Updates and opportunities to join in Northside FM’s social witness and community service activities:
Japanese American Service Committee
Thu 5/4 4-6 pm: Educator Event - Teaching the Japanese American WWII Experience. Midwest Buddhist Temple, 435 W Menomonee St. Free.
JASC and other community co-sponsors invite teachers, administrators, and stakeholders to learn about the Japanese American WWII camp and military experience. There will be a panel of Japanese Americans who were children in the WRA incarceration sites, as well as a presentation of lessons, activities, and resources for classroom use.
Register here; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/101DzohSrPuvA4mmkB_0_QJ0VJbyQMLZ-oijNJ7yc7CM/viewform?edit_requested=true
American Friends Service Committee
Thu 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25 7 pm: Webinar series - Think Twice Before Calling the Police. Online.
Many people have an understanding that police violence targets certain communities and want to avoid calling the police but don’t know what to do in case of an emergency. This 4-part series will offer concrete skills and strategies to avoid calling law enforcement unless it is absolutely necessary. Register for all 4 sessions, and attend as many as you can. Recordings of all sessions will be available on the AFSC's website.
More information: https://afsc.org/events/webinar-series-think-twice-calling-police and https://secure.afsc.org/a/take-our-think-twice-pledge
AFSC Petition Signatures Requested - Stop the Construction of Another Illinois Youth Prison.
The Final 5 Campaign is dedicated to the closure of the final five youth prisons in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) spends over $100 million per year to lock up youth rather than investing in their communities, and now the state plans to expand the youth prison system with the construction of a sixth youth prison (or “Illinois Youth Center” aka IYC) in Lincoln, IL. The Final 5 Campaign demands that the state cease construction of IYC Lincoln and take steps to close all youth prisons in the state.
More information: https://secure.afsc.org/a/stoplincoln
Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM)
Mon 5/15: Illinois Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism Cafe. Online.
This online discussion takes place on the 15th of each month from 7-8:30 pm.
"Are you interested in connecting with other Friends in Illinois Yearly Meeting on anti-racism work? Then join in at the Anti-Racism Café. Each month the ILYM Ad Hoc Anti-Racism Committee will provide space both for Friends who want to share ideas for anti-racist activism, and for Friends who want to focus on the inward work of becoming anti-racist. This is an opportunity to learn about the experiences of Friends in other meetings, to share resources, and to come together in worship and fellowship to build a wider Quaker community."
More information: https://ilym.org/ilym/anti-racism-cafe/