Community Affairs Archive

  • Film Screening: The Birth of Gospel

    Film Screening: The Birth of Gospel

    Please join Illinois Tech and WTTW on Thursday, July 23, from 6–8 p.m., for a screening of The Birth of Gospel, one of 30 documentaries in WTTW’s award-winning “Chicago Stories” series at Michael Paul Gavin Tower. The Birth of Gospel follows Thomas A. Dorsey, widely known as “The Father of Gospel,” who wrote one of the genre’s early hits while coping with his grief of the death of his wife and child.

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  • Celebrate Dr. King’s Legacy Through Service on January 19

    Celebrate Dr. King’s Legacy Through Service on January 19

    This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Illinois Tech is grateful to continue its collaboration with Organic Oneness, commemorating Dr. King with a day of service at DuSable High School on January 19, 2026. Service locations have been expanded for 2026, and we need 40 volunteers for various activities, including mural painting, assembling blessing bags for the homeless, organizing spaces, and beautifying Chicago Public Schools in Bronzeville. To participate, please register before January 14.

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  • Community Book Club: “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout

    Community Book Club: “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout

    Are you looking to connect with others? Do you love reading all kinds of books? If you answered yes, the Community Book Club is for you! Discuss "Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout via Zoom on January 23 and February 6.

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  • MLK Jr. Day Commemorative Program: Conversation With Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr.

    MLK Jr. Day Commemorative Program: Conversation With Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr.

    On January 23, join us for a special conversation with Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last living witness to the kidnapping and lynching of Emmett Till in 1955.

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  • Free Film Screening: The Chicago Plan – October 15

    Free Film Screening: The Chicago Plan – October 15

    How and why did so many of Chicago’s Black communities fall into disrepair during the 1950s and 1960s, while the surrounding white areas created middle class wealth that endures today? Join the Chicago South Side Film Festival and Illinois Institute of Technology’s Office of Community Affairs for the premiere screening of The Chicago Plan.

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  • One Night with Felena Bunn – October 15

    One Night with Felena Bunn – October 15

    Join the Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Community Affairs as it presents One Night with Felena Bunn on October 15 at the Schulz Auditorium in Michael Paul Galvin Tower on the campus of Illinois Tech!

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  • Join us for Illinois Tech’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programming

    Join us for Illinois Tech’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programming

    Our university is proud to host “Lessons from Little Rock ,” a virtual discussion with Terrence Roberts, Ph.D., who, along with Illinois Tech alumna Gloria Ray Karlmark, was a member of the Little Rock Nine that integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Please join us for this virtual conversation on Friday, January 14, from 12:30–1:30 p.m.

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  • Discount at Peach’s Restaurant

    Discount at Peach’s Restaurant

    During the winter break when campus dining services are unavailable, Peach's Restaurant, 4652 S. King Drive, is offering a 15 percent off discount for the Illinois Tech community. 

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  • Free virtual screening of Judas and the Black Messiah and discussion with Fred Hampton Jr. and Akua Njeri

    Free virtual screening of Judas and the Black Messiah and discussion with Fred Hampton Jr. and Akua Njeri

    Office of Community Affairs is hosting a free screening of Judas and the Black Messiah on Friday March 26 featuring a special pre-film discussion with Akua Njeri who witnessed and survived the police raid and assassination of her fiancée, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.

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  • Film Screening: Impact of Roberts Temple Church in Chicago and Beyond

    Film Screening: Impact of Roberts Temple Church in Chicago and Beyond

    Join us on Friday, February 26 at 4 p.m. for a special documentary chronicling the impact of the historic Roberts Temple Church located a few blocks from the Illinois Tech campus.

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