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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.
Bishop Rojas shepherds flock away from ICE; releases obligation to attend Mass
Protestant leaders should follow his example to do whatever is in their power to provide Sanctuary—in all its meanings.
Superman vs. ICE agent. In Pilsen incident, ICE agent is hero
A mural showing Superman punching an ICE agent was vandalized—but only Superman got hit. The ICE agent in the painting was left untouched.
Why Trump’s show of force in L.A. isn’t happening in Chicago (yet)
We haven’t seen the same unfold in Chicago because of the power of already deep-rooted grassroots networks that mobilized.
L.A. is the response to dictatorship, not President responding to crisis
When the people rise up, when they “Storm the Bastille,” it’s because they’ve been pushed to the wall with no more choices left.
Responding to my critics, ‘Why I can’t go to Rotary International convention in Canada’
It was a deeply personal—and deeply political—decision rooted in the lived reality that people like me are facing in this moment in America.
I’m not going to Rotary convention; without due process, I’ll be at risk crossing Canada border
We’ve entered a nightmare realm—one where U.S. citizens of color have already been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stripped of their rights, denied due process, and held without cause.
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