Sat., Oct. 12, Get More from Medicare, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with Joanna Walek from Oak Street Health. Are you getting the most in Medicare benefits? Join us for an educational workshop with Joanna Walek, Oak Street Health, that will discuss your coverage options. Learn about Medicare Parts A, B, C and D (prescription coverage), supplemental plans and Medicare Advantage programs and educate yourself on what option is best for you.
Tues., Oct.15, Environmental Collage Making, 6:00 p.m. with artist Anayansi Ricketts
Join us for a hands on collage making workshop. In her book, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert lays out the facts, we are in the midst of cataclysmic environmental change. Come explore the problems we face and the solutions we might employ. In this workshop we will collage photo essays that tell environmental tales. As our inspiration we will use the book and the planet. What themed collage work would you like to produce that raises awareness of the environment in which we find ourselves? Come investigate the concept of seeking environmental balance. Instructor: Anayansi Ricketts. Space is limited and first come, first served. Each participant will take home their own small collage.
This program is a part of the 2019-2020 One Book, One Chicago season, exploring the theme Season For Change through the book The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. For more information, visit www.onebookonechicago.org.
English Conversation meets on Saturdays from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. and on Thursdays from 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. All English Language Learners are welcome
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I am currently the Communications Director for the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters which represents 33,000 union men and women in three states who swing a hammer for a living. I publsih a magazine, a couple of email newsletters and two websites. I also do videos, webinars, advertisng and public relations.
As an avid cyclist I ride a three-wheeled trike 5 to 6 days per week 52 weeks per year which adds up to between 5,000 and 6,000 miles year-round, including daily commutes along Chicago's lakefront ... polar vortexes included. I have never missed a day of work because of Chicago's weather.
I am an activist who serves humanitarian and political causes:
To advocate for the Sudanese in Illinois who have fled Southern Sudan and Darfur is one of my most rewarding experiences. I work with my son Sean on Sudan presentations at churches and community groups with my Sudanese friends on the problems facing them in Darfur, South Sudan and the United States.
My son Sean and I work together on the Abolition Institute which seeks to end slavery in the west African nation of Mauritania.
My photography chronicles Chicago's lakefront through my daily rides. My photo website is http://genetenner.com/ I just self-published my first photo-book on the history of my Chicago neighborhood: Sweet Home Buena Park.
I live about one-half mile north of Wrigley Field in the Buena Park neighborhood.
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