By The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Join us on Jane Addams Day to reflect on the Occupy mo(ve)ment and what it means for the future.
Occupy Wall Street has captured the imagination of people around the globe and raised questions about how we can reinvent a more equitable system globally and locally. The movement has introduced a new language of hope, possibility, and change into American politics even as the police shut down encampments.
Date/Time:
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Museum will be open for public viewing from 2 – 3 p.m. with a Special 99% Tour starting at 2:15 p.m.
Location:
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL, 60607-4400
Featured panelists include:
Adam Green (moderator), historian and author of Selling the Race: Culture and Community in Black Chicago
Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and commentator on world affairs
Bernardine Dohrn, immediate past director and founder of the Children and Family Justice Center
Nathan Brown, scholar activist at UC Davis
Amisha Patel, community organizer and executive director of Grassroots Collaborative
Featured performances by poets Kevin Coval and FM Supreme. We will also hear perspectives on the Occupy movement from local respondents including representatives from the Immigrant Youth Justice League, Occupy the Hood and Occupy Chicago and a “Mic-Check” via Skype to organizers with Occupy Wall Street.
Cupcakes and Hot Chocolate will be served!
Free and open to the public.
Co-Sponsored by The Public Square and In These Times.
RSVP HERE.
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* All views expressed are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, or the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Architecture and the Arts.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on December 6, 2011