Membership is NOT required to register for summer classes.

 The Fine Print:

1) Release Waiver

If you are an LLI member, your name, address, email and telephone number may be listed in the LLI directory. Photographs and videotape may be taken of participants during meetings, courses and special events. Please be aware the photos/videotape are for LLI use and may be published in various LLI promotional materials. If you do not want your name and information publicized in the directory, or you do not want to be photographed, you must give us written notice by sending an email to LLI@waubonsee.edu 

2) Refund Policy

Course fees ($10) and outing fees are nonrefundable. If a course or outing is cancelled by LLI, only payments made by credit card will be reimbursed. 

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The history of protests began before recorded time. There was always a fight: Conquer and Conquered. What's behind the scenario? Together, we will explore the notion of "Integrity versus Utility." Fights are won and lost over ideals and ideas. What is your current protest? What are the motives behind your reason or lack of it? Who and what are we fighting for or against? Our goal as life-long learners is to make intelligent decisions, based on intelligent investigation. Anchored in humor, mutual respect and curiosity, we can find new ways to learn and new ways to learn together. If memory is a "group sport", so is curiosity and humor. The course will not be a political arena to support or dispute the current administration. Our focus is on ideas and application.

Jenny Bergold will facilitate a class on sound healing. The focus will be on the mind and meditation, healing body through asana, and uplifting the spirit through inspiration. This will be a one hour session on vibrational sound healing. First a 10 minute explanation, 45 minutes playing instrumentals while participants relax in chairs or on the floor or mat. A short question session will complete the session. 

Author, Maureen McKane will discuss her book, Walters Way: Coach, His Runners, and His Race. It is the intimate biography of Wilbert Walters, who followed the Great Migration North from New Orleans and founded Aurora Sundowners Track Club. His dream was to turn vulnerable black youth into proud women and men achieving their own potential. Coach Walters learned what it was like to be invisible in one world while his athletes were winning National Junior Olympic medals in another. His story holds up a mirror to 20th century Aurora history. Civil Rights on the national stage meant bombastic events and changes. Black Aurorans were working quietly to break down local systemic barriers while White Aurora prided itself on being free of racism. The book’s author will lead discussions on how we experience race relations. What has changed in Aurora and what has not?

Walters Way: A Coach, His Runners and His Race By Maureen McKane (REQUIRED) Book can be purchased at the Waubonsee Bookstore or your favorite bookstore. The book is also available at local libraries and on Hoopla.

Co-organizer: Amy Stewart

Downtown Aurora was once the heart of entertainment, shopping, and everyday life. For many, this vivid memory still lives. A relaxed walking tour revisits former theaters, restaurants, hotels, and local businesses, along with pivotal moments such as historic fires, Aurora’s cultural ambitions and questionable cuisine. As we walk along Broadway, once dominated by streetcars and interurbans, we will take our time, pause at key locations, and invite participants to share their own stories and recollections. Along the way, we will highlight today’s downtown businesses and spaces, connecting the past to the present. Designed at a comfortable pace, this tour is as much about remembering together as it is about history. Please wear comfortable shoes and come prepared to reminisce. Tour will be led by local historian Tracy Duran. Meet at Aurora Historical Society, 20 E. Downer, Aurora.    Activity Level: LET'S GO.

This is a repeat of the June 17 tour.

Cofacilitator: Carl Hayes

How did humans go from roaming the land to building cities? Watch the video and join scientist Ella Al-Shamahi as she relates the story of civilization to life. She reveals how settling down sparked population growth, specialized work, governments, and written records that changed humanity.

Tour the home of the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry and Clothes Closet. The tour of the building and operations is 60 minutes with a 30 minute minute video presentation before the tour. These are amazing people who have brought a wonderful organization to people needing a bit of help. It's a story that's a long time coming to what it is today. Director Eileen Pasero will be our host. Activity Level: On Your Feet     LOCATION: 916 First Street, Batavia, Il. 27 parking spaces in the lot plus street parking.

Co-facilitator: Lynn Diviak

Participants will discuss the mental benefit derived from facilitating an LLI class. They will look at games for improving mental acuity and other ways of maintaining memory. Participants will take away skills they can use at home for improving their memory.