‘Miscellany’ Archives
Letter to the Community
The medium, or process of our time ”“ electric technology ”“ is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action, and every institution formerly taken for granted. Everything is changing ”“ you, your family, your neighbourhood, your education, your job, your government, your relation to “the others.” And they”'re changing dramatically. “Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. The alphabet, for instance, is a technology that is absorbed by the very young child in a completely unconscious manner, by osmosis so to speak. Words and the meaning of words predispose the child to think and act automatically in certain ways. The alphabet and print technology fostered and encouraged a fragmenting process, a process of [...]
Voter Registration at the Amen Corner
Thursdays & Fridays from 4:00 pm to 7:00pm through october 14th Thrones Plaza Peavey Park, Chicago/Franklin intersection food -Â drink -Â open microphone - entertainment The Amen Corner open microphone community listening sessions were created by the Ventura Village Neighborhood a year ago July 23, 2011 and are held every Thursday and Friday at the Thrones Plaza of Peavey Park. Whatever the weather or season, we bring our microphones, food and drink to engage people, to hear what people think about our neighborhood and to document voices, to report their visions and concerns back to our neighborhood organization for action. We have created a culture of tolerance, safety, recovery and intermingling of youth and elders at Peavey Park and the Chicago/Franklin Intersection.
A-Pod”'s September breakfast
A-POD : A Partnership of Diabetics sponsors two Diabetes Breakfast s monthly (1st and 3rd Thursdays)co-sponsored by Running Wolf Fitness Center, Native American Community Clinic, Waite Hose, Community-University Health Care Center, and the Indian Health Board at Phillips Community Center at 2323 11th Ave. 8:30-10:30 with great food and always a health specific speaker and information.
