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Details: Another Chicago #7 May
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Event Dates: Tuesday May 1 May Day! Workers Holiday! Immigrant Rights!

+ Meet @ 12:30pm
South: Benito Juarez 2140 S. Ashland
North: Adalberto UMC 2716 W. Division
+ 1:30pm Union Park(Ashland Ave. & Lake Street)
March Together Downtown
+ 3pm Rally @ Daley Center (50 W. Washington)

"In 1886, Chicago's immigrant workers fought for and won the 8-hour
work day. Today, workers around the world remember the Haymarket
Martyrs with celebration on May Day. One hundred and twenty one years
later, immigrant workers are once again leading the struggle for
workers rights by demanding the lealization of all undocumented
workers."

Website for more info:
http://somosunpueblo.com
http://elzocalourbano.net
http://www.movimiento10demarzo.org/
http://www.mayday2007.org/
773-523-8261

+++ also another anti-war action by the folks of Kick Boeing to the Curb
http://kickboeingtothecurb.wordpress.com/19/

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Event Dates: Tuesday, May 1st to Saturday, May 5th

Video Machete's SOMOS MEDIA FEST 2007
Albany Park Community Arts Cooperative
3460 W. Lawrence Ave.
A gathering of works that bring together the creative energy of
artists, filmmakers, educators, performers, activists and community
members featuring film screenings, audio installations and artworks,
hands-on workshops, and performances.?Opening gala May 1 features
audio installations and artworks by Exposures Project and performance
by Chicago nueva cancion singer Tonateu and documentary The Take by
Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein.?Cost for opening night is $8/$3 seniors,
students, and youth. For more information, visit www.videomachete.org
or call Cesar at 773-645-1272.
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Event Dates: Wednesday 05.02 May Day History Walking Tour @ Jane
Addams Hull House
4-630pm
Location: Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted – This
location is wheelchair accessible.

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Event Dates: May 4 Throughout the Day

Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team presents our:
2nd Annual Day of Action Against Street Harassment
Join us in supporting girls' safety.
Sign up to take "action" against street harassment.
We welcome group and individual actions.
For more information:
E-mail the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team at rpywat@hotmail.com
or visit our website at www.youngwomensactionteam.org
The YWAT is a youth-led, adult supported social change project that
empowers young women under 21 years old to take action on issues that
affect their lives.
See this link

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Event Dates: Saturday May 5 at NOON
HOW WE COORDINATE: Locally Focused Publications Sharing Resources

AREA INFRASTRUCTURE LECTURE @ VERSIONFEST
Location: Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan St.

Discussion with locally focused critical publications: Contra Tiempo,
Skeleton News, AREA, Journal of Ordinary Thought, Lumpen, Indymedia
and others. The conversation will deal with brief introductions to
each of the presentations and then deal with possible ways of
collaborating between projects.

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Event Dates: Saturday May 5 10am + 2:30pm

Lavie Raven, University of Hip-Hop, Two participatory workshops
Two workshops with Lavie Raven, Prime Minister of Education of
the University of Hip-Hop, at Midway Studios. The morning
workshop introduces basic skills involved in graffiti writing
for community murals; you will produce a mural by the end of
the session. In the afternoon, an urban farmer and political
organizer present strategies for incorporating the hip-hop
arts into education and media production. Both events meet
Saturday, May 5 at Midway Studios, 6016 Ingleside Ave., Chicago.
• 10am-1:30 pm, "Addicted to Paint: How to Use the Spraycan
and Graffiti for Community Murals" (LIMIT 12, preregistration
required: to register, send a message to
pathogeographies@uchicago.edu; preference given to U of C
affiliates)
• 2:30-6pm "Apprenticeship Training: Hip-Hop, Urban Farming,
and Political Activism" (LIMIT 40, preregistration required:
to register, send a message to stylekillers@yahoo.com )

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Event Dates: Saturday May 5 9:00 A.M . - 12:00 P.M

Planners Network UIC Invites you to A Free Event

*/ Urban Agriculture + Planning Forum @ Pulaski Park Fieldhouse/*
1419 W. Blackhawk St.

What would fundamental change in the way Chicagoans consume and produce
food look like? How can this change come about?

*/Why:/** *The purpose of the forum is to create networks between
various people who are concerned about sustainable urban agriculture and
inner-city food access.

*/Who:/* Our forum will feature:
·        Lynn Peemoeller of Sustain, a non-profit that encourages
policymakers to take action to create a healthy, sustainable society.
·        Pam Broom, of Growing Power, a non-profit that inspires
communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and
ecologically sound;
·        Ken Ronton of a chef and food activist who has worked and
written for Chefs.com <http://Chefs.com>.

*Who we are:* PNUIC is a student-run local branch of an international
professional network organization. The Planners Network an association
of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in
physical, social, economic, and environmental planning in urban and
rural areas, who promote fundamental change in our political and
economic systems.

