Something is better than nothing
Champaign County Health Care Consumers has been working for underprivileged consumers of health care in this community for over thirty years. It is no exaggeration to say that they have single-handedly helped to improve access to health care for thousands of local community members.
With the current final push to get health care legislation passed in the U.S. Congress, the CCHCC has been working hard on a local level to convince local citizens to support the bill. Later today, they will be passing out copies of their “Quick Guide to Health Reform“ on the corner of First St. and Kirby Ave. (Florida) in Champaign and they have more actions planned as the week goes on. We recently had a chance to discuss the bill and the CCHCC’s views with Executive Director Claudia Lennhoff.
| Speakers in C-U, Mar. 15 – 21
You live near a major university and a community college. There are smart people that come here every week to talk to the general public about interesting topics. Perhaps you were not aware of this fact, or were overwhelmed by the sheer number of opportunities for possible enlightenment. If that's the case, Smile Politely understands and is here to help. Here are several events going on in town this week. Check out one or more of them if you have time. Get your learn on, as they say, and join the cognoscenti. It's free, you know. Plus, sometimes there's free food, too!
If you have a community event, speaker, or film event that you'd like to see featured on Listen Up!, send the event information to joelgillespie [at] smilepolitely [dot] com by Friday the week prior to the event. Listen Up! runs on Mondays.
WHAT: "Yue Minjun Talks About His Work," a talk by Yue Minjun, contemporary Chinese painter
WHEN: Monday, March 15 @ 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign
Minjun's piece Execution is pictured above.
From the event announcement: "Yue Minjun, resident of Beijing, has emerged as one of the preeminent artists of the Cynical Realism movement in contemporary Chinese painting. His works are instantly recognizable by the characteristic laughing man, each a self-portrait of Yue Minjun, depicted in a variety of guises and in virtually all of his works. Immediately humorous and sympathetic, Yue Minjun's paintings offer a light-hearted approach to philosophical inquiry and contemplation of existence."
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You live near a major university and a community college. There are smart people that come here every week to talk to the general public about interesting topics. Perhaps you were not aware of this fact, or were overwhelmed by the sheer number of opportunities for possible enlightenment. If that's the case, Smile Politely understands and is here to help. Here are several events going on in town this week. Check out one or more of them if you have …
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You live near a major university and a community college. There are smart people that come here every week to talk to the general public about interesting topics. Perhaps you were not aware of this fact, or were overwhelmed by the sheer number of opportunities for possible enlightenment. If that's the case, Smile Politely understands and is here to help. Here are several events going on in town this week. Check out one or more of them if you have …
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