Chicago Cultural Alliance

Artecito Virtual: Aguilas
2022-05-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Artecito Virtual is a Spanish-language online arts workshop for families, presented by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo.
El águila calva y el águila real son aves simbólicas representadas en los Estados Unidos y en México. Ambos son fuertes, rápidos y se encuentran en la parte superior de la cadena alimentaria.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre águilas con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAguilas
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The Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle are symbolic birds represented in the United States and in Mexico. Both are strong fast, and are at the top of the food chain.
Join us as we explore more about eagles with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAguilas

Live Performance: Storytelling With OUTspoken
2022-05-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
For our final “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement” exhibition-related program, join us for an evening of captivating stories focused on LBGTQ+ and civil rights. The program will feature a variety of storytellers taking us on their personal journeys, speaking to the power and value of people sharing their life experiences.
Participants will include:
Archy Jamjun, Co-Curator for OUTspoken LGBTQ+ stories at Sidetrack and two-time winner of The Moth Grand Slam in Chicago
Jackie Kaplan-Perkins, Chicago and Midwest Director of Human Rights Watch
Mitch Hagan, Creative Director at OneSpan and adjunct professor of graphic design at Roosevelt University
Todd Michael Kiech, Chicago actor and performer, hand-cut collage artist (Really Gay Collage), and Sidetrack bartender
Willa Taylor, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Goodman Theater
Hosted by Art Johnston, Co-Founder of Equality Illinois and activist & leader in Chicago’s growing LGBTQ+ community.
ON-SITE | Non-Members: Museum Admission; Members: Free
ONLINE | Non-Members: $5.00; Members: Free

Scottish American History Forum
2022-05-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Online Event
Topic: Border Reivers – The Unknown Clans of the Lowlands
Presenter: Bruce S. Allardice, J.D., Instructor Social & Behavioral Science, History, Political Science, South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois

Interview with Hall of Fame Skating Champion Tiffany Chin
2022-05-07 14:30 - 15:30 | Online Event
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 7th, 2:30pm CT, as Figure Skating Hall of Famer and the very first Chinese American Winter Olympian Tiffany Chin shares her pioneering life story with the public for the very first time! NBC’s Chris Chen will moderate this FREE webinar.
Chin will be discussing her childhood upbringing in San Diego, her 1984 Winter Olympic competition, her 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medal & World Bronze Medals, her life after competitive skating, and her current career as an Olympic figure skating coach where she helped her althletes compete at the recent Beijing Winter Olympics.
CAMOC is thrilled to team up with San Diego State University, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, Chinese American Heritage Foundation, Chinese American Museum in Washington, DC, Wing Luke Museum, and Museum of Chinese in America for this event.
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Time: 2:30pm CT (12:30pm PT)
Location: Zoom
Register here

Streamable Learning: Cambodian Music: The Living Tradition
2022-05-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Online Event
In partnership with the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial and its Resident Artist Punisa Pov, Crossing Borders Music shares a program of newly arranged Cambodian songs, through which we’ll learn about Cambodian history, culture, and the rich, living tradition of Cambodian arts and music.
This educational livestream is for grades 6-12 students and teachers and open to all Chicago Public Schools teachers and students plus other Streamable Learning subscribers, and registration is required.

Paha Stitch: Reclaiming the name and restoring dignity to Lakota Beading
2022-05-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Rhonda Holy Bear will discuss her campaign to reclaim the Lakota language and eliminate the derogatory term “lazy stitch”.

About this event

Words we use to define Indigenous histories and traditions have significant meaning and power. Many common yet offensive terms still used today have racist origins to describe Indigenous artistic techniques and practices contributing to cultural erasure. Award-winning Lakota Artist Rhonda Holy Bear is committed to restoring the appropriate terminology and language to describe beading techniques. In this session, Rhonda will discuss her campaign to reclaim the Lakota language and eliminate the derogatory term “lazy stitch” used to describe long-venerated traditional beading techniques. Rhonda will share how the offensive word was used to imply Lakota grandmothers were “lazy” women whose artwork was unworthy of respect. She will introduce the appropriate term, “Paha Stitch,” meaning Hill Stitch or apahaka kagege used to reflect the Lakota values for industriousness and a strong work ethic. Rhonda invites others to change the name to Paha Stitch to honor and preserve the true legacy of Lakota/Plains women.

