Speakers

Speaker	Date	Topic
Dan Engel	Nov 18, 2025 8:00 AM	A Volunteer Immigration Attorney's Journey Dan Engel, a proud Evanston resident for the last 40 years, was a partner and trial lawyer in the firm of Peterson and Ross for 19 years. He then went in-house for the next 20 years, most of them as Senior Deputy General Counsel at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Throughout his career, and continuing past his 2016 retirement, Dan has done volunteer legal work in various areas, concentrating since 2003 on pro bono immigration work. Hosted by Robert Krause and Bruce Baumberger.
Program Committee	Nov 25, 2025	Online Member Gratitude Mixer
Tom Lenz	Dec 02, 2025	Moving from problems to issues: a key public life practice Every day we are confronted by intractable problems from crime to climate change to affordable housing. Progress on any of these challenges requires breaking them down into issues scaled to one's available power and resources. This interactive presentation will explore this practice using affordable housing as an example. Hosted by Jackie Mack.
No Club Meeting - Join us at the Holiday Party!	Dec 09, 2025
Jeffrey Wolfe	Dec 16, 2025	Artistic expression and mental health Institute of Therapy for the Arts CEO Jeffrey Wolfe will lead us in an interactive program to illustrate (pun intended!) how art therapy can promote mental health. Hosted by Bryant Wallace.
No Club Meeting	Dec 23, 2025	HOLIDAY BREAK
No Club Meeting	Dec 30, 2025	HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Vocational Services Committee	Jan 20, 2026	RI Theme for January: Vocational Service Organized by Neil Gambow and committee.