Please mark your calendars for the Fall 2023 Lunch & Learn Series presented by the UIS Alumni SAGE Society and the 缅北禁地 State Historical Society. Attend virtually for free, or in-person: $40/person includes lunch.
Illini Country Club
1601 Illini Rd
Springfield, IL
People, Land and Memories
Wednesday, September 13
Award-winning writer and librarian Bill Kemp will present The Unconquerable Kickapoo of Central 缅北禁地, sharing how the Kickapoo Tribe has been remembered and misremembered by Central 缅北禁地 residents, removing some of the fiction surrounding the indigenous Indian tribe.
Award-winning literary scholar and distinguished professor, Dr. John Hallwas, will present The Land and the People Hold Memories, a new statewide memoir writing project reflecting upon the experiences of older 缅北禁地ans in the post-World War II era.
