Geneva church to host peace marchers May 31

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. Second St., will host 20 peace marchers, who will present a program opposing mass incarceration in the U.S. and isolation or solitary confinement.

A 150-mile de-incarceration walk from Chicago to Thomson, Ill., will take place May 28-June 11. The walk is sponsored by Voices for Creative Nonviolence. They are opposing plans for the newest administrative supermax federal prison - ADX Thomson. Although Illinois is poised to pass a state law restricting the use of solitary confinement, the federal bureau of prisons will double its number of isolation cells by adding 1,900 of them in Thomson.

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, established in 1842 and the oldest church in Geneva, is a diverse, welcoming community that endeavors to make its covenant a living reality. They provide religious education and opportunities for spiritual growth. They encourage individual and mutual responsibility as together they work to be a liberal religious voice in the community and a force for compassionate social justice. For information, visit www.uusg.org.