![]() ![]() This episode features return guest adrienne maree brown, a writer, movement worker, facilitator, and thinker who has deeply shifted the philosophies and tactics of contemporary liberation work.Īdrienne is the writer-in-residence at the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute, and author of "We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice," "Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good," "Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds," and is the co-editor of "Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements and How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office." She is the cohost of the How to Survive the End of the World and Octavia’s Parables podcasts. Support the hunger strike by donating to their GoFundMe: ĪirGo is excited to present The Notebook Suite, a series of conversations with writers about liberation, craft, and radical imagination co-curated by poet Nate Marshall. Thanks to the hosts and panelists for letting us share their stories and perspectives on AirGo!Ĭome to a socially distant rally at Mayor Lightfoot's house (3325 w Wrightwood Ave) on at 5pm! Existing pollution threats continue to burden the Southeast Side and residents have continued to express serious concerns about the rushed permitting process that has shut out community feedback. ![]() The proposed site for the massive industrial metal shredder would be next to residential areas, schools, parks, and the Calumet River. The hunger strikers say they are willing to risk their well-being during a global pandemic to put an end to racist zoning policies that have continued for decades. The city has lacked transparency, participation and fairness in its permitting process for the proposed relocation of General Iron. The hunger strikers are denouncing environmentally racist policies that continue to allow polluting industry to accumulate in Chicago's communities of color. This bonus episode features audio from a virtual event on 2/24/21, hosted by Chicago DSA and the DSA AfroSOC caucus in conversation with members of the #StopGeneralIron hunger strike.įor the past 27 days, Southeast Side residents have been on a hunger strike to demand the City of Chicago deny the final permit for an environmentally destructive recycling plant owned by General Iron. Barbara Ransby about the Social Justice Portal Project, a collaborative think tank that crosses disciplinary boundaries to address the urgent questions of social justice faced by our communities. On the first episode, we're sharing a talk between Prof. Read the transcript of this episode here: ĪirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Car, Real Alternatives. ![]()
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