About the Artist
Rhonda Holy Bear was born in South Dakota in 1959. Rhonda is a Lakota transitional art figure artist. She has been creating figures for over 45 years. She spent her formative years on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and, later, in Chicago. Rhonda would eventually move to the southwest, settling in New Mexico and, most recently, Las Vegas, Nevada. As a youth, Rhonda researched the work of her ancestors in the vaults of the Chicago Field Museum. Her meticulous research and artistic gifts would establish Rhonda as a notable leader in her field. Her innovative transitional art figures, a combination of sculpture and traditional techniques, have elevated the prominence of Plains figures in contemporary Native American art. What were once primarily considered playthings are now highly collectible plains Indian art figures. Her work has been prominently displayed in museums and private collections in United States and around the world. Most recently, her work has been featured in The Metropolitan Art Museum of New York, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and at the Art Institute of Chicago and The Field Museum of Chicago. Rhonda was recently honored in a naming ceremony in her native South Dakota. Her Lakota name is “Wakah Wayuphika Win” (Making With Exceptional Skills Woman).

Music of Cambodia
2022-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Event
Representing the living tradition of Cambodian traditional music, Artist-in-Residence, Punisa Pov and her students will perform, demonstrate, and share the history of this ancient music.
Presented by National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial through Chicago Public Libraries
How to Attend
This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. By registering for this event, you agree to abide by the Library Use Guidelines.
Accessibility
Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Need live captioning for this event? Please call (312) 747-4072 or email access@chipublib.org. Requests for live captioning must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Faces and Places: Beyond the Headlines - Haiti
2022-05-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join the HAMOC as it opens its newest virtual exhibition by artist Ildi Tillmann

About this event

Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month with HAMOC!
Ildi Tilmann is an emerging, New York-based author and photographer of Hungarian origin. She has an MA in Africana Studies. Her Caribbean-related essays, short stories and photography have been featured in several US and Caribbean journals.
This event will include a walkthrough of the exhibition, artist talk and Q&A session

Artecito Virtual: Mono Araña
2022-05-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito Virtual is a virtual arts workshop for families in Spanish, presented by OPEN Center for the Arts in partnership with Lincoln Park Zoo.
¡Los monos araña son mamíferos clasificados como primates como tú y yo! Son vistos como animales traviesos, pero hay mucho que conocer sobre ellos.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre el Mono Araña con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoMono
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Spider Monkeys are mammals classified as primates like you and I! They are portrayed as mischievous animals but there is so much more to them.
Join us as we explore more about Spider Monkeys with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoMono

Classical and Modern Mies
2022-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 | National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
Join the Mies van der Rohe Society and the National Hellenic Museum as we explore the blend of classical influences and constructivist form in Mies van der Rohe’s architecture, with a special focus on how he folded the two together at the Illinois Institute of Technology – which houses the largest collection of his buildings. Reception to immediately follow.

Tickets: $40 in person, $10 virtual

RSVP by May 12th, 2022

Whose Democracy? Gender and the 5.18 Gwangju Uprising
2022-05-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join HANA this Friday as we commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising!
On May 18, 1980, democracy activists, students, and opposition leaders led a 9-day uprising in the South Korean city of Gwangju against martial law and the military dictatorship government of Chun Doo-Hwan. It is considered to have been a pivotal moment in the South Korean struggle for democracy.

Hayana Kim, PhD candidate at Northwestern University, will discuss the gender dynamics surrounding the Gwangju Uprising through the case of Jeon Ok Joo and her testimony in the 1988 Gwangju Public Hearings.

Triff ein Opfer des DDR-Geheimdienstes | Meet a Victim of the GDR Secret Service
2022-05-21 11:00 - 13:00 | IL, United States
Saturday, May 21 on Zoom

11:00 AM (Chicago) | 18:00 (Germany)
[This event will be presented in German]

Teilnehmer bekommen die Zoom Link per Email 1-2 Tage vor dem Event.

Am 13. Februar 1988 entschließt sich der damals 31-jährige Dresdner Harry Schulz zu einer Demonstration zu gehen, die an die Zerstörung Dresdens am Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges erinnert. Er hält ein Plakat mit der Aufschrift: “Nie Wieder so ein Inferno, aber Freiheit für andersdenkende Menschen.”

Innerhalb von zwei Minuten verhaftet ihn der DDR-Geheimdienst. Nach 12 Stunden Verhör wird er in die Untersuchungshaftanstalt der Staatssicherheit (Stasi) in der Bautzner Straße in Dresden gebracht und nur 19 Tage später vor Gericht gestellt. Das “Schnellverfahren” ergibt als Urteil ein Jahr, das er im Strafvollzug verbringt.

