UPCOMING rEVENTS

Tuesday – September 1 and September 8 – PCCF – 10:00 AM

Nina Corazzo art history series entitled Art of Social Conscience continues.  The classes are open, free, and registration is not required.  

We will consider whether art can play a role in healing social ills and if so, how have artists in the past used their art to achieve this.  We will then look at contemporary artists who are engaged in this endeavor as well.  We will first focus on two themes:  depictions of war in art and representations of poverty.
Renee Caprile is the contact person

Thursday- Sept 10 – 6:30 PM – ArtFlix via  Zoom only

Film:  Mr. Nobody Against Mr. Putin

Discussion leader: Karen Hug

Mr. Nobody against Putin is a riveting first person expose of Russia’s wartime student indoctrination program told through the eyes and lens of a small town primary school teacher who dared to challenge the program and expose the truth

For information contact Diane Woolever

Thursday – Sept 17 –   1:00 PM – Spirituality Seekers

Spiritual Seekers will meet at the home of MaryAnn Thompson.  The newly selected book, Active Hope (revised):  How to Face the Mess We’re in With Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnson’s. This edition of Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face crises so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. The authors guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science, equipping us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.

Discussion will be lead by Maryalice Larson. All members are welcome to join this bi-monthly group.

Contact person is Ann Ruggaber

Thursday – Sept 17 – 6:30 pm – PCCF and via Zoom – Great Decisions

Topic:  multilateral institutions in a changing world

Discussion leader is Nicole Lanter

Can multilateralism survive a mid shifting global power and rising nationalism? This chapter examines the future of global cooperation across trade, health, and finance.

Contact Person:  Renee Caprile

Tuesday – Sept 22 – 4:00pm – PCCF and zoom – Book Group- 

Title: Kin by Tayari Jones

Discussion leader:  Diane Woolever

Kin is a historical and literary fiction novel set from the 1940’s through the early 1960’s in Honeysuckle, Louisiana,  Memphis, and Atlanta. It explorers maternal absence, identity, class, colorism, and the emotional resilience of black women navigating the Jim Crow era.

For more information, contact Clare Pokorny

Wednesday – Sept 23 – 6:30 pm by Zoom only – Affiliate board meeting

Board meetings are open to all members, and all are invited to attend. President Cindy Hesemann is the contact person.  

Saturday – September 26 – 10 AM – All member program – Humane Indiana – 570 N. 450 E., Valparaiso
This wildlife rehab rehabilitation and education center preserves and protects both domestic and wild animals. With rehabilitating wildlife as their goal, injured or orphaned animals native to Indiana are admitted into their care. Releasing rehabilitated wildlife is at the top of their favorite moments. 

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