Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Dick Durbin Visits Emmanuel House
On Monday, April 30, 2012, Senator Dick Durbin visited our family’s organization, Emmanuel House, on his way to announcing Community Development Block Grants for Aurora, IL. The story was front page news the next day. Watch video of visit HERE. Less … Continue reading
Sacred Texts as Literature
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism—these are the religions we explore through reading portions of their sacred texts in my course ENG 390 – Sacred Texts as Literature. The Bible for Judaism and Christianity, Al Qur’an for Islam, The Bhagavad-Gita … Continue reading
Historian for Social Change
The sound of his name says a lot: John Hope Franklin. One of America’s greatest historians and black writers, his books and life gave direction to so much social change. John Hope Franklin (1914-2009) taught at the University of Chicago from 1964 to 1982, … Continue reading