In Sympathy: Mr. Vi Tran
Mr. Vi Tran, spouse of Rev. Brian Gilbert of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the age of 37.
Location: Multiple locations and online
Individual groups will hold events from Wed., Sept. 10 to Tues., Sept. 16.
CA2BC will be hosting free viewings and discussions about the movie A Binding Truth.
We have the honor of premiering this 90-minute film to the public before a shorter version is hosted by North Carolina PBS on October 1. Please check local listings.
In 1965, Jimmie became the first Black football star at an affluent Charlotte high school, thrust into one of North Carolina’s most volatile civil rights cases. De witnessed the events and wrote about them in a college essay. Decades later, a discovery in church records uncovers buried secrets, linking their lives to America’s broader story of slavery’s legacy, racial division, and the search for healing—their shared “binding truth.”
Individual groups will hold events from Wed., Sept. 10 to Tues., Sept. 16.
- Wed., Sept. 10, 7 p.m.
Euclid Ave. United Methodist Church, 405 S. Euclid Ave. Oak Park - Thurs., Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Pizza & Social Justice will partner together to show the film at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 393 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn - Thurs., Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
- Racial Awareness in the North Shore & Chicagoland Coming To The Table at the Northbrook Public Library, 1225 Cedar Lane, Northbrook
- Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Community Center, 1019 South Blvd., Oak Park
- Fri., Sept. 12, 6 p.m.
The CommUNITY Diversity Group of La Grange Area, the La Grange Public Library, First United Methodist Church of La Grange and The Kind Exchange are partnering to host a film screening at the library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave., La Grange - Fri., Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay, 819 E. Silver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay, WI - Sat., Sept. 13, Noon
Reparation Generation, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., Chicago - Sat., Sept. 13, 1:45 p.m.
Together is Better Alliance at Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., Oak Park, in the Veterans Room - Sat., Sept. 13, 2 p.m.
World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations, Villa Park Library, 305 Ardmore Ave, Villa Park - Sun., Sept. 14, 1 p.m.
Our Saviour's UMC, 701 E Schaumburg Rd, Schaumburg - Sun., Sept. 14, 4 p.m.
- United Methodist Church of Libertyville, 429 Brainerd, Libertyville
- Pizza and Social Justice at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 US Rte 1, Palm Coast, FL (Note time is 4 p.m. Eastern)
- Mon., Sept. 15, 5:30 p.m.
Illinois Citizens for Race Amity at the Naper Boulevard Library, 2035 S. Naper Boulevard, Naperville - Tues., Sept. 16, 2:30 p.m.
Dominican University, 4904 S. Lake Park Avenue, Chicago - Tues., Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 616 Lake St., Evanston - Tues., Sept. 16, 7 p.m.
League of Women Voters of Downers Grove/Woodridge/Lisle at Benedictine University, Goodwin Hall, Rm. 321, 5700 College Rd., Lisle
If anyone is interested in screening A Binding Truth for their group, faith community, or organization for a reasonable fee, please contact the director/producer, Louise Woehrle of Whirlygig Productions
For an additional fee, you can include the central subjects of the film, Jimmie Kirkpatrick and De Kirkpatrick, on a ZOOM call for follow-up discussion. They can be reached through Stirring the Ashes, LLC.
We are appreciative of our sponsors who are showing the film at no cost to their film attendees. If you are financially able to do so, we invite you to make a donation to any sponsors by going to their website. Our sponsors and their websites are listed here in the right column of the website.
special live interview
Join us for an interview with Jimmie and De Kirkpatrick, along with filmmaker Louise Woehrle.
Sun., Sept. 28, at 3 p.m., Online via Zoom