Halloween Procession: Memento Mori
Memento Mori: Remembering the inevitability of death and honoring our beloved who have passed in this time when the veil between this world and the next is the thinnest. 6:30 PM: gather at the PO Box for drinks, snacks, camaraderie and procession preparation. 7 PM: procession will leave from the PO Box, travel through the […]
Rogers Park Seed Library
Second Seed Library Meeting and introduction to seed saving workshop. Everyone, bring your seeds!
Opening: “Cuba Si, Bloqueo No!” ~ Looking at Revolutionary Cuba
“Cuba Si, Bloqueo No!” ~ a photo exhibition and a series of events throughout the month of November presented by HotHouse and PO Box Collective ~ is timed to coincide with a campaign to pass a resolution in Chicago City Council that would call for ending the blockade and normalizing relations with Cuba. Curated […]
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RPSN)
Beginning in November, RSPN meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm. 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 across the Chicagoland area. Using […]
Rogers Park Prison Letter Writing Coalition
RP-PLWC is a bi-monthly volunteer meetup that convenes at the PO Box twice monthly for prisoner solidarity letter writing, as well as packaging and mailing to abolitionist study groups supported by True Leap and other local organizations. This month, in concert with PO Box support of the resolution before the Chicago City Council to end […]
Movie Night ~ Soy Cuba by Mikhail Kalatozov
Hidden away in the Soviet archives for three decades, "I Am Cuba" is a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality -- a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. In four stories of the revolution, […]
Potluck and Discussion regarding the Resolution to the Chicago City Council restoring relations with Cuba
Share a meal and join the conversation related to the campaign to pass a resolution in the Chicago City Council on Cuba. Resolution Steering Committee members Sarah Staggs and Marguerite Horberg will co-lead the discussion. THE CALL FOR A RESOLUTION IN CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL This year an ad hoc group of people have come together […]