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Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                             Issue #4, January 2012




ILCC VISTAs KICK OFF 2012
   WITH MLK DAY OF                                              Issue #4, January 2012

        SERVICE                                                      Contents:


                                                                    NEW YEAR KICK-OFF
                                                                    WITH MLK DAY OF
                                                                    SERVICE                2



                                                                    TRUMAN COLLEGE CIVIC
                                                                    ENGAGEMENT FAIR

                                                                                           3


                                                                    INTERESTING ARTICLES
         Volunteers pose during the MLK Day food                    OF THE MONTH
          drive organized by VISTA Kate Eagler                                             4

“All labor that uplifts         This year turned out no
humanity has dignity and        different as ILCC VISTAs
                                                                    JANUARY VISTA
importance and should be        from over 20 campuses
                                                                    SPOTLIGHT
undertaken with painstaking     answered that call fervently
excellence.”                    by putting aside their normal                              5
                                duties to lend a hand on
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s    Martin Luther King Day.
words resonate with
Americans just as well today From organizing small service
they did almost 50 years ago.gatherings, to participating in
                             large citywide events, our
Each year on Martin Luther   VISTAs showed great strength
King Day we are reminded to in their commitment to service
come forth as socially       and civic engagement by
responsible citizens and     getting involved first hand in
muster as much effort as we  some great direct service
can towards helping advance projects. Here are some of the
the world we live in through projects our VISTAs took part
providing service wherever   in during the MLK holiday.
necessary.
Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                                           Issue#4, January 4 2012


                                     MLK DAY of Service
Kate Eagler, ILCC VISTA at          it’s clear Eagler’s project not only
Millikin University, partnered      brought out the generosity in the
with Big Brothers Big Sisters to    community, but also made a
organize the “Restock the           truly positive impact.
Pantries,” food drive.
                                    Other ILCC VISTAs also helped
Eagler and her volunteers made      feed the less fortunate on MLK
‘Dream Bags’ that they placed in    Day.
the front of the store so that      Andrew Miller, ILCC VISTA at
customers could easily keep         Loyola University, took a dozen
track of their donations then                                               Dream Bag station set up in the
                                    students to the St. Thomas
drop the bags off after finishing   Canterbury Soup Kitchen where           middle of a participating store
their normal shopping.              the group ended up feeding
                                    about 250 hungry people in
 “It was powerful to witness the    need. “The experience of serving
generosity of the community,”       these people who are generally
said Eagler. “I’ve heard the        ignored by society is humbling
Decatur community is a              but gratifying,” said Miller.
generous one and I was able to
see that in action.” And with 29
volunteers logging 84 hours and
collecting over food 1,800 items,   Continued on page 4                    A volunteer working to get
                                                                           donations for the food drive

          CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FAIR AT TRUMAN COLLEGE
                                                      Truman College hosted representatives from over
                                                      20 recognized non-profit and community
                                                      organizations throughout Chicago as part of its 2012
                                                      Civic Engagement Fair on Tuesday January 31st.

                                                      The event hosted by Truman College VISTA Benita
                                                      Rice and the Director of the Truman College Social
                                                      Science department, Joshua Jones, aimed to
                                                      introduce students to a multitude of service-
                                                      oriented organizations to provide students with
                                                      clear references for fulfilling service learning
                                                      requirements and/or finding useful internships.

      ILCC VISTA Benita Rice stands with Chicago The fair also featured a special appearance from
       Alderman of the 46th Ward James Cappleman Alderman of the 46th Ward, James Cappleman.


                                                           Continued on page 6



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Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                                                 Issue #4, January 2012

                             MLK DAY 2012 (continued)
 A thought echoed by Carrie            The group then used their
 Timmermans, ILCC VISTA at             reflections as inspiration for letters
 Trinity University, who went          that they wrote and sent to
 with over 20 students to serve        Columbia College student
 almost 1,500 meals at the Pacific     veterans on campus.
 Garden Mission. “It was very
 encouraging to see how much           ILCC VISTAs Beka Flanagan,
 just our presence meant to the        Ashleigh Hasselbach and Nikita      VISTAs Beka Flanagan and Ashleigh
 residents of PGM,” said               Stange all found unique projects to Hasselbach pause for a photo during their
 Timmermans of her service.            link up with for MLK Day.

