Mary Meg McCarthy is the Executive Director of Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center

"The Sacredness of Storytelling"

Through the power of stories that speak to the heart, Otis Moss III tackles the theme of democracy—and what we can do in this moment, when we fear that ours is coming apart at the seams. “Appropriate storytelling leads to appropriate action,” he says. “If you don’t have the right story, you repeat the last chapter over and over again--you never get to a new one.”

This father of two calls us to consider our responsibility for the future: “Every generation has a call it must accept, to lay a brick in the cathedral that we’re attempting to build for our children’s children.”  A believer in the sacredness of history, Moss will tell stories of people who, despite having fewer resources than many of us, made an incredible difference in our world.

Shermann 'Dilla Thomas:

"Everything Dope About America Comes From Chicago" :
Chicago's Urban Historian Shares his passion for teaching people about the city he loves.

Also, a special performance from the Leo High School Choir.

Join us to hear how the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul traces his commitment to social justice back to his Haitian immigrant parents and his childhood on Chicago’s South Side