PO Box at Artists of the Wall
The PO Box Collective will facilitate a participatory memorial for people who died during the pandemic. Come stencil a flower and paint a name to remember a loved one. About the Artists of the Wall event: the 600’ wall features 160 individual “artist spaces” of various sizes and shapes and runs along the lakefront between […]
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
We are here every Sunday 11am-1pm honoring those who have been killed by police. Please join Cheap Art for Freedom (CAfF) and PO Box Collective in the maintenance of our public memorial under the El tracks at Glenwood and Farwell, to wheat paste a name to the wall, help keep the memorial swept, add flowers, […]
Online: Nonfiction Read-Aloud Book Group
OnlineNonfiction Read Aloud Book Group meets online on the first Monday of each month, 6:30 - 8:00 pm. We take turns reading aloud to each other and interrupt frequently to discuss the text. You are not required to read in order to participate. We are currently reading Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, […]
CANCELED: Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]
CANCELED: Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]
Rogers Park Treatment Not Trauma Town Hall
Wyllie White Park 1610 W Howard, Chicago, IL, United StatesRogers Park needs Treatment Not Trauma. Come join Rogers Park neighbors in a community town hall on the Treatment Not Trauma program that could implement a mental health first responder program that uses trained mental health professionals instead of armed police. This program has been successfully working in many cities around the country. It was […]
PortalVision: Outdoor Screening of Haile Gerima’s Sankofa + New Rhythm Arts Center Drum Ensemble
Touhy Park 7348 N Paulina, Chicago, IL, United StatesWe know the pandemic is a portal. But what's on the other side? Join AfroSoc, PO Box Collective, Solidarity Cinema, and local organizations for a night of Afrofuturist films and conversation. What does our collective future look like? Let's dream it up together. This will be the first screening of a series. We will be […]
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
We are here every Sunday 11am-1pm honoring those who have been killed by police. Please join Cheap Art for Freedom (CAfF) and PO Box Collective in the maintenance of our public memorial under the El tracks at Glenwood and Farwell, to wheat paste a name to the wall, help keep the memorial swept, add flowers, […]
Pride Without Prejudice 2021!
The cancellation of last year's "Pride Parade" gave several Queer community members the opportunity to replace that vapid, corporation-drenched spectacle with a truly community-driven event & we did it with “Pride Without Prejudice." This year, rather than a parade with most people passively viewing from the sidelines, we will have a participatory march that centers […]
CANCELED: Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]