Am Samstag, dem 21. Mai dieses Jahres, mehr als 30 Jahre nach diesem Vorfall, laden die Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße Dresden und das DANK Haus German American Cultural Center Chicago dazu ein, den ehemaligen Untersuchungshäftling kennen zu lernen und ihm persönlich Fragen über seine Inhaftierung Zeit und Leben in der DDR zu stellen.

Cost: Free

Learn more: https://dankhaus.com/event-4803186

“Chinese Brothers, American Sons” Book Talk with Author Ed Shew
2022-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Online Event
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) is pleased to host this FREE book talk with Ed Shew, author of the historical novel Chinese Brothers, American Sons. Register here.

Two Chinese brothers arrive in America in 1854 on a death ship to escape poverty and oppression in China. Li Chang and Li Yu, ten years younger, search for Gold Mountain in the historical novel, Chinese Brothers, American Sons. Fighting the inhumanity and discrimination of the West, they work perilously to drive in the Golden Spike in 1869 and become inspirational builders of the first Transcontinental Railroad and this country.

From the author
“It’s the story of two Cantonese brothers who along with tens of thousands of men from southern China conquer the back-breaking construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s, the tunnels through the granite of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. No first-hand account describing the life of a Chinese railroad worker of the Transcontinental Railroad has ever been found. Historians have searched this nation and the winding road back to China, to the roots of these forgotten, invisible men. Many were literate, yet not a scrap of their writing remains. As a Chinese American, my goal is to tell this little-known story of these brave adventurers.” – Ed Shew

Virtual Artist Talk: Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre
2022-05-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Join HAMOC and Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre for an artist talk and Q&A.

About this event

Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month with HAMOC!
Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre is a American University adjunct professor in fine arts and an thirteen year veteran in DCPS. His exhibitions include the U.S. State Department, IMF, IDB, Smithsonian, & Embassy of Haiti. He was a 2015 Obama White House invitee for arts in Youth Justice.
Join us as we explore Jean-Pierre’s works!

NHM Virtual Book Club: Ariadne
2022-05-26 19:00 | Online Event
On Thursday, May 26th at 7pm we will be discussing Ariadne by Jennifer Saint Virtually via Zoom

About this event

Join the National Hellenic Museum’s Virtual Book Club!
Facilitated by NHM’s Resident Scholar Dr. Katherine Kelaidis & Manager of Programs & Events Cairo Dye, each month the NHM Virtual Book Club chooses a book that is either inspired by the Hellenic legacy or by a Greek American author (and sometimes both!). Then we gather to discuss the book on Zoom.
Book Club is free to join and meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm CST
In May, we will be discussing Ariadne by Jennifer Saint.
Support NHM with your purchase of Ariadne! When you buy your copy through this link, a portion of the proceeds will go to NHM: https://amzn.to/3DSmGJB
Click here to see all of our upcoming book selections
More about Ariadne:
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice.
When Theseus, the Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not a threat but an escape. Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will Ariadne’s decision ensure her happy ending? And what of Phaedra, the beloved younger sister she leaves behind?
Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.

Walking in Two Worlds: Understanding the Two-Spirit/Native 2SLGBTQ+ Community
2022-06-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Join Two-Sprit leaders Gary Neumann (Salish) and Lenny Hayes (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) on the historical roles and identities of Two-Spirit/Native 2SLGBTQ+ people and how colonization and historical and intergenerational trauma have impacted the Two-Spirit-LGBTQ+ Community. Together, Gary and Lenny will share their knowledge to educate individuals, families, and organizations to understand and support children, adults, elders, and relatives who may identify as Two-Spirit or Native LGBTQ+.

In this session, the presenters will:

Share the history and community roles of Two-Spirit people
Bring awareness to the high rates of violence placed on the Two-Spirit individuals
Discuss the behavioral health issues that impact the Two-Spirit Community
Inform participants how to be an ally to youth and adults who identify as Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ.

