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SUMMARY:It's On Us: A Day of Art and Action
DESCRIPTION:Ofreceremos traducción al español de 6:00 a 8:00 p.m.! Nos vemos allí!    It’s On Us is a day of art and action on Saturday\, June 13th in celebration of Chicago freedom struggles. RSVP here to join us for the day's free activities\, which include workshops\, resources for resistance\, soapbox speeches\, and performances and art programming by Jamila Woods\, Taína Asili\, Damon Williams\, Maria Gaspar\, Kristiana Rae Colón\, and the Social Justice Initiative at UIC.    It’s On Us invites us to imagine: what blooms when ICE melts? The answer is on us to manifest together. Under authoritarian conditions and in times of repression\, we are encouraged to desensitize ourselves\, to ignore what we see\, hear\, smell\, taste and feel. On this day\, we call our neighbors to awaken their senses and one another: to see clearly\, to listen deeply\, to touch the ground and each other in solidarity\, to taste the sweetness of shared life\, to smell the earth that sustains us. By engaging our senses together\, we embody liberation and practice radical imagination\, building community through mutual aid\, mobilization\, and solidarity. When ICE melts\, what blooms next is not inevitable\, it is something we grow and cultivate together. Freedom begins when we remember that it’s on us.    Click here to RSVP for the festival!    SCHEDULE  Click here to view our full schedule with descriptions.      9:00 AM - 3:00 PM: Neighborhood Activations     	Blocks Together - 3711 W Chicago Ave - Feeding Freedom : Wellness Workshop\, Yoga\, Vegan Meal\, and Garden Planting - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM     	No RSVP needed       	Free Street Theater - 4625 S Ashland Ave - Social Justice Puppet-Making Workshop - 1:00 - 3:00 PM     	RSVP: itsonusxFST.eventbrite.com       	HANA Center - 2741 W Montrose Ave (Horner Park) - IGNR Drumming Performance &amp\; Workshop\, plus Community Picnic     	RSVP by Monday\, June 8: bit.ly/HANAJune13       	Kuumba Lynx - 4434 S Lake Park Ave (Kennicott Park Fieldhouse) - Interactive Poetry Workshop - 1:00 - 3:00 PM     	No RSVP needed       	Sistas in the Village - 5800 S Ada St - Flower Bouquet Making\, Flower Pressing\, and Tea Making Workshops - 9:00 - 11:00 AM     	RSVP here for Sistas in the Village activation       	18th Street Casa de Cultura - Good weather: outside 2057 W 18th St / Rainy weather: Casa Ilumina at 2032 W 18th St - Grabados para el Pueblo / Prints for the People - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM     	No RSVP needed        4:00 - 6:00 PM: Arts Activities\, Workshops\, Soapbox Speeches\, and Resource Fair     	DJ Rae Chardonnay   	Seed Songs with Maria Gaspar   	Disappearance Jail (Hole Punch Collage) with Maria Gaspar   	Mobile Street Art Cart with William Estrada   	Banners of Resistance with Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez   	Paper flower making for a mural and portrait frames with Kush Thompson and Silvia Inés Gonzalez   	Anímate Studio with Andrés Lemus-Spont and Marya Spont-Lemus   	Ear Seeds &amp\; Wellness Corner with Toni Asante Lightfoot   	Black Outside: Survival Kit with Jenna Anast   	Tabling by community organizations\, including Chicago Torture Justice Center\, Walls Turned Sideways\, Pilsen Arts &amp\; Community House (PACH)\, Free Street Theater\, Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP)\, Nuestro Chicago Archives\, Illinois Prison Project\, Midwest Books to Prisoners\, and Illinois Humanities   	Soapbox speeches by Richard Wallace (Equity and Transformation)\, Rey Wences (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)\, Rev. Jaime L. Fluker (Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation)\, and more   	Screening of short film "We Call Each Other" by Sarah Oberholtzer   	And more!    5:45 - 8:00 PM: Performances  Featuring a Chicago Second Line procession with Arif Smith\, Azania Drum\, Chicago Windy City Ramblers\, and Praise Mother\, leading in to performances by Jamila Woods\, Taína Asili\, Kristiana Rae Colón\, and Damon Williams    RSVP for the festival today!    TRANSIT AND PARKING AT DUSABLE    The DuSable Museum is located at 740 E 56th Place\, Chicago\, in the heart of Washington Park. The museum is served by the 55 bus (which stops .2 miles away)\, the 4 bus (which stops across the street)\, and the 2 bus (which also stops across the street). Discounted parking is available for Museum visitors at the University of Chicago Medical Parking Garage B at 5631 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Free street parking is available in some of the surrounding blocks on Morgan Drive\, Payne Avenue\, and Cottage Grove Avenue\, but please take care to look for street signage for any restrictions or further information.    QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY?      Write to ItsOnUsChicago @ gmail.com    We are grateful for the support of Illinois Humanities\, Woods Fund Chicago\, the Marguerite Casey Foundation\, Crossroads Fund\, and the Center for the Study of Race\, Politics\, and Culture at the University of Chicago. | Event post: https://sji.uic.edu/events?page_id=2376
LOCATION:DuSable Museum 740 E 56th Pl  Chicago IL 60637
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