 Soukprida Phetmisy, ILCC              Flanagan and Hasselbach, VISTAs
 VISTA at Columbia College, led        at Louis and St. Francis
 two service projects in honor of      Universities respectively,
 MLK Day. The first, “Rhythm for       partnered with Hospital Sisters
 a Reason” partnered with the          Mission Outreach to sort through
 pediatric cancer foundation, Bear     discarded medical supplies that
 Necessities to give children          were to be redistributed to other
 quality time to create art in the     hospitals in need while Stange
 form of accordion books,              found herself at the Calumet
 paintings of instruments, and         Township Community Center
 other projects that they could        where she facilitated some        Students checking in for the Campus Wide
 keep. “It's always inspiring to       senior programming and            Day of Service
 share art and see the work that       helped out in the kitchen as
 you love doing reflected on the       well.
 faces and through the actions of
                                       ILCC VISTAs Lizzy Caudill and
 those you directly encounter…it
                                       Melissa Pognon, both at
 provides evidence that this kind
                                       Northwestern University in
 of work makes a resounding
                                       Evanston, IL, were more than
 impact, especially with young
                                       ready to heed Dr. King’s call to
 people,” said Phetmitsy.
                                       service on MLK Day.
 Her second MLK event,
                                       Caudill took to the task of
 “Moving to Change,” invited
                                       overseeing the “Campus Wide
 students to gather in reflection of
                                       Day of Service,” which sent over
 the ideas of civic engagement,
                                       150 students out into the                VISTA Melissa Pognon takes a moment to
 the goals of service learning and                                              smile for the camera before her event
                                       Evanston and Chicago areas to
 the steps they could start to take
                                       participate in direct service.
 toward making impactful
 change in their own                   Meanwhile, Pognon busied herself
 communities.                          hosting the “Civically Engaged
                                       Alumni Roundtable” where over
                                       20 distinguished NU alumni
                                       traveled from far and wide to hold



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Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                                                   Issue#4, January 4 2012


MLK DAY OF SERVICE
(Continued)
     forums with current
                                                                                         Resource Links for
     Northwestern students that                                                               January
     emphasized the importance of
     staying civically engaged                                                      1) Public Transit and School
     regardless of their professional                                               Attendance
     goals.                                                                         http://www.wbez.org/story/chicago-
                                                                                    some-find-public-transit-fares-
     Last but certainly not least,      VISTAs Clare Kessler and Helen Gerety
     ILCC VISTAs, Alex Baird,           catch up with VISTA Leader Jim Hurley at    Story by WBEZ about the link
     Helen Gerety, Jaime Ricks,         City Year’s “Day On” event                  between public transit fares and
     Clare Kessler and VISTA                                                        school attendance. A local school is
     leader Jim Hurley all rose to          Other ILCC VISTA 2012                   reporting that due to high costs of
     the challenge of providing             MLK Day projects include:               train passes that the demand for
     service with fellow civic                                                      student-reduced fare cards are getting
     servers City Year Chicago.             Brittany Elder (University              higher.
                                            of Springfield)-Community
     Together with none other than          outreach with American
     Chicago’s own Mayor Rahm               Red Cross Illinois Capital             2) The New Poverty Line
     Emanuel, the team                      Area Chapter                           http://www.npr.org/2011/12/15/14377
     participated in City Year’s                                                   0049/census-1-in-2-americans-are-
     “Day On” event, which                  Guarav Singh Chicago                   poor-or-low-income
     brought together over 600              School of Professional
     volunteers to paint 50                 Psychology)- Assisted at               About 97.3 million Americans fall into
     classrooms, 91 murals, 2               Garfield Community                     a low-income category, commonly
     hallways and much more at              Service Center                         defined as those earning between 100
     community centers located in                                                  and 199 percent of the poverty level,
     Chicago’s North Lawndale               Benita Rice (Truman                    based on a new supplemental measure
     neighborhood.                          College)- Hosted letter                by the Census Bureau that is designed
                                            writing campaign at Hull               to provide a fuller picture of poverty.
     We greatly appreciate all of
                                            House
     our ILCC VISTAs along with
     any good citizen who was able          Christina Bennett (Millikin            3) Congrats to ILCC VISTA Ruthi
     to spare some time on MLK              University)- Served meals
                                                                                   Brooks for getting some ink!
     Day for providing service to                                                  http://www.myjournalcourier.com/new
                                            at Daily Bread Soup Kitchen
     the community at large. To all                                                s/project-36964-reading-aims.html
     of our VISTAs, thank you for
     making the 2012 MLK Day of                                                     Illinois College’s Sonya Project is
     Service a successful one!                                                      an after-school program that
                                                                                    provides support for elementary
                                                                                    school students who need help
                                                                                    with reading.
                           Volunteer Count Update               Total Hours
                                                                                    Have an interesting or insightful
    Individuals who served as community volunteers      2,590     58,577            link to share? Feel free to send an
    Disadvantaged Youth/Children served       3,268                                 email to jhurley6@depaul.edu or
                                                                                    camwoods007@gmail.com so it can
    Students participating in P-16 education programs   1,049                       be included in the next newsletter!


