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The Reverend Cecil Williams, a cochairman of the first national symposium on the black family and crack cocaine, will be the keynote speaker at today’s citywide youth rally against drugs. Sponsored by the Chicago Temple and the local chapter of the Urban League, the free program starts at 12:30 PM at 77 W. Washington. Call 236-4548 or 285-5800, ext. 358.
There’s a storage room at the DuSable Museum of African American History that’s crammed from floor to ceiling with plaques, awards, and other gifts given to Mayor Harold Washington. Ramon Price, the museum’s chief curator and Harold’s half brother, has selected a handful of Harold’s favorites to accompany The Washington Years: 1983-1987, the new photo-essay exhibition opening at noon today at the museum, 740 E. 56th Place. Among the gifts are the Super Bowl football that sat on the credenza in the mayor’s office and a sacred Maori sculpture. All but two of the photos in the show are by municipal press-office photographer Antonio Dickey. Regular museum hours are noon to 5 Saturday and Sunday, 9 to 5 Monday through Friday. Admission is $2, $1 for seniors and students with IDs, 50 cents for kids. Call 947-0600.
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The human life cycle has certain losses built in, says Judith Viorst, author of the best-selling Necessary Losses. You can let them devastate you or use them to gain insight. Viorst, an academic associate of the American Psychoanalytic Association, will offer “More Ideas About Necessary Losses,” the 16th Helen Ross lecture sponsored by the Institute for Psychoanalysis, at 7:30 PM at First Chicago Center, 1 S. Dearborn. It’s free. Call 726-6300.
