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The DuPage Peace through Justice
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Recent and Upcoming Just Views Programs
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 7:20 pm: Bag It. Plastic Travesty Can Be Cured!
Plastic shopping bags, single use disposables, plastic packaging, water
bottles, straws and tons of other plastic discards are clogging our
landfills . . . killing whales and other sea life . . . disrupting our human
endocrine systems. For some of us, what disappears on trash day, disappears
from our consciousness and conscience. But this film, Bag It, will rouse us
to the enormity of the problems – of mounting non-decomposable plastic trash
and its’ spreading toxicity, not to mention the precious petroleum resources
wasted. Bag It also will confirm for us the feasibility of multiple
corrective actions – some of which are already underway in some places, like
right here in the DuPage County area! For more information, go to
http://www.bagitmovie.com/.
In our discussion following this engrossing documentary, we will delve into
the initiatives we can support. Consider sharing this notice with friends
and with one or more managers and employees at your favorite markets, shops,
and restaurants – because they have particular systemic leverage on our
communal plastics problem. Possibly bring them along to watch and discuss
with us what we all can do, including in business and as consumers, to cut
way back on the plastics we buy that are just thrown away. Our local efforts
promise positive local-to-global impacts.
Friday, July 12, 2019 at 7:20 pm: Homing In On Causes & Cures for Homelessness
Filmmaker Diane Nilan probably knows as much as anyone in the USA about the
trials and tribulations of homeless persons amongst us. She and her
Naperville-based national nonprofit organization HEAR US brought Just Views
participants two of her earlier productions about youth and adult
homelessness in 2009 and 2013. This night she brings us two short
documentaries from her ongoing series, Worn Out Welcome Mat, covering the
often ignored issue of families/youth not recognized as homeless because
they're doubled up.
These docs expose intersecting complicating factors of poverty, mental
illness, drug use and prostitution. During the audience discussion about all
this, Diane will tell us about a legislative effort to address these
problems: The Homeless Children and Youth Act -- being considered by two
Naperville area congresspersons, Bill Foster and Sean Casten, who sit on the
House Finance Committee. We'll also learn about the HEAR US 2020 VisionQuest
journey launching from Naperville on July 20th. For more info on these
projects, go to https://www.hearus.us/ and http://helphomelesskidsnow.org/.
FYI: Diane Nilan, President. HEAR US, diane@ hearus.us. 115 E Ogden Ave.
117-329. Naperville, IL 60563. vm/fax 630/225-5012
Save this Part for Year-Round Reference: 2nd Friday Nights are for Just Views!
Just Views programs start at 7:20 pm,
are sponsored by the DuPage Peace through Justice Coalition and are held
in Naperville IL
at the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church at 1828 Old Naperville Road
(formerly 4 S 535 Old Naperville Road – new address, same location).
Directions:
If coming from east or west on route I-88, exit at Naperville Road onto
Freedom Drive.
Turn left (East) onto Diehl Road and continue
across Naperville Road/Naper Blvd, and then turn left/north at the first
street (Old Naperville Road). The
Unitarian Church is down one block on your right.
Note:
For other route options and a map, see church
website:
www.dupageuuchurch.org . The church phone is 630/505-9408.
Our timely issues programs are nonpartisan,
open to the public, and free -- no reservations required. Parking is free,
too. Just Views shows great films about matters vital to social and economic
justice on the second Friday of each month throughout the year. View and
then share views from different vantages with citizens attending and invited
resource persons. Each night is a stimulating, informal, stand-alone
program. Join the multilogue!
To receive Just Views meeting notices via
e-mail, join our new DuPage Peace Through Justice Group on
www.meetup.com . You
can also find meeting notices and sign up for our Yahoo group on our website
at
www.DuPagePeaceThroughJustice.org . Please mark your calendars ahead for
the second Friday of every month, share these notices, and bring friends!
Just Views Director is sociologist Stephanie Hughes 630/ 420-4233.
Just Views Associate Director is Carol
Tritschler 630/961-0106 Labor Donated --
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Assistance to people starting and running Just Views programs in their own areas is to be found at:
http://www.DuPagePeaceThroughJustice.org/JVChronology.html
http://www.DuPagePeaceThroughJustice.org/JVHistory&Commentary.html
Stephanie Downs HUGHES, Ph.D. Consulting Sociologist. UN Envoy. Directs
Just Views*, Diversity Dinners, Candles, and Innovations Associates.
916 Royal Blackheath Ct, Naperville IL 60563-2304 USA 630/420-4233
* Details at DuPagePeaceThroughJustice.org & HumanistsWestOfChicago.org and web
search: Diversity Dinners, Servas, IL Ballot Integrity.