of Business Roundtables are often groundbreaking. http://www.chicagogsb.edu/alumni/.

Blue Gargoyle is again seeking volunteers and tutors--it uses 85 in morning and evening classes and in one-on-one with students. Headquarters, 5638 S. Woodlawn. 773 955-4108.

Thursday, 7 pm. Every Thursday Cafe Society meets to discuss a civic or cultural topic. Professionally moderated. Valois Cafeteria, 15?? E. 53rd St.

Contact Chicago Bar Association Public Affairs at 312 554-2010 or Chicago Public Library 312 747-4050 chipublib.org re Law at the Library series--at Harold Washington, Woodson, or Sulzer. For current lineup see "Legal" in our Helpline page.

DuSable Museum presents exhibits on the Julian's- physicians extraordinary, and on a Right Given but Denied-Exploring the Civil Rights Movement.

The Future of Creation:
Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World
* Learn from leading scientists as they explain ecological systems and
ecological threats. Find out more about how human action contributes to
environmental degradation.
* Reflect on your responsibilities for the care of creation with help from
biblical scholars and theologians. Consider new interpretations of the ways
that our religious traditions guide us to respond to environmental crises.
* Act to improve environmental stewardship in your community. Use
strategies for community and parish-based action presented by community
organizers.

Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30 p.m., beginning February 5 through April 29.
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Rm. 350)
Chaired by David Rhoads (New Testament, LSTC)
and Gayle Woloschak (molecular biology, ZCRS/Northwestern
University)

A complete schedule of lectures is attached and available at our website,
http://www.zygoncenter.org/future_creation.html. All lectures are free and open to the public, except when taken for course credit. Individual lectures are self-contained and
can be followed without attending all. The series may be taken for seminary
course credit through the Association of Chicago Theological Schools. No
pre-registration is required.

Email Christina Heisser at zcrs@lstc.edu or call 773-256-0670 for more
information.

At Field Museum May 14, Wednesdasy, 7 pm. Gary Comer Symposium: Global Warning: Understanding Climate Change. Featured Panelist Timothy E. Wirth of UN Foundation and Better World Fund. Panelists: Dr. Doug Stotz of FM, Dr. Raymond Pierrehumbert of Univ. of Chicago. 773 665-7400. Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore Drie.

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May 9, Friday, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 9:25 am Iyengar Yoga. 11 am Walking Group, 11:10 am Tai Chi. 1:30 am Golden Diners. 5480 S. Kenwood, 773 643-4062.

May 9, Friday. 10 am-4 Student org. of the School of Social Service Administration kicks of the school's centennial year with a conference called A Diverse Profession: Social Work in the 21st Century. Noon Keynote by Joia Kukherjee of Partners for Health. Breakfast and lunch. 969 E. 60th St. www.ssa.uchicago.edu/students/diversity_conference/agenda.shtml.

May 10, Saturday, 9:30 forward. Robert Repetto of Yale gives keynote at UC conference, "Is Development Sustainable?" Stuart 102, 5835 S. Greenwood.

May 10, Saturday, 10 am-1 pm. Natural Areas care Workdays 2nd and 4th Saturdays in the Jackson Park Wooded Island or Bob-o-link Meadow. Meet at the Darrow Bridge south of the Musuem. Ross Petersen 773 486-0505.

May 10, Saturday,starting 11 am. Black Star Project hosts a day long series of meetings and mobilizations and colaborations through the next week at 3501 S. King against the wave of violence against Children. http://www.blackstarproject.org for info and registration.

May 11, Sunday, 3-6 pm. Meadow Care in Nichols Park. Meet at 54th east of Kimbark Ave.

May 12, Monday, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 9 am Walking Group. 11:30 am Goden Diners. 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 643-4062.

May 12, Monday, 12 pm. Center for Gender Studies presents Tamara Chaplin on "May 1968 and Sexual Revolution." Lunch. 5733 S. University.

May 12, Monday, 7 pm. 53rd St. TIF Advisory Council. Key agenda item is Harper Court/City Lot: George Rumsey will present final results of the Priorities Survey; James Wilson of the city will present and open for comment period Harper Ct./lot RFQ/RFP. Agenda will incl. presentation by L3 on its 53rd Cornell project and possibly Harper Theater. Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 324-6926.

May 12, Monday, 7 pm. Toastmasters at Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park.

May 13, Tuesday, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 10:40 am Exercise class. 11 am Computer class. 11:30 am Golden Diners. 1 pm Golden Troubadours. 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 643-4062.

May 13, Tuesday, 5 pm. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers a public Masaryk Lecture at Rockefeller Chapel in honor of Czech independence and ties to the University of Chicago, and the fate of small nations in today's world. (Hyde Park had a large Czech population in the early 20th century and future founder Masaryk taught one summer at UC; President Benes taught here after being deposed by Hitler.) 2-3 pm Albright will sign at University Bookstore, 58th and Ellis, her book Memo to the President Elect: How Can We Restore America's Reputation and Leadership? 5850 S. Woodlawn.