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Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                               Issue #4, January 2012

Truman Civic Engagement Fair


During his keynote address, Cappleman stressed
the necessity for students to be fully engaged in
their service and volunteering efforts and
provided three key points for students searching
for the right service opportunities:

“Follow your passion,” “Never let fear stand in
your way” and “Be sure to connect with other
people while serving.”
                                                     Truman Students crowd the tables of the
Cappleman also called students in attendance to
                                                     many community organizations at the fair
find opportunities they will consider meaningful
in the long term in order to make for a more
impactful experience overall.

One such volunteer in attendance was well aware
of the personal impact involved with finding a
great service opportunity. Neerja Joshi, a member
of the Chicago Health Corps (CHC), which is an
extension of the National Health Corps
AmeriCorps program, was at the fair to represent
the American Cancer Society.

A recent graduate with her eyes on attending
medical school, Joshi admitted that she’s always        ILCC VISTA Benita Rice poses with
had an interest in “resolving issues with health      Chicago Health Corps VISTA Neerja Joshi
disparities,” and described her placement with
the ACS as a “perfect fit.” She said she loves
working with her organization because she can
directly “help do things that patients can’t do on
their own,” an ideal outlook for a future health
care professional.

Other organizations represented at the Truman
Civic Engagement fair included: Albany Park
Community Center, Asian Health Services, Boys
& Girls Club of Chicago, Chicago Hopes,
Cornerstone Community Center, Howard Brown,
Life Directions, Playworks, Radio Arte and many
more. For additional information on any of the
organizations present at the fair or for
information on upcoming service-related events          Eager students signing into the event
at Truman College, send an email to ILCC VISTA
Benita Rice at benita.rice@gmail.com.




                                                                                                5
Illinois Campus Compact 2012                                                    Issue #4, January 2012

                          JANUARY VISTA SPOTLIGHT
                                      This edition’s VISTA Spotlight shines brightly on
                                      VISTA Elizabeth “Lizzy” Caudill at Northwestern
                                      University. Caudill was instrumental in planning
                                      Northwestern’s “Campus Wide Day of Service,”
                                      which sent out more than 150 student volunteers to
                                      perform direct service at a multitude of sites.

                                      But all community organizing skills aside, this is a
                                      VISTA who can entertain a crowd. When the
                                      keynote speaker for the her event failed to show due
                                      to issues with travel, Caudill stepped up addressed
                                      the 150 plus crowd herself, giving a wonderful
                                      impromptu speech on the importance of direct
                                      service and volunteerism.

                                      Great job Lizzy! Keep up the good work!


      Elizabeth Caudill ILCC VISTA
         Northwestern University




                                     Illinois Campus Compact


                                            55 E. Jackson Blvd
                                            8th Floor Suite 800
                                            Chicago, IL 60604