Gary Neumann Salish – Pend’Orielle
Gary Neumann is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation and identifies as Two-Spirit. He has over 35 years of experience in prevention and human resource development. Gary has worked successfully with various tribal, state, and federal agencies in program design, implementation, and evaluation, focusing on at-risk youth, families, and communities. Currently, Gary works for Tribal Tech as a Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator and serves as a task lead for training SAMHSA staff. He developed a series of newsletters – Spirit-Honor-Inclusion, focusing on Two-Spirit issues. Gary previously served as the Project Manager of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Access to Recovery III Program. He also served as the Training and Technical Assistance Director of the Native American Center for Excellence, a national resource center for Native American substance abuse prevention providing culturally centered training, technical assistance, and information resource services to various Native and non-Native audiences throughout the United States. His work experience includes extensive knowledge of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA), and how it applies to American Indians and Alaska Natives, having developed and conducted ACA trainings for Montana/Wyoming Tribes. Gary is skilled in assessment, capacity building, prevention specialist certification, marketing, grant writing, methamphetamine prevention, youth violence, bullying and suicide prevention, and sustainability. He has developed several culturally appropriate training curriculums and community-based organizing modules and presented and trained at national and international conferences throughout the United States, Alaska, and Canada. He is a certified SAPST Trainer/Facilitator.
Lenny Hayes Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Lenny Hayes is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe and is the owner and operator of Tate Topa Consulting, LLC and is currently in private practice specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has extensive training in mental and chemical health issues that impact the Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ+ and Native Community. Hayes speaks across the country on the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma, violence, child welfare issues, and the impact of sexual violence on men and boys. Lenny is the former Missing and Murdered Two-Spirit Project Assistant for Sovereign Bodies Institute and serves as a board or committee member for StrongHearts Native Helpline, Wac’ ang’a (Sweet Grass) Inc. Victim Services, First Nations Repatriation Institute, Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition, National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for LGBTQ/Two-Spirit children and youth in foster care, and the National Resource Center for Domestic Violence.

Artecito Virtual: Conejos
2022-06-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito is an online arts workshop for families, presented in Spanish.

¡Los conejos son animales sociales, y viven en comunidades llamada madrigueras!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los Conejos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoConejo
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Rabbits are social animals and live in communities called warrens!
Join us as we explore more about Rabbits with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoConejo
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Community Parades and Activism: LGBTQ Claiming its Space
2022-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Exhibition Viewing La Primera Parada & Panel Discussion

An open discussion about LGBTQ/SGL activism in Chicago communities. A panel of Latin@ and African American LGBTQ/SGL leaders will discuss the daring experience of walking for the first time on their community parades (1993-1994). A second panel of young activists will react and ask questions contextualizing that historical moment to current efforts and together discuss how to move forward. Some of the panelists include Alden Bell, Bonsai Bermúdez, Charles Nelson, David Gauna, Julio Rodriguez, Liliana Macias, Mona Noriega, Robert Castillo, and Shelton Watson.
The event is presented by the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance in partnership with ADODI Chicago – an SGL brotherhood organization for men of African descent, and ALMA – Association of Latina/o/x Motivating Action. The program is supported by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation’s Broadening Narratives fund.
The program will mark the exhibition closing “La Primera Parada (The First Parade): Chicago Stonewall Moments at the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, 3000 N Elbridge Ave (old firehouse near the corner of Central Park and Milwaukee Avenues in Avondale. Street parking is available and at the US Bank employee lot, 3617 W Oakdale, across from the bank’s customer lot).
Lunch snacks will be served. FREE but limited space – Register now.
For information – 773-252-8814 or email jorge@praachicago.org.
Visit PRAA’s website and learn about our digital archive program www.praachicago.org/el-archivo-project.

Online Lunch & Learn: ﻿Jewish and Indigenous People of Australia
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
Travel with author and Jewish historian Irene Shaland to Australia, from Sydney and Melbourne to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, to understand the land, its people, and their history. Discover how Aboriginal people played an important role in opening Australia to Jewish refugees escaping from the Nazi occupied Europe and how, years later, the descendants of these refugees were at the forefront of the struggle for the human rights of Aboriginal people.
In early December 1938, a delegation of Aboriginal people marched to Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. This was not a protest a State or Federal government in defense of their own human rights: it was a brave action demanding Germany to stop the prosecution of the Jews of Europe.
The leader of this march, William Cooper, was the founder of the Australian Aboriginal League and an unsung hero of the Aboriginal human rights struggle. In his own country, Cooper and his people had no legal rights and were officially classified as an equivalent of “flora and fauna.” At the time, Australia maintained the “White Australia Polices” and considered Jews, though not classified as “colored,” to be the “others” who should not be issued entrance visas.

