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SUMMARY:Illinois Holocaust Museum Tour (LWV Palatine/Barrington/Schaumburg Areas)
DESCRIPTION:Join the League for an enlightening tour of the Illinois Holocaust Museum that includes the following exhibitions:\n  * Voices of Genocide explores how and why genocide continues to occur across geography and time. Learn from survivors and descendants of genocide in America\, Guatemala\, Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Rwanda and Burma about the common conditions and warning signs that can lead to genocide and how recognizing these factors help determine efforts toward intervention and preservation.\n  * Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War showcases the astonishing rescue effort that\, in only nine months\, brought thousands of unaccompanied children from Nazi Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts\, stories\, and firsthand testimony\, those who lived through the “Kindertransport” program tell its history..\nCost: $20 per person (Tour Only) Non-members welcome\nTour: 1:00 – 2:30 pm\nOptional lunch: 11:00 am\, Meet at California Pizza Kitchen in Old Orchard (not included in tour fee; members pay individually at restaurant)\nRegister to attend https://www.lwvpalatinearea.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=255645&item_id=2393968\nThis event is organized by the League of Women Voters of the Palatine\, Barrington\, and Schaumburg Areas.
URL:https://lwvelginarea.org/event/illinois-holocaust-museum-tour-lwv-palatine-barrington-schaumburg-areas/
LOCATION:Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center\, 9603 Woods Dr\, Skokie\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Membership
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SUMMARY:Truth\, Disinformation and the Media in the 2024 Election (LWVIL)
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, award-winning journalist and media executive Eric Schurenberg explores the current news and election landscape. You’ll come away with an understanding of how social media and digital economics shape today’s information environment\, how partisan actors exploit our all-too-human vulnerability to misinformation\, and how those economic and psychological forces have shaped the coverage of this Presidential campaign.\nThe goal: To help you think critically\, despite the heightened passion and noise\, about the decision you’ll make on November 5.\nThis program is part of a League event series where noted authorities speak on relevant topics leading up to the U.S. Presidential Election on Tuesday\, November 5. Presented by LWVIL’s Misinformation and Disinformation Task Force https://www.lwvil.org/misdis-info \, the series is part of an effort to provide tools and resources that educate voters.\nAbout the Speaker\nEric Schurenberg is the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media\, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering trust between journalists and their audiences. The Alliance partners with newsrooms across the country to research strategies that help build audience trust and shares its findings at live events and through its website. It also promotes media literacy in the workplace and hosts the podcast In Reality\, which focuses on truth\, disinformation\, and the media.\nBefore founding the Alliance\, Eric served as CEO of Mansueto Ventures\, home to Inc. and Fast Company\, where he led the company to its first year of profitability. Prior to that\, he was president and editor-in-chief of Inc.\, founding editor at CBS http://MoneyWatch.com\, and held several leadership roles in business journalism\, earning numerous accolades including a Loeb Award and a National Magazine Award.\nIn addition to his work at the Alliance\, Eric is editor-in-chief and board member of Amplify Publishing Group. He also serves as a strategic adviser to the University of Chicago’s Leadership and Society Initiative and is a senior fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce.\nEarlier in his career\, Eric spent six years as an actor\, often typecast as a Cockney juvenile delinquent—despite being from Ohio.\nOutside of work\, Eric is a private pilot and a competitive club tennis player.
URL:https://lwvelginarea.org/event/truth-disinformation-and-the-media-in-the-2024-election-lwvil/
LOCATION:https://lwvil.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/lwvil/eventRegistration.jsp?event=669&
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