Illinois Humanities to Launch Envisioning Justice on 4/3: A Citywide Conversation on Incarceration

CHICAGO - April 2, 2018 - PRLog -- Illinois Humanities will hold a press conference on Tuesday, April 3 at 10:30 a.m. at historic Roberts Temple, 4021 S. State Street in Chicago to announce the launch of Envisioning Justice, a two-year initiative for the people of Chicago that will use the arts and humanities to engage Chicagoans of all neighborhoods, races, ethnicities, backgrounds and ideologies in a citywide conversation about the impact of incarceration on local communities.

For the initiative Illinois Humanities has partnered with community-based organizations across the city, referred to as "hubs," to create arts-education and community-discussion programs that promote creative solutions by Chicagoans to the negative impacts of incarceration in their community.

Representatives from Illinois Humanities and the Hubs, which are located in five of the communities directly affected by incarceration, Bronzeville, Back of the Yards, Little Village, North Lawndale, Rogers Park and at the Cook County Jail and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center will announce the upcoming projects and talk about how Chicagoans can get involved.

Speakers

Angel Ysaguirre, Executive Director, Illinois Humanities
Julia Stasch, President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Bright Star Community Outreach - Hub Director, Nichole Carter
Circles & Ciphers - Hub Director, AnnMarie Brown and Teaching Artisit Sheriff Polk
The #BreathingRoom Space - Hub Director, Kristiana Rae Colón,
OPEN Center for the Arts -  Executive Director, J. Omar Magana and Hub Director, Antonio Ancona
BBF Family Services- Hub Director, Jeramey Winfield and Rufus Williams Executive Director of BBF
Cook County Juvenile Detention Center - Hub Director, Ryan Keesling from Free Write Arts & Literacy
Cook County Jail - Hub Director, Billy McGuinness from SkyArt/Just Art and Sarah Ward, Executive Director of SkyART

About Envisioning Justice:
Created and facilitated by Illinois Humanities, Envisioning Justice will engage Chicagoans, of all neighborhoods, races, socio-economic backgrounds, and with a diversity of perspectives, in a citywide conversation about the impact of incarceration in local communities and will invite residents to use the arts and humanities to devise strategies for lessening this impact. Envisioning Justice seeks to strengthen efforts to reimagine our criminal legal system and is inspired by the goals of justice, accountability, safety, support, and restoration for all people.

Website: www.envisioningjustice.org

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