Composers with Disabilities and Momenta Dance!
2022-06-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
Join us to revel in the beautiful music of composers with disabilities! This unique program features the world premiere performance of Rylan Gleave’s piano quintet “Boyh (bringer of your hair)” alongside world premiere choreography by Julia Cox, danced by Robby Williams and Connor Cornelius of Momenta Dance Company! In addition to these commissioned works, the program includes works selected from an international call for submissions for music creators with disabilities!
This event will be broadcast live on the Crossing Borders Music Facebook and YouTube channels.
Momenta Dance Company cultivates and presents repertory and contemporary dance works that strive to educate, innovate and amplify the artistry of students and professionals, inclusive of artists with disabilities.
Featuring Marianne Parker; piano; Rasa Mahmoudian and Jennifer Leckie, violins; Seth Van Embden, viola; and Tom Clowes, cello; with special thanks to Thavary Krouch for her technical support.
This program is made possible in part by the Paul M Angell Family Foundation and City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Crossing Borders Music acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
We recognize that some artists in this program prefer identity-first language (“disabled artists”), while others prefer person-first language (“artists with disabilities”).
Image Description: Dancer Robby Williams on a dark stage in front of a black curtain leans backwards with his head turned left while reaching his arm to the back of the left wheel of the manual wheelchair he’s using. Photo credit Momenta Dance.

A Celebration of Robert Joffrey: Heritage, Legacy, and Innovation
2022-06-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Online Event
MALA presents a special presentation and discussion centering on the legacy of legendary dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer Robert Joffrey, who was born Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan. Joffrey’s achievements and innovations in dance and education have helped to shape the landscape of arts in the U.S. and throughout the global community.

Join us on Wednesday, June 15th to learn more about Robert Joffrey’s life and legacy as we honor Pride Month and explore the influence of Muslim cultures and heritage in the arts. The program will feature a presentation on Robert Joffrey’s cultural and artistic background, with an emphasis on his contributions to the Chicago dance community, to be followed by a Q&A session.

*This program is made possible through the generous support of Illinois Humanities’ Activating History grant.

Artecito Virtual - Ajolote
2022-06-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
¡Los Ajolotes son anfibios que comienzan su ciclo de vida de huevo-larva-adulto en el agua y pasan por la metamorfosis y se mudan a la tierra cuando son adultos!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los Ajolotes con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Conéctate aquí: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAjolote
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Axolotls are amphibians that begin their egg-larva-adult life cycle in water and go through metamorphosis and move to land when adults!
Join us as we explore more about Axolotls with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Connect here: https://bit.ly/ArtecitoAjolote

Online Program | Muslims, the Holocaust, and Antisemitism
2022-07-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
At a challenging time for religious dialogue and healing, join us online with Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College and author of “Shoah Through Muslim Eyes,” as she explores the rejection of myths about the Holocaust and Jews, and offers new ways of creating an understanding between two communities through the acceptance and enormity of the Shoah. Dr. Afridi will also discuss Islam and principles of justice, as well as the role of Muslims in North Africa during the Holocaust, rescue stories, and how we can acknowledge narratives of suffering at different times in history.

Members: Free; Non-Members: $5.00

Members must sign in to take advantage of their member discount
Register: https://ihm.ec/muslimsandtheholocaust

Online Program - Breaking the Silence: Native American Boarding Schools
2022-07-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Event
Between 1869 and the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of Native American children were forcibly abducted from their homes and families and placed in more than 350 government-funded, and often church-run, Indian Boarding schools. These children were subjected to horrendous conditions, suffering physical, sexual, cultural, and spiritual abuse and torture.
They were banned from speaking their Native languages, from traditional and cultural practices, and stripped of traditional clothing, hair, and personal belongings. The express intent was to implement cultural genocide through removal and “reprogramming” Native children to carry out systematic destruction of Native cultures and communities. Many of these children never returned home, and their fates have yet to be accounted for by the U.S. government.
Join us for a poignant conversation with Dr. Samuel Torres, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), as he highlights and addresses the history and ongoing trauma created by the U.S. Indian Boarding School Policy.
Torres is expected to be accompanied by a boarding school survivor. There will be opportunities for questions after the discussion.
Reservations required.

Virtual Fireside Chat – Women in Philanthropy and Social Enterprise
2022-07-20 17:00 | Online Event
Join MALA for a fireside discussion centered on the leadership of women in the philanthropic and entrepreneurial space. Our special guest, Khitam Masoud, will sit down with MALA Co-Founder Zainab Khan to discuss her journey in philanthropy and social enterprise and share advice for other women navigating these fields.
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About Khit:
Khit is a first-generation Palestinian female immigrant born and raised in Northern California. At the age of 16, she was emancipated by the Sacramento Courts as she avoided an arranged marriage to her first cousin. Khit has been on her own ever since with no relationship with her family or relatives since 1998.