*Please RSVP for the Urban Agriculture + Planning forum contacting*
Sarah Morton President, PNUIC (312) 404-1411 smorto3@uic.edu

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Event Dates: May 9, Wed, 7 pm, Gerber Hart Library, 1127 W Granville
THE FIRST GAY MOVEMENT IN HISTORY
Bi-monthly reading discussion group on LGBT history.
Sponsor:  Gay Liberation Network
Info: LGBTliberation@aol.com, www.GayLiberation.net, 773.209.1187

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Event Dates: May 10th @ 5:30pm
Local Reporting and Human Rights Abuses in Chicago: A Conference

Ever wonder why some things just don't get the coverage you think they
deserve in Chicago's media? Come hear award-winning media
professionals talk about the challenges and efficacy of writing on
human rights abuses in our city.

Jamie Kalven–independent journalist and founder of the Invisible Institute
John Conroy—staff reporter for the Chicago Reader
Beauty Turner—assistant editor and reporter of Residents' Journal
Salome Chasnoff—executive director of Beyondmedia Education

Moderated by Steve Edwards, host of 848 on WBEZ
@ Experimental Station (6100 Blackstone Ave)

For more information log on at http://shr.uchicago.edu

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Event Dates: May 11 6pm

"Come one come all to the Opening of a Ghetto Gallery"

Location- Ghetto Gallery
7911 South EvansTime-6:00 PM.
Info-Ms. Beauty Turner-312-745-2686 wk -1-773-297-5619
$10 donation $12 at the door.

"Ms. Beauty Turner National Award winning Journalist /Activist/ Ground
Breaking Researcher is opening a photo gallery to savor the flavor of
public housings. Turner lived 16 years in the bowels of the ghetto of
the infamous Robert
Taylor Homes- during that time She took pictures, wrote stories and
documented key events and she wants to share them with the world so
she lined the walls with her photos."

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Event Dates: Friday, May 18, 2007, 9:30 - 5:00pm

First Annual Social Justice Student Exposition

Interested in learning what Chicago High School youth have to say
about Gentrification, The Iraq War, School Closings, Pollution,
Hip-Hop and many other social issues?
Please join us as Chicago Youth Initiating Change (CYIC) present their
research projects and lead workshops on social justice issues
Venue: University of Illinois at Chicago, Student Center East (SCE),
750 S. Halsted, Room 302
For more information please contact Sonia Oliva (soliva1@uic.edu),
Anton Miglietta ( antonmiglietta@sbcglobal.net), or the Collaborative
for Equity and Justice in Education (ceje@uic.edu)
More information at http://www.uic.edu/educ/ceje/

Promotional Video at
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2022567724

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Event Dates: Friday, May 18, 12:30 pm

Institute for Infinitely Small Things, A Case for Feeling Insecure
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things, a performance
research collaborative based in Cambridge, MA, will produce
"Unmarked Package: A Case for Feeling Insecure" at locations
in Chicago characterized by excessive security. Having
observed that the Unmarked Package appears frequently in the
literature on security and emergency preparedness and in
actual reported events that evoke fear and insecurity around
the nation, the Institute seeks to use "Unmarked Packages" to
test for insecurity in Chicago's public places.
Presentation, Contemporary Art
Workshop. CWAC 152 - Cochrane-Woods Art Center (CWAC) is at 5540 S.
Greenwood Ave.,
Chicago (opposite the Smart Museum).

This event is a part of: Pathogeographies: Or, Other People's Baggage
A project/event series organized by Feel Tank Chicago
(http://feeltankchicago.net/)

How do you carry your pile of political feelings, and how do
you want to encourage others to carry theirs?

In June, Pathogeographies events continue at Gallery 400, 400
S. Peoria, on the UIC campus.

Please email pathogeographies@uchicago.edu for more information.

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Event Dates: Saturday May 19th – 2 to 5 p.m.

The Chicago Freedom School and the Jane Addams Hull House Museum
Present Young Women's Leadership in the Civil Right's Mvmt
Screening/Discussion
Location: Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted – This
location is wheelchair accessible.

Screening: Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders, A film by Joan Sadoff,
Dr. Robert Sadoff and Laura J. Lipson
Discussion: Barbara Ransby – Ella Baker and SNCC and Young Women's
Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.

THIS IS A YOUTH-FRIENDLY EVENT!!!  We invite young people ages 13 and
over to attend this screening and discussion.  If you are bringing a
group, please RSVP to csfs_youth@yahoo.com by May 10th 2007.

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Event Dates: May 31

New Local Projects Exhibition Space Looking for Applicants
The ThreeWalls (www. three-walls.org) artist residency program that
started about 3 years ago in town has opened a new space called "solo"
is intended to offer up exhibition space and resources (up to $500
materials stipend + promo) for Chicago based artists (individuals and
groups) to show new art projects.

