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The Raven Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, is privately funded and does not solicit contributions.

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm hostility. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Raven Foundation founder Suzanne Ross explains our mission

Something to Crow About
The Raven Foundation is a proud sponsor of Chicago Public Radio (91.5 FM). Listen to our clips from Worldview and Speaking of Faith
 
Upcoming Events

Icarus at the Lookingglass Theatre 
Join the Raven flock as we lift off with Artistic Director David Catlin (Lookingglass Alice) in this World Premiere Lookingglass Original. Using myth, visual metaphor, song and gravity-defying choreography, Icarus explores a father's need to have his child succeed, the psychological desire to take to the air, and the dizzying despair of falling.

Saturday, January 23, 2010
1:30 p.m. lecture
LUMA
820 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

Admission: Free

3 p.m. matinee
Lookingglass Theatre
821 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
 
Reduced priced tickets available

To reserve your ticket, contact Maura at 224-521-2491 or mjunius@ravenfoundation.org 

Lunch, Learn, Lead - A Family Event to Benefit CARE

CARE Senior Director, Partnerships and Alliances, Joan Garvey Lundgren speaks on the topic of Women and Children in the Developing World during an event sponsored by the Raven Foundation and First Congregational Church of Wilmette at Ten Thousand Villages in Evanston. A percentage of all purchases will be donated by Ten Thousand Villages to CARE. Parents and their children are invited to nibble, shop and support workers in the third world. CARE works to end global poverty by empowering marginalized women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.

Sunday, January 31, 2010
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Ten Thousand Villages
719 Main Street
Evanston, IL
Tickets
In Advance : $20 adults, $10 children under 12
At the Door: $25 adults, $15 children under 12
Reserve your ticket by contacting Maura at 224-521-2491 or
mjunius@ravenfoundation.org.

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Explore The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire website
Watch the videos! Take the quiz! Discover your pattern!

In her new book, The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire, Raven Founder Suzanne Ross examines the trials and travails of romantic love through the lens of mimetic theory. On the website, you can watch videos, read a chapter of the book, take a quiz, download music and discover your romantic pattern. It's wicked fun!

Illustrations by Susan Drawbaugh of Wee Five Designs.

 

Scandalizing Outbursts: which of these recent outbursts most scandalized you?


contest

Annual Essay Contest 

The Raven Foundation is sponsoring a contest for the essay that best communicates the theme of the 2010 COV&R conference,Transforming Violence:  Cult, Culture, and Acculturation
, to mainstream audiences. To be eligible, you must be a member of the Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R). Essays must be in English and must not exceed 2,000 words. Papers will be accepted from 1 September 2009 through 1 February 2010. Winners will be announced on 1 March 2010 on the website. Click the Contest button for more information and to submit your essay.

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