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Calendar.
March 3-6. Presbyterian Church (USA) campus. Louisville, Ky.
June 22-July 2. 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Milwaukee, Wis.
August 30. Speaker. Fourth Presbyterian Church. Chicago, Ill.
October 6-21. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Announcements.
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Gerry marches against gun violence in Milwaukee as Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Gerry is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club.
Gerry is a proud monthly financial contributor to WBEZ. Please support local independent journalism.
Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. Like Gerry, you can borrow ebooks from your local public library. And support independent booksellers by going to Bookshop.org.
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The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
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Sea People by Christina Thompson
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Death in the Haymarket by James Green
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Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
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The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent writing.
Hot Oil, Cold Chicken, Kalihi Memories: Hawaii-style cold ginger chicken
Growing up, our dinner table was a rotation of local staples, but few things elicit the specific nostalgia that cold ginger chicken does.
What Harold Washington meant to us Asian Americans and the rest of Chicago
When I see Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) do her job, a fellow Filipino American, I think, “He helped pave the way for her, for us.”
Jacob Vijandre and the price of a voice in America
People have been wondering why I’ve been wearing a keffiyeh more often. I do so in solidarity with a fellow Filipino American Muslim young man caught in the ICE raids.
The lion didn’t dance; Argyle Night Market missed the mark at grand opening
They chose not to begin the opening night with one of the most meaningful and symbolic traditions in many East and Southeast Asian cultures, the lion dance.
Shadows of my heritage as I walked Argyle on the Third of July
I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.
I am endorsing Hoan Huynh for Congress in the Illinois ninth district
This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.
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