May 13, Tuesday, 5 pm. Robert Vare Nonfiction Writer-in-Residence. Jonathan Harr, Reporting from Darfur. Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th St.

May 13, Tuesday, 7 pm. Toastmasters at Harper Library, 1116 E. 59th St. room 130. 773 720-0748.

May 14, Wednesday, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 10:30 am Knitting. 11:30 am Golden Diners. 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 643-4062.

May 14, Wednesday, 12:15 pm. Kathayn Hanson, co-curator of "Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past" leads a tour and discusses. Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St.

May 14, Wednesday, 5:30 pm. Annual Ryerson Lecture. Martha Nussbaum on "Equal Respet for Conscience: The Roots of a Moral and Legal Tradition." Focuses on Colonial North America. International House, 1414 E. 59th St.

May 14, Wednesday, 6 pm. 57th Street Books presents Charles M. Payne on his book, Teach Freedom: Education for Liberation in the African-American Tradition. 1301 E. 57th St. 773 684-1300.

May 15, Thursday, noon. Gender Studies presents Armand Cerbone of Howard Brown on gay psychotherapy. 5733 S. University.

May 15, Thursday, noon. Kimberly Goff-Crews, Dean of Students, on "What Matters to Me and Why." Brown bag at Rockefeller Chapel Interreligious Center. 5850 S. Woodlawn.

May 15, Thursday, 6 pm. 57th Street Books and International House World Beyond the Headlines present Jimmie Briggs. Journalist and goodwill ambassador for the UN. On his book, Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War. 1414 E. 59th St.

May 16-17, Friday 9 am-6 pm, Saturday 9 am-4 pm. Hyde Park Garden Fair Spring Sale. Hyde Park Shopping Center Courtyard. Supports neighborhood beautification and Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference. http://www.hydeparkgardenfair.org.

May 16, Friday, 10 am-5pm. a FREE day long symposium that will investigate the American landscape as the subject and object of artistic creativity, cultural expression, spiritual meaning, and social responsibility. One of our network members, Dr. Michael Hogue from the Meadville Lombard Theological School will be speaking! Details contact mvasudevan@uchicago.edu of Civic Knowledge Partnership for a Sustainable Chicago.

May 16, Friday, 6 pm. Renaissance Society ? presents a panel discussion, Roots Revival. Saidiya Harman, prof. Engl & comp. lit. at Columbia and Rick Kitles, Gen. Med. UC discuss African-American genealogical research from a scientific and humanist perspective. Free. Swift Lecture Hall (310), 1025 E. 58th St.

May 16, Friday, 7 pm. 57th Street Books and Experimental Station present Wendy Johnson, Gardening at the Dragon's Gate. At Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone.

May 17, Saturday, 8 am- noon. Hyde Park Metro History Education (History Fair), Hyde Park Historical Society, and Illinois Humanities Council present Hyde Park History Walk Tours. From the Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood. $ raises money for the school youth history fair- volunteers needed incl. tour guides, refresh ctrs, people to pledge $30 for walkers. . http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/hikeforhistory/

May 17 is Clean and Green Day in Chicago. Call early to order tools form ward superintendent office (4th 312 747-0860.)

May 17, Saturday, 9? am- afternoon. State Senator Kwame Raoul sponsors Women's Health Fair and Conference at Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 643-4062.

May 17, Saturday, 11 am-4 pm. International House/Southside Solidarity Network conference, Out from Under the Microscope: Open Symposium on Academic Research in Urban Context at U of C- research on the community or research as a community? Keynote Danielle Allen. 1414 E. 59th St. Register 773 752-9145, mhopwood@uchicago.edu. Disabilities? 773 753-2275.

May 20, Tuesday, 6 pm. 57th Street Books presents Steven Heyman on his book, Free Speech and Human Dignity. 1301 E. 57th St. 773 684-1300.

May 20, Tuesday, 6:30 pm. East Hyde Park Action Committee meets at Treasure Island Lower Level, 1526 E. 55th St. Improving city infrastructure and services will be among topics discussed. Contact Howard Niden at EHPAComm@yahoo.com.

May 21, Wednesday, 6:30 pm. 57th Street Books presents Laura K. Donohue on The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty. 1301 E. 57th St. 773 684-1300.

May 22, Thursday, 8 am-4 pm. 3rd Annual Commemorative Roe vs. Wade Event: Beyond Choice: Exploring Reproductive Justice from Scholarship to Activism. International House and Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. 1414 E. 59th St.
The Family Planning Section in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at the University of Chicago presents its 3rd annual Reproductive Justice Conference, Thursday May 22nd. The title of this conference is “Beyond Choice: Exploring Reproductive Justice from Scholarship to Activism.”

