NOVEMBER
According to the Justice Department, some 630,000 people will be released from prison this year–including 30,000 in Illinois. Where the ex-cons will land, their level of rehabilitation, and whether society is prepared for their return are some of the topics to be covered at the Community Renewal Society’s fifth annual State of Race and Poverty Conference, Repentance and Recon-ciliation: The Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Into Our Communities. The conference, with a keynote speech by Seventh District congressman Danny Davis, takes place today from 8 AM to 1 PM at Covenant United Church of Christ, 1130 E. 154th in South Holland. General admission is $25, $10 for students and seniors ($15 covers breakfast as well). Call 312-427-4830.
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“After six months of searching no [weapons of mass destruction] have been found,” says Stephen Schwartz, publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. So why’d we go to war with Iraq again? Tonight Schwartz says he “will evaluate the case the administration made and judge it on the merits” in a talk titled Iraq’s WMD: What Did We Know Before the War and What Do We Know Now? It starts at 7 at the Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave. It’s free; call 847-256-5025 for more information.
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