Chicago

Help keep our elections clean!

IBIP is sponsoring a Pollwatcher Training Session October 13, 2010, presented by Clare Tobin and Roy Lipscomb.  Pollwatching volunteers are needed to help assure more transparency and oversight in our elections.  IBIP has a packet of materials, produced by Melissa Urda, to serve as a resource guide poll watching.  The entire packet will be available at the IBIP website, www.ballot-integrity.org.  

Co-Sponsors
Oak Park Coalition for Truth & Justice
OPRF Students for Peace & Justice

Program:
6:00 pm:  Doors open
6:30 pm:  Catered Dinner
 .  Veggie & meat options
 .  Cash bar
 .  Silent auction
 .  Fun & fellowship
7:30 pm Music by Turtles Anonymous

Admission & Dinner
 $20 Supporter
 $10 Student & low income

An evening of politics, art and spoken word

Speaker:
Col. Jill Morgenthaler (ret.)

At the next meeting of:

The West Suburban Chicago Chapter (Illinois)
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

Ms. Morgenthaler was the 2008 Democratic nominee for Illinois' 6th
congressional district, and is currently the President and CEO of CJMI,
an emergency management and public safety consulting firm located
in Des Plaines, IL.

All are invited to join members of many different faiths to recognize and celebrate United Nations International Day of Peace (Sept. 21) and to help create peace in our world.

On October 16th, please come to Chicago
For a Midwest Regional March for Peace and Justice!

Many hoped that the end of the Bush Presidency would mean an end to illegal U.S. wars and a focusing on human needs.  Yet nearly two years into the Obama administration, the occupation in Iraq continues, with more private military contractors taking the place of departing soldiers and the world's largest embassy set to squat in the heart of Baghdad.  

Ride the lakefront to support people-to-people projects in Central America and Colombia! Collect pledges from friends and family.  Register between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. at the Clock Tower, just north of the Lake Bike Path and Addison, or the Dog Water Station at 55th and the Lake Bike Path. Free T-shirt with $50 in pledges! Celebrate with a free Central American dinner at the Clock Tower after the ride!
 

The history of women in Afghanistan is one of continuous struggle, be that against Persia, Britian, Russia, and now the United States. Yet beyond the struggle against a foreign invader, Afghan women’s battle has always been a double strug­gle, because at one and the same time as they fought against foreign invaders, they fought as well against their own profoundly male chauvin­ist culture. 

* How does Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan affect Afghan women? 

Join us for a free showing of the award-winning documentary “RETHINK Afghanistan” by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald at 2 pm Sunday, September 26 ,2010, at the Veterans Room of the Oak Park Main Library, 834 Lake Street.  

Kathy will speak about her recent experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan

where she interviewed victims of our drone attacks.

This will be an opportunity to learn about how drones

cause increasing retaliation toward our soldiers, making all Americans less secure.