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Event Dates: May 31 I-GO Party @ Metro

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Event Dates: May 31-June 3
Sistersong Presents, "Let's Talk About Sex" 2nd National Conference
and 10th Anniversary
Wyndham Hotel, 6810 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont.
Workshops and plenaries will cover "birth control, senior sexuality,
STDs, microbicides, gynecological health and wellness, erotica,
militarism, and more, all through a reproductive justice lens." Costs
vary ($10, youth to $300, organizations) Early bird registration ends
April 30. Learn more and register at www.sistersong.net or call
404-344-9629.

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Event Dates: June 1-7

What: LUNATIC(a)S Presented by Teatro Luna: Chicago's only All-Latina
Theater Company
Where: Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL
           When:             PREVIEWS: June 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2007
                       OPENING: Thursday June 7th, 2007
                       RUNS FROM: June 7th to July 15, 2007.
                       Thursdays @ 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays @
8pm, and Sundays @ 3pm,
Who:   PERFORMED: by Belinda Cervantes, Maritza Cervantes, Gina
Cornejo, Yadira Correa,  Miranda Gonzalez, and Suzette Mayobre.
           DIRECTED AND DEVELOPED BY: Tanya Saracho
How Much?:   PREVIEWS: $10, $7 Students (ID required)
                       GENERAL: $15, $10 Students (ID required),
Groups of 8 or more, $12
For Reservations: Call 773-878-LUNA
For more information visit: www.teatroluna.org

As all Teatro Luna shows, LUNATIC(a)S is performed in English with a
sprinkle of Spanish.

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+++++++++ ONGOING EVENTS AND CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION ++++++++++++
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+ CAAAELII Needs Technology Volunteers

The Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European, and Latino Immigrants
of Illinois has a new public access computer lab @ 4300 N. Hermitage
Ave
Interested in volunteering to supervise open lab time or teaching
technology classes? Contact Marc Kelley @ 773 248 1019

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+ Collaborative Bike Repair Clinics with Chicago Community Bike Project
Every Other Saturday Noon-7pm FREE!
@ West Town Bikes 2418 W. North (in back)
May 12/26 June 9/23 July 14/28

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+ Announcement/Call For Participation

Living Kitchen: New Urban Food Workshops
If you've never gotten a chance to join local artist-gardner-ecologist
Nance Klehm's urban food workshops, you are in for a treat this
spring. Klehm has just announced a new series of "Living Kitchen"
workshops that will include foraging for food in the urban landscape,
cheese-making, pickling, sourdough and medicine. According to Klehm,
"Living Kitchen is about direct experience with what is living and
growing around us, new tastes, simple food-making processes, and
sharing with others." Contact Nance @ nettlesting@yahoo.com for more
information
5/6, Sunday 1-5 pm - $70 raw cheese
5/12, Saturday 2-4pm by donation**, urbanforage walk, location TBA
5/27, Sunday, 1-5pm - $70 Raw Cheese
6/16, Saturday 2-4pm by donation**, urbanforage walk, location TBA
6/24, Sunday, 1-5pm - $50 local medicine herbal
tinctures/salves/syrups/lozenges and teas

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+ Help Uncover Hidden History

Currently looking for veterans of JOIN Community Union, the Young
Patriots Organization and Rising Up Angry to interview for a book on
community organizing of poor whites during the sixties. Did you belong
to one of these groups or work with them? If so, we want your story.
Please contact James Tracy at partisanblock@earthlink.net or (415)
260-9496.

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+ Announcement/Call For Participation

Pedagogical Factory
Exploring Strategies for an Educated City
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL USA
July 22-September 23, 2007

For updated information visit our site at
http://www.stockyardinstitute.org/PedagogicalFactory.html
Contact Jim Duignan at factory07@gmail.com

On July 28, AREA and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance/Journal of
Ordinary Thought will sponsor a symposium dealing with informal
educational practices geared towards adults at the HPAC. (see
www.jot.org for more information)

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+ Announcement/Call For Participation

Please register to attend Free Minds, Free People online at
www.edliberation.org/conference. The conference will take place in
Chicago at Little Village/Greater Lawndale High School, 3120 S.
Kostner Ave from June 21st to June 24th 2007.

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+ Announcement/Call For Participation

Pathogeographies: Or, Other People's Baggage
A project/event series organized by Feel Tank Chicago
(http://feeltankchicago.net/)

How do you carry your pile of political feelings, and how do
you want to encourage others to carry theirs?

A series of events May 5-24 at the University of Chicago and
Mess Hall, organized in conjunction with Feel Tank Chicago's
project "Pathogeographies: Or, Other People's Baggage" at
Gallery 400, June 15-July 7, 2007

Events are co-sponsored by the Arts Planning Council, Division
of the Humanities, Center for Gender Studies, Department of
Visual Arts, Feel Tank Chicago, and Mess Hall

For more information, contact pathogeographies@uchicago.edu

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+ Announcement/Call For Participation
A new email list-serv for critical/social/activist art practices in Chicago.
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/gochgo (you can subscribe from going
to that link)
Review the Archive online and look for the very first post to better
understand the objectives and ideas of the discussion list