Creative Organizing in Chicago: Integrating Arts and Culture in Movements for Social Justice
Tuesday, October 19, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Organized by Caron Atlas, project director, Arts & Democracy Project; Denise Brown, executive director, Leeway Foundation; Naomi Jackson, program associate, Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Presented by Salome Chasnoff, executive director, Beyondmedia Education; Jose Lopez, executive director, Puerto Rican Cultural Center An Juan Antonio Corretjer; Asad Jafri, director of arts and culture, Inner-City Muslim Action Network.
Join some of Chicago's most creative organizations in a discussion about integrating arts and culture into movements for social justice. Learn about efforts to support youth leadership development, resist gentrification, and improve prison conditions, and hear how several local programs have effectively transformed and amplified the stories of under-represented groups.
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