It's Time to Give a FECK (eBook, ePUB)

Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Kindness

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Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Kindnessthese four fundamental human values are the key to unlocking great unity and humanity. In It's Time to Give a FECK, Chaz Ebert takes the reader through a heartfelt journey of how the four FECK Principles have prevailed through the most adverse circumstances and united strangers in the name of love. Read on to discover the stories and science as to how the elevation of our personal humanity is key to keeping humanity as a whole united. None of us has to go it alone. Since her husband's, Roger Ebert's, death on April 4, 2013, it has been Chaz Ebert's fervent desire for things such as forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and kindnessthe FECK Principlesto spread in such a viral way that they become a natural part of our lives. A next step to the work Chaz and Roger began together, It's Time to Give a FECK is a call for the elevation of unity among humanity and a movement to transform empathy into action by choosing to become a part of the conversation surrounding the philosophical principles that matter for the betterment of our local and global societies. Good can come from the most frightening of circumstances and positive strides in human behavior can be made from even the most horrifying experiences. And transformations made within these times have the potential to be equally, if not even more, powerful if sustained. In It's Time to Give a FECK, Chaz Ebert takes readers on an awakening journey of how the FECK Principles have prevailed through the most adverse circumstances, uniting strangers in the name of love.

Where do we go from here?
What can we do to prove to one another that we really are in this together?
What contributions can we each make in the name of forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and kindness?

If you care about changing the way things are and bringing more lovefor life itself, for yourself, and for othersinto your life, this book will give you the stories and strategies that move you into action and allow you to "Give a FECK" in any way, big or small, that fills your heart and the hearts of others.

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Chaz Ebert is an active producer of television and movies, and the CEO of Ebert Digital LLC-publisher of the preeminent movie review site, Rogerebert.com. For twenty-four years, she shared a life with Pulitzer-prize winner, Roger Ebert. In their work to foster empathy through cinema and around the globe, they established the Ebertfest Film Festival and the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies at the University of Illinois. Chaz has passionately continued to lead all established events, while endeavoring to nurture the next generation of film writers, critics, and filmmakers through the Roger Ebert Fellowship, launched in 2014 by Sundance Institute Founder, Robert Redford. She also continues to award the Golden Thumb and Ebert Humanitarian Awards at Ebertfest, and at the Toronto and Chicago International Film Festivals to filmmakers who exhibit an unusually compassionate view of the world. As president of the Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation, Chaz's civic passions include programs to help break the glass ceiling for women and people of color; and to provide education and arts for women, children, and families. As the founder of "Day4Empathy," Chaz has become celebrated in the media and Chicago community for spearheading efforts for kindness-induced change. In her pledge to foster the FECK Principles of forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and kindness, she has also become a sought-out lecturer who has touched tens of thousands of attendees at events like Cannes; Telluride Film Festival; the Palm Springs Film Festival; Toronto, Chicago and Hawaii International Film Festivals; and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Her contributions have garnered her the 2022 FACETS Legend Award, 2022 Ruby Dee Humanitarian award at the Black Reel Awards, 2011 Focus Achievement Award from Women in Film Chicago and being named a 2019 Laureate of the Beethoven Spirit Award at the 10th Annual Beethoven Birthday Bash. Previously an attorney, Chaz was named Lawyer of the Year by the Constitutional Rights Foundation. She was named the 2019 Beethoven Laureate for being "a humanist who promotes justice and a better world through the arts" by the International Beethoven Project. She currently acts as a life trustee of the Art Institute and serves on the boards of the Lyric Opera, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, After School Matters, the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and the Honorary Board of Family Focus. She has also served on the Lawyers Committees of the presidential campaigns for President Clinton, President Obama, and Senator Hillary Clinton.