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Photos are online from the Antioch College Alumni Association Chicago Chapter’s Nov. 22 Benefit Reception preceding the screening of my film The First Breath of Tengan Rei at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center.  About 40 alums attended, including some out-of-town guests like Matthew Derr ‘89 and J. Greg Williams ‘95, and we raised $7,000 in cash, pledges, and silent auction and merchandise sales for the College Revival Fund.

See the photos at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38213289792.

The Chicago chapter holds our next meeting Dec. 14 at the Oak Park Public Library, featuring Prexy Nesbitt ‘67, member of the Antioch College Pro-Tem Board.  3-5 p.m. at 834 Lake St., Oak Park, IL.  RSVP to careerprz@aol.com or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37396519101.

–Ed M. Koziarski ‘97 

Please join the Chicago Chapter of the Antioch College Alumni Association for our next meeting, Sunday, Dec. 14 from 3-5 p.m. at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St.

Featured speaker is Prexy Nesbitt ‘67, Chicagoan and member of the Antioch College Pro Tem Board, which is poised to become the Antioch College Board of Trustees when the college reopens as an independent institution.  Prexy will talk about his work on the Pro Tem Board over the past several months, and continued progress toward the college’s independence from Antioch University.

Prexy is an activist, educator, and anti-racism trainer.  He led Antioch College’s divestment from South Africa, was a special aide to Chicago mayor Harold Washington, and a senior program officer for the MacArthur Foundation.  He currently works as an an educational consultant to several local institutions, and as a public speaker on a range of issues relating to Africa, anti-racism, colonialism, and war.  See http://www.prexynesbitt.com.

Also on the agenda for the Dec. 14 meeting:

• recap of the October Alumni Board meeting
• upcoming Alumni Board elections and local candidates James Hobart and Susan Greene
• chapter coordinators for 2009
• chapter plans for 2009 (we want your input!)
  

Please RSVP to Robin Sheerer at careerprz@aol.com or at the Facebook event page, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37396519101.  If you are so inclined, please bring food or drink to share.

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Nov. 22 Benefit and Film Premiere

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Nov. 22 benefit reception and silent auction a success before the screening of my film The First Breath of Tengan Rei at the Gene Siskel Film Center.  Leading up to and including the event, we raised nearly $7,000 for the College Revival Fund, to support the reopening of an independent Antioch College, operations of the Nonstop Higher Learning Institute, and local chapter expenses.  Thank you to everyone who contributed, everyone who attended, and to event organizers Malika Evans, Susan Greene, Beth Gutelius, Jim Hobart, Junko Kajino, Ed Koziarski, Sandy Macnab, Ian McPhaden, Fabio Pibiri, Megan Rosado, Robin Sheerer and Caty Stilwell.

Save the Date: Nancy Crow March 28-29

The weekend of March 28-29, the Chicago Chapter will host a meeting featuring Alumni Board president Nancy Crow.  Details TBA.

As word comes from New York of “progress” in ongoing negotiations for the independence of Antioch College, the first mid-semester Nonstop Learning Festival is underway in Yellow Springs, and the Antioch College Alumni Board meets in YS this weekend.

Chicago alumni, and two current Nonstop students, met last Sunday, Oct. 19, at Robin (‘63) Sheerer’s home in Oak Park.  Here’s what we discussed:

• We developed plans for the next chapter event, a fundraiser for Antioch and Nonstop at the premiere of my film The First Breath of Tengan Rei at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St. in Chicago.  The film screens Nov. 21, 22 and 24.  Before the Nov. 22 8pm screening, we will hold a fundraising reception from 6-8pm in the Film Center’s Gallery Café.  To get involved with the event, drop me a line at edmkoz@hotmail.com.  Lots more information on this will be forthcoming as plans solidify.  For more on the film see http://www.tenganrei.com or
  

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• Those attending unanimously agreed to support the nomination of chapter members James Hobart ‘58 and Susan Greene ‘77 to stand as candidates for the Alumni Board.  The nominations committee selects the slate of candidates this weekend.  You can write nominating committee chair Tim Klass at tdklass@hotmail.com to support their nominations, or to offer a nomination of your own.
  

• Prexy Nesbitt ‘67, a local educator who is one of nine members of the Pro Tem Board, which will become the Antioch College Board of Trustees upon the college’s independence, will be the featured speaker at a chapter meeting Dec. 14 from 3-5pm at the Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St.
  

• To recruit students for Nonstop and for the anticipated independent Antioch College, we are seeking organizations that work with people who fit the profile of potential students.  If you have ideas of, or connections to, organizations, that we can work with to recruit students, and help promote the diversity of the student body, contact Beth Richards ‘04 at insanedeity@gmail.com.
  

• We are planning a rapid response calling party to raise funds for Antioch College, upon news of the school’s independence.  To get involved contact Robin Sheerer at careerprz@aol.com.
  

Please write with any ideas, suggestions, or questions.  More information on all these items to come.

Thanks,

Ed M. Koziarski ‘97

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Chapter Meeting 10/19

The next chapter meeting is a potluck dinner and strategy session Sunday, Oct. 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the home of Robin Sheerer ‘63.
300 N. Maple Ave. #3, Oak Park

Please bring a dish and join us to plan for the Antioch College Chicago Alumni Chapter’s upcoming efforts to raise funds and recruit students for the Nonstop Institute and the future independent Antioch College. Please RSVP if you are coming. Email me or RSVP at the Facebook event page

Save the Date 11/22

Nancy Crow ‘70, president of the Antioch College Alumni Association, will be in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 22. Nancy will participate in a chapter event that day and will fill us in on ongoing developments toward an independent Antioch College.

Drop me a line if you have any questions or suggestions.

–Ed M. Koziarski ‘97, Chicago Chapter Co-Coordinator,