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  • 1. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue #4, January 2012 ILCC VISTAs KICK OFF 2012 WITH MLK DAY OF Issue #4, January 2012 SERVICE Contents: NEW YEAR KICK-OFF WITH MLK DAY OF SERVICE 2 TRUMAN COLLEGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FAIR 3 INTERESTING ARTICLES Volunteers pose during the MLK Day food OF THE MONTH drive organized by VISTA Kate Eagler 4 “All labor that uplifts This year turned out no humanity has dignity and different as ILCC VISTAs JANUARY VISTA importance and should be from over 20 campuses SPOTLIGHT undertaken with painstaking answered that call fervently excellence.” by putting aside their normal 5 duties to lend a hand on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Martin Luther King Day. words resonate with Americans just as well today From organizing small service they did almost 50 years ago.gatherings, to participating in large citywide events, our Each year on Martin Luther VISTAs showed great strength King Day we are reminded to in their commitment to service come forth as socially and civic engagement by responsible citizens and getting involved first hand in muster as much effort as we some great direct service can towards helping advance projects. Here are some of the the world we live in through projects our VISTAs took part providing service wherever in during the MLK holiday. necessary.
  • 2. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue#4, January 4 2012 MLK DAY of Service Kate Eagler, ILCC VISTA at it’s clear Eagler’s project not only Millikin University, partnered brought out the generosity in the with Big Brothers Big Sisters to community, but also made a organize the “Restock the truly positive impact. Pantries,” food drive. Other ILCC VISTAs also helped Eagler and her volunteers made feed the less fortunate on MLK ‘Dream Bags’ that they placed in Day. the front of the store so that Andrew Miller, ILCC VISTA at customers could easily keep Loyola University, took a dozen track of their donations then Dream Bag station set up in the students to the St. Thomas drop the bags off after finishing Canterbury Soup Kitchen where middle of a participating store their normal shopping. the group ended up feeding about 250 hungry people in “It was powerful to witness the need. “The experience of serving generosity of the community,” these people who are generally said Eagler. “I’ve heard the ignored by society is humbling Decatur community is a but gratifying,” said Miller. generous one and I was able to see that in action.” And with 29 volunteers logging 84 hours and collecting over food 1,800 items, Continued on page 4 A volunteer working to get donations for the food drive CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FAIR AT TRUMAN COLLEGE Truman College hosted representatives from over 20 recognized non-profit and community organizations throughout Chicago as part of its 2012 Civic Engagement Fair on Tuesday January 31st. The event hosted by Truman College VISTA Benita Rice and the Director of the Truman College Social Science department, Joshua Jones, aimed to introduce students to a multitude of service- oriented organizations to provide students with clear references for fulfilling service learning requirements and/or finding useful internships. ILCC VISTA Benita Rice stands with Chicago The fair also featured a special appearance from Alderman of the 46th Ward James Cappleman Alderman of the 46th Ward, James Cappleman. Continued on page 6 2
  • 3. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue #4, January 2012 MLK DAY 2012 (continued) A thought echoed by Carrie The group then used their Timmermans, ILCC VISTA at reflections as inspiration for letters Trinity University, who went that they wrote and sent to with over 20 students to serve Columbia College student almost 1,500 meals at the Pacific veterans on campus. Garden Mission. “It was very encouraging to see how much ILCC VISTAs Beka Flanagan, just our presence meant to the Ashleigh Hasselbach and Nikita VISTAs Beka Flanagan and Ashleigh residents of PGM,” said Stange all found unique projects to Hasselbach pause for a photo during their Timmermans of her service. link up with for MLK Day. Soukprida Phetmisy, ILCC Flanagan and Hasselbach, VISTAs VISTA at Columbia College, led at Louis and St. Francis two service projects in honor of Universities respectively, MLK Day. The first, “Rhythm for partnered with Hospital Sisters a Reason” partnered with the Mission Outreach to sort through pediatric cancer foundation, Bear discarded medical supplies that Necessities to give children were to be redistributed to other quality time to create art in the hospitals in need while Stange form of accordion books, found herself at the Calumet paintings of instruments, and Township Community Center other projects that they could where she facilitated some Students checking in for the Campus Wide keep. “It's always inspiring to senior programming and Day of Service share art and see the work that helped out in the kitchen as you love doing reflected on the well. faces and through the actions of ILCC VISTAs Lizzy Caudill and those you directly encounter…it Melissa Pognon, both at provides evidence that this kind Northwestern University in of work makes a resounding Evanston, IL, were more than impact, especially with young ready to heed Dr. King’s call to people,” said Phetmitsy. service on MLK Day. Her second MLK event, Caudill took to the task of “Moving to Change,” invited overseeing the “Campus Wide students to gather in reflection of Day of Service,” which sent over the ideas of civic engagement, 150 students out into the VISTA Melissa Pognon takes a moment to the goals of service learning and smile for the camera before her event Evanston and Chicago areas to the steps they could start to take participate in direct service. toward making impactful change in their own Meanwhile, Pognon busied herself communities. hosting the “Civically Engaged Alumni Roundtable” where over 20 distinguished NU alumni traveled from far and wide to hold 3
