We're eager to reconnect with you!

New members please follow these guidelines:

-New members must add a profile including attendance years, a picture, friends or all of the above within 48 hours of joining the site. After 48 hours, blank or suspicious profiles will be removed and the member banned.

-Family picture uploads are limited to 10 for public viewing. Any photos in excess of 10 or business materials must be marked for viewing by your friends only. Pictures taken at U of I or alumni events have no upload limit.

-This is a social connection site and may not be used to solicit business outside of the dedicated groups and featured businesses section. Do not post business materials in the public photo section. Violators will be removed from the site. Please contact Heather Duncan Whitt to feature your business or event on our front page.

Have fun reconnecting!

Fall is here, and while I love boots and sweaters, scarves and hoodies, hot fun in the summertime is definitely a thing of the past and future. So what are we doing now? I know you're not all hibernating yet, so give me the scoop and I'll pass it on. Also, be sure to join the Illinisoul group on Facebook...2009 is almost over and it's time to start gearing up for Reunion 2010, so we need to stay in touch. We can't let all of these copycat black alumni reunions show us up, we have to make 2010 even hotter!

Please email any events you want to see full of Illini for me to post to our events page. I'll also send a weekly blast email if I have enough events to mention, so remind me of your weekly, monthly and annual functions, and I'll remind everyone else.
To post your event, send me an email at hduncan1@msn.com. Please include event info in a word document or the body of the email...I need to be able to cut and paste it. I also need a jpeg of some type. Please try to give me a 2 week window of time to post, I'll try to get it up on the Monday before your event. See below for current fun stuff.

NOVEMBER

THE RETURN OF THE QUES!
Join the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity as they celebrate 80 years of history on the University of Illinois campus
FRIDAY, November 6th & SATURDAY, November 7th
Arrive at 10pm
Party ‘til 2am
LADIES FREE 'TIL MIDNIGHT
at GUIDOS (Lower Level)
2 East Main Street (Neil and Main) Downtown Champaign, IL
Classic Hip Hop, R&B, House, and Soul
By DJ Kaos and DJ Bonsu
DON’T MISS THE RETURN OF THE QUES!

THURSDAY November 19th
Join the University of Illinois Champaign’s Black Alumni Network Thursday at CloseUp2 Jazz Club
416 s. Clark St.
(312)385-1111
First set starts at 7pm. Admission is free.
The festivities continue every 3rd Thursday of the month.
CloseUp2 is a wonderful place to relax after a stressful day. Come out for cool jazz, conversation, and networking.

November 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th
"Fat B*tch!"
A 1 woman show by comedian Erica Watson
The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
8pm
$15 (save $5 when you purchase in advance)

Julia Huff in Concert...
3 M Lounge, 1520 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 7-10PM
6 Windy City Women of Color Gala (Open to Public) see flyer for info
7 A Motown Holiday Show see flyer for info
10-14 The Backroom
17 M Lounge
19 Bronzeville Clubhouse, 3847 S. Giles, 7-10PM...AWESOME VENUE!!!!
27 Katerina's, 1920 W. Irving Park, 6-9PM
29 Bronzeville Divas featuring Julia, Senebella and Joan Collasso

Please contact me via my page to feature your business here for one week...free! Include a blurb including contact info for the business (200 word MAX!) and a photo, logo or electronic business card. We will feature ALL appropriate submitted businesses...please save your porn sites and escort services for your MySpace page. Also note that there may be high demand for this space and know that everyone will be featured in the order info is received or at times appropriate to the business. When the lists ends, it will start again from the first featured business.

Heather D