Working multiple jobs at a time to provide for herself, she has been trying to complete her first Bachelor’s degree since she graduated high school in 1999. Life lessons including; fighting cancer on her own, managing mental health and disorders such as PTSD, anxiety, ADHD, and depression, and surviving through abusive relationships and sex crimes, has made it very difficult in maintaining a 2.0 or higher G.P.A to complete a college education as a non-traditional adult student.

After surviving cancer in 2007, Khit moved to Chicago where she then learned more about how to get involved with not-for-profit organizations. For the past 6 years, she has been volunteering and working at Chicago-based organizations including Imerman Angels, a 1-on-1 cancer support organization, as a Mentor. Angel. Khit has gained an overwhelming amount of experience and skills thanks to non-profit professionals in her life that have become some of her most trusted mentors today. Her passion for philanthropy and making an impact on women like her, became the impetus for starting her own charity, Blessons for Women (Blessons, NFP). With more than 200 speaking engagements under her belt, she has learned how to cultivate relationships within the Chicago community and beyond

Artecito Virtual - Caballo
2022-07-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
¡Los caballos tienen 10 músculos diferentes en las orejas y esto les permite girar casi 180 grados!
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los caballos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoCaballo
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Horses have 10 different muscles in their ears and this allows them to rotate nearly 180 degrees!
Join us as we explore more about Horses with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoCaballo

Devouring Empires: Transmitting Sacrit Tongues
2022-07-28 19:00 | Online Event
TIES is excited to announce DEVOURING EMPIRES, an evening of poetry by Demian DinéYazhi’ @heterogeneoushomosexual and Joss Barton @ganjacum_! Join us Thursday, July 28 at 7 pm CDT for this virtual event hosted by TIES and @centernativefutures. Register for free at the link in our bio or bit.ly/devour7
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Devouring Empires is a Trans, Non-Binary, and Queer futurist poetic offering and call for liberation through the endurance performance poetry of Indigenous Diné artist Demian DinéYazhi´(they/them) and Trans artist Joss Barton (she/her).
Demian DinéYazhi´’s WE LEFT THEM NOTHING is an homage to 90s nihilistic pessimism written between 2018 and 2021. Their long form poetry is a testament to decay and destruction of colonial structures as a regenerative force necessary for rebirth, transition, and survival. Their performance is a ceremonial offering to sacrit Indigenous Land, QTNB2S ancestors, and the reclamation of suppressed power.
Joss Barton’s poem The Wagons Ain’t Here Yet… is a collection of visions, hallucinations, dispatches, and warnings from the fourth dimension. Written in 2017, Wagons is a psychedelic diary of transsexual femme longing, drugs, sexual desires, and ancestral possession. Mixing spoken word, projection art, and drag her stage performance is both a call to arms and a ts oracle prophecy for America.
Devouring Empires seeks to hasten the destruction of global systems of power by liberating the untold and defiant stories of our resilience and survival as indigenous and transgender peoples through the powerful medium of physical and performance poetry, drag artistry, and sacred forms of queer prophecy and protest. for

Artecito Virtual - Lagartos
2022-08-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
El lagarto más pequeño del mundo mide solo 16 mm de largo (lagarto de Jaragua) y puede caber en la longitud de una moneda de veinticinco centavos. El más grande mide unos 10 pies de largo (Komodo).
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los lagartos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoLagarto
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The smallest lizard in the world is just 16 mm long (Jaragua Lizard) it can fit in the length of a US quarter. The biggest is about 10 ft long (Komodo).
Join us as we explore more about Lizards with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoLagarto

Online Lunch & Learn: “The Watchmakers”
2022-08-16 12:00 | Online Event
Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland, in 1919. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father’s trade at an early age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never imagined that the tools and skills they learned from their father would be key to their survival.
Join us in conversation with Scott Lenga as he recounts the moving and harrowing story of the Holocaust through the eyes of his father and two uncles – the Lenga brothers, three young men whose watchmaking skills, rudimentary tools, and an entrepreneurial spark – helped them survive Nazi concentration camps and stay together despite the odds
Free to the public. Register: https://ihm.ec/watchmakers

Artecito Virtual - Gorilas
2022-08-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Artecito is a family-friendly arts workshop, presented for free and in Spanish. Presented by OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo.

Los gorilas son animales interesantes con un comportamiento y emociones similares a los humanos, como la risa y la tristeza.
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los gorillas con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoGorila
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Gorillas are amazing animals with human-like behavior and emotions such as laughter and sadness.
Join us as we explore more about Gorillas with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoGorila
