update on Dick and a request from him

[Dick Heidkamp]

Hey, so we haven't had too many messages on our Heidkamp e-mail group of late, but I thought now would be a good time to use it to share some news about Dick -- and something he wanted to share out.

As many of you know, Dick has been in the hospital the past month as he has worked through issues from minor bleeding in his brain area. They got the bleeding under control pretty quickly, but Dick needed some rehab time to recover. The good news is that he is returning to his retirement community on Wednesday and will continue the final stages of his rehab there. If you want to contact him, you can call him at 847.903.5138 (he doesn't get voicemail, but if you don't get him, just try another time) -- or send him a card or letter at:

7262 W Peterson Ave Apt E425 

Chicago, IL 60631

But Dick, ever socially active, wanted to share a request with his family and friends. A recent recipient of the Heidkamp Travel Scholarship (established in Dick's name by CRLN) -- Daisy Hernandez -- has returned from travel to Cuba and is eager to share her knowledge and perspective. She is conducting upcoming webinars on US-Cuba relations and developing equitable health-care systems. If you are interested in the webinars or in supporting CRLN, find the links below.

Thanks for being such a supportive family.

Love

-Bernie

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Sharon Hunter-Smith <SHunte...@crln.org>
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:25 AM
Subject: CRLN Cuba webinar
To: Dick Heidkamp <di...@heidkamp.com>

Hi Dick,

 

Our fabulous intern last summer and this summer is Daisy Hernandez, a student at Marquette University who is active in the MU Center for Peacemaking. You may remember that we granted her a Heidkamp scholarship last December to go to Cuba. She is fulfilling our wildest dreams by preparing with Marilyn McKenna a webinar on Cuba, based on her experiences there. The first one was last night—it was good, but didn’t have many listeners.

 

Would you be willing to call or email some of your friends and send them this link https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5NIR1IMR7OFdOKNhEj61w and ask them to register for the second webinar, “U.S. – Cuba Relations, Cooperatives, and Community”? Also this link https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HWnTjzS4S0uHlwo_oJxKtQ for the third webinar, “Health Care Systems: Clients or Patients?” The second webinar is coming up next week on Thursday, July 30. The third webinar is coming up the following Thursday, August 6.

 

I hope you can watch, too—Daisy is terrific! I’ve put descriptions of both sessions below.

 

Thanks!

 

Sharon Hunter-Smith, Office Manager/Human Rights Coordinator

Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America

5655 S. University Ave., Room 23

Chicago, IL  60637-1523

773-293-2964

 

US-Cuba Relations, Cooperatives, and Community

THURSDAY JULY 30, 2020 7:00PM-8:00PM

We'll dive into the long and difficult trajectory of US-Cuba relations through a series of  U.S. laws, regulations, and proclamations relating to Cuba. We'll have a discussion on understanding our privilege as people from the U.S. and learn to lessen our dependency on it. We deconstruct our privilege to make the opportunities to build our communities. We'll discuss the popular education style to learn what we share by naming the individuals we learn from, and how to work to better learn from oppressed voices and continue to transform people to transform policy.

 

 

Healthcare System: Clients or Patients?

THURSDAY AUGUST 6, 2020 7:00PM-8:00PM

For the final session in our series we will take a look at an alternative for healing in a system that centers prevention and inclusivity. Cuba's medical brigades have come to the aid of more than 26 countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We will learn about the science behind holistic healing with notes from a holistic dentist, and we'll discuss the distinct qualities of our two healthcare systems and the conditions for how our health is defined.