University Church will host an art installation by Cesar Conde, a Filipino-American artist whose work responds to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. For the first two weeks in November, we will display eight paintings from two of his projects, “In the Hood,” and “The Bang Bang Project.” These large-scale paintings will hang in our sanctuary. This event […]
This book by Ta-Nehisi Coates is written as a letter to the author’s teenaged son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States. Coates recapitulates the American history of violence against Black people and the incommensurate policing of Black youth. A common theme is his fear of bodily harm. The […]
University Church will host an art installation by Cesar Conde, a Filipino-American artist whose work responds to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The public opening will take place at University Church on October 30 at 7:00 pm, but you are welcome to watch the installation as it occurs between 1:00 and 5:00 pm.
UChurch’s Black Lives Matter Committee will join demonstrators from Black Lives Matter Chicago and others at the Chicago Police Board’s labor hearing to demand the firing of Officer Dante Servin who wontonly fired into a crowd, killing Rekia Boyd on March 21, 2012. For more information and to sign an online petition, see justice4rekia.com. The […]
This week we will join the Hyde Park CAPS meeting in the basement meeting room of Treasure Island, 1526 East 55th Street.
Black Lives Matter Chicago will report to the community on the national Movement for Black Lives conference that was held in Cleveland, OH, July 24-26.