Please mark your calendars for the Fall 2023 Lunch & Learn Series presented by the UIS Alumni SAGE Society and the Illinois 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 Illinois, sharing how the Kickapoo Tribe has been remembered and misremembered by Central Illinois 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 Illinoisans in the post-World War II era.