In an effort to shed further light on this topic we have brought together professionals from different perspectives—from the history and legislation to the activism behind the movement. We hope to give a voice to everyone who is affected by this movement and to discuss what needs to be done to further its cause. I’m writing not only invite you to attend but also to invite you to collaborate with us on this exciting conference. All that we request is that you distribute widely the attached flyer and spread the word, so that anyone who is interested may attend.
For more information and to register, go to www.Chicagofamilyplanning.org

May 22, Thursday, 9 am- . Making your own documentary. Making Community Media Documentary Initiative. Community Film Workshop In Residence at the Harris Park 6200 S. Drexel, Rm. 201 Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 752-9335

This workshop is designed for guerrilla documentary video making on a low budget. Learn the nuts and bolts
of producing an affordable quality documentary using a mini-DV camcorder. Leave with a Making Community Media
Documentary application and an opportunity to change your community. Individual activist and artist are not
eligible for this Free Workshop and the Initiative. Only south side organizations are eligible. To reserve a space at the Free Workshop send a reply to this email cfwchic@cfwchicago.org. Include in the registration reply: Your Name, Job
Title, The Organization’s Name, Address, and Phone.

May 22, Thursday, 6:30 pm. 5th Ward Olympic planning and impact monthly meeting. This one focuses on transportation concerns and needs. Jackson Park Fieldhouse, 6401 S. Stony Island Ave. 773 324-5555.

May 22, Thursday, 7 pm. Friends of Blackstone Presents "Voices From Home: Local Authors Speak" on Thursday, May 22, 2007 at 7 pm at the Blackstone Branch Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. Our guest will be author Kenan Heise, author of Chicago Afternoons with Leon: 99-1/2 Years Old and Looking Forward with the subject of his book, former fifth ward alderman Leon M. Despres. They will share Despres’ views on Chicago, his thoughts on politics today and his intimate memories of Blackstone Library. Kenan Heise was a journalist for more than thirty years at the Chicago Tribune. He has written several books about Chicago including contributing to Despres’ memoir, Challenging the Daley Machine: A Chicago Alderman's Memoir(1995). Leon M. Despres served as the alderman of Hyde Park from 1955-1975. 4904 S. Lake Park. 312 747-0511.

May 24, Saturday, 11 am-7 pm. Southside Solidarity Network is lead organizer (with Beat 314) of Art in Action, a multi-neighborhood festival and fair in Woodlawn at 1st Presbyterian, 64th and Kimbark, Art in Action. Discussions, face painting, food, hip-hop, blues, gospel, rock, hip-hop dance, breadancing, poetry slam. Free. Contact Hallie Trauger, 773 834-6554, htrauger.uchicago.edu.

May 29, Thursday, 5:30 pm. Gossett Lecture. Paul Jaskot, Depaul, on "Nazi Politicians, German art Histoians, and Antisemitic Propaganda: Tje Mazi Party Appropriation of Henrich Wolfflin in Electoral Battles of the Late Weimar Republic". Classics 110, 1010 E. 59th St.

May 29, Thursday, 7 pm. The HPKCC Transit and Mobility Task Force meets. Seeks community members and ideas. Meet at the Neighborhood Club, 5480 S. Kenwood.

May 30, Friday, 6 pm. The HPKCC Environmental Sustainability Committee meets in the lower level room of Treasure Island grocery store, 1526 E. 55th St. Seeking new members, building new projects.

May 31, Saturday, 1:30-4:30 pm. UC Civic Knowledge holds a Conference, "The Humanities in Difficult Circumstances"- Clemente course on Darfur/Sudan findings. Free. Place to be ascertained. Or go to http://civicknowledge.uchicago.edu.

June 1, Sunday, 2 pm. Renaissance Society presents a panel in conjunction with Black Is, Black Ain't, "Post-Black: There and Back Again." Darby English, UC Art; artist Kerry James Marshall, Kym Pinder art hist. SAIC; Greg Foster Rice, art historian at Columbia College. Free. Kent 102, 1020 E. 58th St.

June 5, Thursday, 6 pm. Renaissance Society Lecture, "Erasing Race: Transforming Public Houisng in Chicago." Janet Smith, assoc. prof. urban plg. pol. UIC. Focuses CHA history and on real and imagined racialization of space public housing occupies. Cobb 403, 5811 S. Ellis.

June 6, Tuesday. Steven Wax, Fed. Public Defender Oregon on his book, Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror--A Public Defender's Inside Account. International House, 1414 E. 59th St.

June 10, Tuesday, Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani journalist based in Lahore on his book Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. International House, 1414 E. 59th St.

June 16, Monday, 7 pm. The HPKCC Schools Committee meets at United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St. Use Blackstone entry. Nancy Baum, chairman. Seeking new participants and partners.

June 21, Saturday, 10 am-1:30 pm. City vehicle stickers available in the 4th Ward Office, 4659 S. Cottage Grove suite 203.

August 16, Saturday, 10 am-3 pm. Health and Housing Fair at King College Prep High, 4445 S. Drexel.

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Mission of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference The purpose of the Conference is to attend to the civic needs of the community; work toward an attractive, secure, diverse, and caring community; and to promote participation of residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations in programs and activities that advance the interests and concerns of the community. It serves the community as a watchdog, independent voice, and clearing house in the community's ongoing conversation and decisions about those matters which affect and define community life.