Lifelong Learning Institute at Waubonsee Community College

Co-facilitators:  Ann Hastert, Kim Carew

Why study the Underground Railroad (UGRR) when there are so many current events that demand our attention? Study to help give us greater and/or deeper understanding of today's events. Our study will be in two parts. Session 1: "Beginnings" will focus on those events dating from the Magna Carta in 1215 that contributed to a mindset that made the UGRR possible. Session 2: "Civil Disobedience" will go into detail on the involvement of First Congregational Church's pastors and members in this great endeavor. Be prepared to research areas mentioned that you don't know about and share your findings. Be prepared to share any knowledge you have of your church's involvement in similar acts of civil disobedience then and now - in today's "above ground" Underground Railroad.