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Be Kind — No Hate

Fight For Justice And Equality For All

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." — Mother Teresa

Speaker Series Reports

July 19, 2017

Claudia Lenhoff, Executive Director of the Champaign County Health Care Consumers, a regional, non-partisan health care advocacy group, gave an excellent and informative presentation on the proposed changes to health care. See: Slides of the talk.

September 28, 2017

The Opioid Crisis: How is it affecting our community?

A presentation exploring the opioid crisis and other substance abuse issues in Coles County was held on Thursday, September 28, at 6:30 p.m in the Cross County Mall at the former Deb's clothing store near J. C. Penneys. Representatives from the sheriff's department, the Department of Health Studies at Eastern Illinois University, the States Attorney office, and Lifelinks Mental Health facility explored the issue of substance abuse in Coles County and answered questions. The event, sponsored by the Charleston Huddle, was free and open to the public. See: Panel Report.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Medicare for All: The Solution to Big Pharma’s Market Failure

Lincoln Room, Education Center, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Healthcare in the United States has become so expensive that many Americans can no longer afford to get sick, or even to fill prescriptions for the medications that would keep them from getting sick. We’ll start with a 30-minute documentary “Big Pharma: Market Failure” that explores how things got this way, and we’ll end with a discussion about how the best solution is hiding in plain sight: improve Medicare, and give that to every American. It’s simple, prudent, and proudly American. See:

Sunday November 11, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Solar Panel Presentation

New Prairie Construction from Urbana, IL will be giving a presentation on solar panels for your home in the Rotary Rooms at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, Sunday November 11 at 2:00. If enough people in the area are interested in getting solar panels, then a group discount is possible. Come and see if solar will work for you!

Keep the momentum going!