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“Managing Stress” Workshop @ The Lab

Don’t wait to manage the work/life balance until something goes wrong. Can we really find the right work/life balance? Yes, you can! Boost your positive emotions by practicing skills such as gratitude, savoring, mindfulness, and designing your ideal day. Get to know your strengths and values, and structure your life in a way that optimizes your sense of accomplishment and meaning. And lastly, learn how to spend your hard-earned money in a way that maximizes your well-being.

Making deliberate choices will help us maintain a healthy mind. There is a tremendous amount of stress created when we attempt to balance work life with home life. Let’s face it, we can’t always escape the pressures of life, but we can develop strategies and techniques to maximize our potential. The main goal is to not ignore the work/life balance until something goes wrong.

The price of the workshop is $10. The Short URL for this event = http://reducingstress-5-8-14.eventbrite.com.

“Commons 101” Workshop @ The Lab 5/27

What is the Commons and why should you care? Tom Tresser, who calls himself a Public Defender, will break it all down at this interactive workshop on May 27 at 7pm at the CivicLab. Only $10 (we are 100% volunteer run and all the revenue from this workshop goes to support the operation of the CivicLab, Chicago’s only co-working space dedicated to social justice and civic engagement). Register here.

Forgotten Chicago @ The CivicLab

Forgotten Chicago explains their research methods at the CivicLab!

Serious Parking Knowledge Laid Down

Mike B, The Parking Meter Geek, really broke down Chicago’s parking ticket system. At $10, this workshop was a REAL bargain!

Learn How To Grow Your Own Food @ The CivicLab

What are these folks doing? They are learning how to grow their own food from master gardener Karen Roothan. Here they are drafting garden plots. Sign up here – https://grow-your-own-food.eventbrite.com.

Planning In Chicago

Thanks to Prof. Brad Hunt from Roosevelt University for this amazing presentation on the recent history of planning efforts in Chicago. You can’t get this knowledge anywhere else this easily and this cheaply! Here are our current class listings.

Planning Chicago: An Historical Perspective on our Present-Day Problems from Tom Tresser

What’s Possible Chicago? PASSION

It’s another multi-media, cross-platform, live mash-up presentation at the CivicLab! What’s Possible, Chicago? PASSION.

Full House For Campaign Training

The amazing Kitty Kurth and Kevin Lampe give democracy training all over the world. This morning they are at the CivicLab giving a workshop on how to run for local office. We have people from all over the city here seeking civic knowledge. Some will run and others plan on helping others to run.

Some comments from attendees: “Thanks to all!! It was an honor to work with such a talented smart and committed people!” said Kevin. “Awesome day!” said Greg. “I learned a lot today. Thanks!” said Bruce. AnnMarie said “Thank you. Great day. Lots of things to implement.” Sam said “Thanks for a wonderful day! Onwards all!” Michael said “Thank you CivicLab. Kitty and Kevin’s class was intriguing, captivating and extremely informative. The environment for questioning was open and comfortable. The discussion provided experience based education. The Lampes have much to share. It was an honor to be in the same room with the Lampes. The attending classmates were also talented.” “Thanks so much for a great class!” said John.

Workshop On Investigating Elected Officials

Hey, they investigate us, why not return the favor?

Come to the CivicLab on Tuesday, February 18 for the workshop, “How to Research Elected Officials: The Good, The Bad and The Clearly Corrupt.”

This class is a 90-minute introduction to researching one or more elected officials or political candidates. Participants will learn:

how to organize their research projects
where and when to start
public records available online
how to search newspaper archives
URLs for the best sources
finding real live people who know what’s what
benefits of getting off your duff and looking for yourself
how to use what you find

$20. Please register @https://research-elected-officials-2-18.eventbrite.com. We’re at 114 N. Aberdeen Street in the West Loop. The workshop goes from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

About the instructor: Thomas J. Gradel is a writer, author and researcher and now retired political media consultant. Tom Gradel has worked in Chicago for more than 40 years for politicians, government officials, labor unions and non-governmental organizations. For 35 of those years Tom was a part-time researcher and media advisor to Dick Simpson, a former Chicago Alderman, political science professor and book author. View those reports here.

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