Walk for Recovery - 9/19/09

Please join us on Saturday, September 19th at 9:20am as we prepare to march in the Walk for Recovery 2009 at Douglas Park (California & Ogden) in Chicago. Our director Kathie Kane-Willis will be speaking during the open ceremony and we will be marching following the speeches. Look for the tie-dyed Roosevelt University t-shirts. We'll have limited supplies to make posters, but please feel free to bring your own. Hope to see you there!

Walk for Recovery 2009

Please join us on Saturday, September 19th at 9:20am as we prepare to march in the Walk for Recovery 2009 at Douglas Park (California & Ogden) in Chicago. Our director Kathie Kane-Willis will be speaking during the open ceremony and we will be marching following the speeches. Look for the tie-dyed Roosevelt University t-shirts. We'll have limited supplies to make posters, but please feel free to bring your own. Hope to see you there!

New Directions for Drug Policy: Alternatives to Incarceration.

A conference will be hosted by Protestants for the Common Good, organized in partnership with the ICDP. The event will be held on Friday June 12th starting at 8:30am in the Congress Lounge (2nd floor) at 430 S. Michigan Ave. A $10 donation is requested. Guest speakers include: Rep. Jeffrion Aubrey, New York State General Assembly Donald MacPherson, Four Pillars Program Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance Dr. Marsha Rosenbaum, Drug Policy Alliance Friday June 12th 2009 | 8:30am - 1:00pm 430 S. Michigan Ave. Congress Lounge (2nd floor) RSVP at: thecommongood.org

Free Screening of Tulia at the Chicago Cultural Center

Please join the ICDP at a free screening of Tulia at the Chicago Cultural Center on Saturday, January 17th at 2:00pm. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Kathleen Kane-Willis, Director of ICDP, Rob Wardon of Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions and Rev. Robin Hood and moderated by Cliff Kelley of WVON Radio.

Chicago Heights takes over minor marijuana cases.

Becky Schlikerman, Southtown Star December 2, 2008. If you get caught with small amounts of marijuana in Chicago Heights, you'll no longer face criminal charges. Instead, you'll get a ticket and go through an administrative hearing in city court, according to a new ordinance approved Monday night by the city council. The city used its home rule authority to make the change. The new ordinance applies to those found with less than 30 grams of marijuana. City attorney TJ Somer said addressing such offenses as ordinance violations rather than crimes helps "unclog" the criminal justice system while providing extra revenue for the city. That's because the city doesn't have to share revenue from fines with the Cook County Circuit Court system.