Virtual Town Hall: Illinois Black Caucus’ Criminal Justice Bill

Virtual

Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. Join us on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. for a virtual town hall to discuss the Illinois Black Caucus' Criminal Justice bill. This an excellent opportunity to learn about the real facts of this legislation. CAASE's Legal Director, Mallory Littlejohn, will be participating as an expert panelist. To […]

How Do You Survive? A performance and poetry reading.

Printers Row Literary Fest

Through a project sponsored by Poetry Foundation, the Chicago Reader curated a series of poems written in response to the question: In the wake of sexual violence, exploitation or harassment, what does survival look like? The resulting poetry and spoken word, curated by writer Nikki Patin, is truthful yet hopeful, speaking to the resilience of […]

Free

Speaking Poetry to Power: A writing workshop.

Printers Row Literary Fest

Speaking Poetry to Power: Surviving Something is a workshop about navigating what we've survived. What has always been true and is becoming more and more amplified these days is that we're all surviving something. From generational trauma to institutional brutality, we're in a cultural moment of confronting that which needs to be called out into […]

Free

How I Survived

Virtual

Monthly performance series that amplifies stories of how folks are surviving the trauma they've lived.

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