Co-founder and executive director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, Brenda Myers-Powell was a product of human trafficking at the age of 14, when she escaped an abusive home life and learned to navigate the streets of Chicago. She endured continued abuse and addiction for 25 years as a prostitute and survived to mentor young women out...

The artist Erin Furimsky will be giving a public lecture about her work in Art History Room 111 in the Clark Arts Center at 5 p.m. Immediately following, there will be a public reception for her solo exhibition, “Beneath Repetition” at the Rockford University Art Gallery in the Clark Arts Center from 6-8 p.m. Erin...