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SUMMARY:2024 Annual Event - Gather for Good
DESCRIPTION:2901 West Lake Ave\, Glenview\, IL 600266:15 – 9:30 pm\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration for the 2024 Gather for Good Annual Event is closed. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Not coming to the event\, but still want to donate to help newcomer families? \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				YES. Donate Now!\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Quilt Project\nAfter our last book club featuring Stephanie Saldana’s book\,  “What We Remember Will be Saved\,”  we were inspired to create a quilt with our newcomer families and their mentors. \nEach patch or piece of fabric symbolizes different memories\, traditions\, or aspects of their culture. When put together\, they create a cohesive and comforting whole that embodies the essence of home. \nThe idea of Home is personal and universal. Each of our families left their home countries under a variety of circumstances and are creating new homes here in the Chicago area. \nAdjusting to a new place and language can be very challenging and maintaining traditions and values from one’s home culture can provide a sense of familiarity and comfort. \nQuilts tell stories\, evoke nostalgia\, and provide a tangible connection to one’s heritage and past. They can also be a source of warmth and comfort\, both physically and emotionally. \nWe are thrilled to be making this one of a kind quilt with our families and will be using it at all of our future Educational Events to help the community gain an understanding of the newcomer journey. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Impact\nWe will be having a fundraising appeal at this year’s event! It’s your opportunity to make a direct and immediate impact. Every dollar raised will go towards helping our newcomer families become successful\, independent members of society. \nWith your help\, we can achieve our fundraising goals! \n  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sponsorship Opportunities\nInterested in becoming a sponsor?See details here. \nPlease contact lorilucchetti@buildingpeacefulbridges.org. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Quilt Project\nAfter our last book club featuring Stephanie Saldana’s book\,  “What We Remember Will be Saved\,”  we were inspired to create a quilt with our newcomer families and their mentors. \nEach patch or piece of fabric symbolizes different memories\, traditions\, or aspects of their culture. When put together\, they create a cohesive and comforting whole that embodies the essence of home. \nThe idea of Home is personal and universal. Each of our families left their home countries under a variety of circumstances and are creating new homes here in the Chicago area. \nAdjusting to a new place and language can be very challenging and maintaining traditions and values from one’s home culture can provide a sense of familiarity and comfort. \nQuilts tell stories\, evoke nostalgia\, and provide a tangible connection to one’s heritage and past. They can also be a source of warmth and comfort\, both physically and emotionally. \nWe are thrilled to be making this one of a kind quilt with our families and will be using it at all of our future Educational Events to help the community gain an understanding of the newcomer journey. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Impact\nWe will be having a fundraising appeal at this year’s event! It’s your opportunity to make a direct and immediate impact. Every dollar raised will go towards helping our newcomer families become successful\, independent members of society. \nWith your help\, we can achieve our fundraising goals! \n  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sponsorship Opportunities\nInterested in becoming a sponsor?See details here. \nPlease contact lorilucchetti@buildingpeacefulbridges.org.
URL:https://www.buildingpeacefulbridges.org/calendar/annual-event-2024/
LOCATION:The Glen Club\, 2901 West Lake Ave\, Glenview\, 60026\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reading Refuge Book Club: The Lion Women of Tehran
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Marjan Kamali to talk about her book\, The Lion Women of Tehran\, a heartfelt\, epic novel of friendship\, betrayal\, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran\, Iran. \nREGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT – SEE BELOW \nThe book is a heartfelt\, epic new novel of friendship\, betrayal\, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran\, Iran. In 1950s Tehran\, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father\, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Here Ellie meets Homa\, a kind\, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together\, the two girls play games\, learn to cook\, wander through the Grand Bazaar\, and share their ambitions for becoming “lion women.” But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Years later\, Homa’s sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives. Together\, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point\, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.
URL:https://www.buildingpeacefulbridges.org/calendar/reading-refuge-lion-women/
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SUMMARY:Annual Event 2025
DESCRIPTION:2901 West Lake Ave\, Glenview\, IL 600266:15 – 9:30 pm\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025\n\nEVENT IS SOLD OUT!\nSEND EMAIL TO kevin@bpbgroup.org to be put on a wait list. \nWe will be coming together with our community to raise funds and hear stories of our newcomer families’ journeys from home country to resettlement. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Not coming to the event\, but still want to donate to help newcomer families?\n			\n				YES. Donate Now!\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sponsorship OpportunitiesInterested in becoming a sponsor?\n			\n				See Details Here\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Let Your Dreams Soar\nAll of us have hopes and dreams.  For ourselves\, our families\, our country.  The theme of this year’s Gather for Good event brings newcomer dreams alive through visualizing them as kites soaring high.  Each kite decorating the gala\, large and small\, will be imprinted with a dream that was shared by a BPB family member. \nKites can only stay aloft through solid ground support and wind strength.  Similarly\, our newcomer family dreams need solid donor support and strong advocacy to remain viable.  We hope the dreams presented will resonate within and beyond our BPB community and find overwhelming and positive response.\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Impact\nWe will be having a fundraising appeal at this year’s event! It’s your opportunity to make a direct and immediate impact. Every dollar raised will go towards helping our newcomer families become successful\, independent members of society. \nWith your help\, we can achieve our fundraising goals!
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