Come support the NATO 3 Defense fund by rocking out to your favorite Punk Rock songs!
21+
$5 at the door!
Underground Lounge
952 W Newport Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60657-2313
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We are writing to invite you to join us for a one hour guided walking tour of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago on Saturday, May 11th. We will meet at noon at Nellies, 2458 W. Division.
NLG Chicago
Come out and celebrate a belated May Day with Next Gen, the NLG Labor and Employment subcommittee and Wobblies!
When: Friday, May 3, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Haymarket Pub and Brewery, 737 W Randolph
Specials: Haymarket offers 32 tap handles featuring more than 10 house brewed varieties, including classic Belgian and American beer styles.
The Next Gen Happy Hour: Every month, the Next Gen Committee of the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago throws a happy hour to bring together young, progressive, and radical attorneys, law students, and legal workers to drink, socialize, organize, and relax. Join us!
NLG Chicago’s The United People of Color Caucus and the Palestine Solidarity Committee present
From Puerto Rico to Palestine: Colonial Domination and Political Prisoners
Monday, May 13th, 4-6pm
John Marshall Law School, 304 S. State St, Room 420
Puerto Ricans and Palestinians have experienced decades of colonization by foreign powers. Their movements for independence have been suppressed through a variety of means, the imprisonment of political activists being a primary one. This CLE will explore the commonalities in the Puerto Rican and Palestinian experiences and the intersections between colonization and political repression. Some of the questions explored will include: What is the legal status of the colonization and occupation of these lands? What are the respective independence movements trying to achieve? What are the legal and other tools the colonial powers use to maintain their authority over colonized populations without granting them the same rights and privileges as their own citizens? How do the colonial powers, the US and Israel in this case, continue to evade legal and moral accountability for their treatment of their colonial subjects? How have the colonial powers dealt with decades of resistance? How have independence movements in Puerto Rico and Palestine, as well as in the US, been repressed by the Israeli and US government? What is being done to address the situation of Puerto Rican and Palestinian political prisoners?
Sahar Francis is the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.
José E. López is the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and has been a leading figure in the struggle for Puerto Rican human rights for the past 30 years.
Jan Susler is an attorney with the People’s Law Office, she has worked with the Puerto Rican Independence Movement challenging U.S. foreign and domestic policies for over 30 years. She has represented Puerto Rican political prisoners and has served as lead counsel in the efforts culminating in the 1999 presidential commutation of their sentences. She continues to represent those who remain imprisoned.
REGISTRATION:
Please register online at http://tinyurl.com/cleprtopalestine
Free for those who do not want CLE credits.
2 CLE Credits available – $20. Pay online http://tinyurl.com/paypalcleprtopalestine or pay at the door.
*Please see NLG Chicago’s financial hardship policy for more information: http://tinyurl.com/NLG-hardship-policy No one will be turned away.
If you do not register, please come prepared to show ID in order to enter the building.
For more information: chicagonlgtupocc@gmail.com
NLG Chicago invites you to join us for this event! Crossroads generously provided a grant that helped fund our work during the NATO Summit and it is honoring us this year at its annual benefit! Details are below.
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Join grantees, board members, and friends of Crossroads Fund as we celebrate our annual benefit.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
At The Chicago Cultural Center
GAR Hall, 77 East Randolph Street
Chicago, Illinois
For more information and to buy tickets visit
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5:30 P.M. Reception: live music from
the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra Ensemble,
silent auction, buffet dinner and open bar
7:30 P.M. Awards Presentation
8:30 P.M. Music from DJ Chapulin
9:30 P.M. Event Concludes
2013 Seeds of Change Award Winners
KAREN LEWIS & THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
BLOCKS TOGETHER
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, CHICAGO CHAPTER
Calling all NLG Chicago leaders and active committee members!
Join us this Friday afternoon for a facilitation training with Karen Jo Koonan. Gain some great skills about effective communication and organizing, and help us move our organization forward. Food will be provided!
RSVP to chicago@nlg.org today. We need to know how many treats to get!
WHEN: Friday, March 8
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: People’s Law Office, 1180 N. Milwaukee
(Blue-Division)
WHAT: Facilitation Training with Karen Jo Koonan
RSVP! chicago@nlg.org
Karen Jo Koonan has been active in the Guild since early 1969 when she and Peter Haberfeld were the first staff people in the Bay Area Regional Office. In 1970 she co-founded the Bar Sinister in Los Angeles, one of the first law collectives, and she became active in the L.A. Chapter. She organized the first Lawyers Guild delegation to Cuba in late 1970 after cutting cane on the second Venceremos Brigade. Karen Jo was part of the National Office Collective in 1974-75.
In 1980, Karen Jo moved from L.A. back to the Bay Area where she has been active in the local chapter, often serving on the Executive Board and working on various other committees and projects. The Chapter awarded Karen Jo the “Unsung Heroine” award in 1990, she was the honoree at the Chapter’s Annual Dinner in 1997 and, along with the other former women national presidents, she received the Law for the People Award at the 70th National Convention in 2007.
In addition to her Guild work, Karen Jo worked in the civil rights movement in Mississippi for seven months in 1964-65 and was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement. She has worked as a machinist and assembly line worker and has raised two daughters who are both now in college. She has been active in her community and was a Commissioner on the Delinquency Prevention Commission of San Francisco. Since 1987 she has been a trial consultant with the NJP/West in Oakland, specializing in criminal defense and civil rights cases where she has consulted in over 1,500 cases and assisted in more than 500 trials.
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And, then join us for a Next Gen Happy Hour afterwards . . .
When: Friday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Gold Star Bar,1755 W. Division (just a short walk from PLO)
Specials: It’s Gold Star, what isn’t on special?
