Join Us For Our Annual Diversity Days (Rally & Movie)!

Held each September, “Diversity Days” is the name given to the Race Unity Rally, movie screening and associated activities. America continues to struggle with troubling racial and social issues. Diversity Days is an annual reminder that we all need to recognize and appreciate our diversity and work together to make our community a better place for everyone.

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Unity Rally

The CommUNITY Diversity Group of La Grange Area (CDG) holds the Race Unity Rally on the second Sunday in September.  Held at La Grange Village Hall for many years, the short program is multi-faceted and typically includes a Race Unity Day Proclamation by the Village of La Grange, a music performance, a featured speaker, and elementary and high school youth. Another major component is a presentation to deserving community members of the Minnie Carr Community Service Award and the Lifetime Diversity Achievement Award.

Storytime

Antiracist Story Time

September 10 @ 10:30 am

Join our story time at the La Grange Farmer’s Market, sponsored by the La Grange Public Library

A Binding Truth Movie

TBD | Free

Watch and discuss a film with us. Refreshments included. Registration required

Unity Rally

September 13 @ 3:00 pm

Join us as we celebrate and honor our guests. Featuring Desiree M. Scully of Aging Care Connections and award winners Regina McClinton and Jim Hinckley.

Enjoy Photos From Previous Years

CDG Diversity Days Awardee Bessie Boyd
CDG Diversity Days Linda Eastman Rally Co-Chair
CDG Diversity Days Movie Night
CDG Diversity Days Group
CDG Diversity Days Choir
CDG Diversity Days Group
CDG Diversity Days Group
CDG Diversity Days Group
CDG Diversity Days Desiree Scully ACC
Recommended Films

We host a public film screening in the Fall highlighting an issue related to diversity. We bring people together to view the film and discuss its relevance to our lives today. Watch our prior featured movies.

Summer Reading

CDG has participated in area-wide initiatives to read a book over the summer and then host discussions of the book in September. Books read include:

  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

  • How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram Kendi

  • Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

  • The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

  • See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur

  • Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us by Mark Yaconelli

Thanks To Our Movie Co-Sponsors Who Make This Happen!

  • La Grange Public Library

  • First United Methodist Church of La Grange

  • The Kind Exchange