  • 4. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue#4, January 4 2012 MLK DAY OF SERVICE (Continued) forums with current Resource Links for Northwestern students that January emphasized the importance of staying civically engaged 1) Public Transit and School regardless of their professional Attendance goals. http://www.wbez.org/story/chicago- some-find-public-transit-fares- Last but certainly not least, VISTAs Clare Kessler and Helen Gerety ILCC VISTAs, Alex Baird, catch up with VISTA Leader Jim Hurley at Story by WBEZ about the link Helen Gerety, Jaime Ricks, City Year’s “Day On” event between public transit fares and Clare Kessler and VISTA school attendance. A local school is leader Jim Hurley all rose to Other ILCC VISTA 2012 reporting that due to high costs of the challenge of providing MLK Day projects include: train passes that the demand for service with fellow civic student-reduced fare cards are getting servers City Year Chicago. Brittany Elder (University higher. of Springfield)-Community Together with none other than outreach with American Chicago’s own Mayor Rahm Red Cross Illinois Capital 2) The New Poverty Line Emanuel, the team Area Chapter http://www.npr.org/2011/12/15/14377 participated in City Year’s 0049/census-1-in-2-americans-are- “Day On” event, which Guarav Singh Chicago poor-or-low-income brought together over 600 School of Professional volunteers to paint 50 Psychology)- Assisted at About 97.3 million Americans fall into classrooms, 91 murals, 2 Garfield Community a low-income category, commonly hallways and much more at Service Center defined as those earning between 100 community centers located in and 199 percent of the poverty level, Chicago’s North Lawndale Benita Rice (Truman based on a new supplemental measure neighborhood. College)- Hosted letter by the Census Bureau that is designed writing campaign at Hull to provide a fuller picture of poverty. We greatly appreciate all of House our ILCC VISTAs along with any good citizen who was able Christina Bennett (Millikin 3) Congrats to ILCC VISTA Ruthi to spare some time on MLK University)- Served meals Brooks for getting some ink! Day for providing service to http://www.myjournalcourier.com/new at Daily Bread Soup Kitchen the community at large. To all s/project-36964-reading-aims.html of our VISTAs, thank you for making the 2012 MLK Day of Illinois College’s Sonya Project is Service a successful one! an after-school program that provides support for elementary school students who need help with reading. Volunteer Count Update Total Hours Have an interesting or insightful Individuals who served as community volunteers 2,590 58,577 link to share? Feel free to send an Disadvantaged Youth/Children served 3,268 email to jhurley6@depaul.edu or camwoods007@gmail.com so it can Students participating in P-16 education programs 1,049 be included in the next newsletter! 4
  • 5. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue #4, January 2012 Truman Civic Engagement Fair During his keynote address, Cappleman stressed the necessity for students to be fully engaged in their service and volunteering efforts and provided three key points for students searching for the right service opportunities: “Follow your passion,” “Never let fear stand in your way” and “Be sure to connect with other people while serving.” Truman Students crowd the tables of the Cappleman also called students in attendance to many community organizations at the fair find opportunities they will consider meaningful in the long term in order to make for a more impactful experience overall. One such volunteer in attendance was well aware of the personal impact involved with finding a great service opportunity. Neerja Joshi, a member of the Chicago Health Corps (CHC), which is an extension of the National Health Corps AmeriCorps program, was at the fair to represent the American Cancer Society. A recent graduate with her eyes on attending medical school, Joshi admitted that she’s always ILCC VISTA Benita Rice poses with had an interest in “resolving issues with health Chicago Health Corps VISTA Neerja Joshi disparities,” and described her placement with the ACS as a “perfect fit.” She said she loves working with her organization because she can directly “help do things that patients can’t do on their own,” an ideal outlook for a future health care professional. Other organizations represented at the Truman Civic Engagement fair included: Albany Park Community Center, Asian Health Services, Boys & Girls Club of Chicago, Chicago Hopes, Cornerstone Community Center, Howard Brown, Life Directions, Playworks, Radio Arte and many more. For additional information on any of the organizations present at the fair or for information on upcoming service-related events Eager students signing into the event at Truman College, send an email to ILCC VISTA Benita Rice at benita.rice@gmail.com. 5
  • 6. Illinois Campus Compact 2012 Issue #4, January 2012 JANUARY VISTA SPOTLIGHT This edition’s VISTA Spotlight shines brightly on VISTA Elizabeth “Lizzy” Caudill at Northwestern University. Caudill was instrumental in planning Northwestern’s “Campus Wide Day of Service,” which sent out more than 150 student volunteers to perform direct service at a multitude of sites. But all community organizing skills aside, this is a VISTA who can entertain a crowd. When the keynote speaker for the her event failed to show due to issues with travel, Caudill stepped up addressed the 150 plus crowd herself, giving a wonderful impromptu speech on the importance of direct service and volunteerism. Great job Lizzy! Keep up the good work! Elizabeth Caudill ILCC VISTA Northwestern University Illinois Campus Compact 55 E. Jackson Blvd 8th Floor Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60604