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- Program
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- Feb 04, 2025
From Afrofuturist visions of space travel to the invention of house music, Black Chicagoans have made essential contributions to our culture, our technology, and our everyday lives. What does the changing national zeitgeist and local cityscape — from reverse migration to places like Atlanta to growing new immigrant populations — portend for the future of Chicago? How do local artists, advocates and storytellers contribute to our city’s political footprint?
Featuring social justice artist and visiting IOP Pritzker fellow Tonika Lewis Johnson; Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, Eve Ewing; and Chicago Urban Historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas. Moderated by Natalie Moore, Senior Lecturer & Director of Audio Journalism Programming at Northwestern Medill School of Journalism.
Dinner will be provided and select books will be available for sale!
*Title from Krista Franklin’s poem, “History, As Written by the Victors”
If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact iopevents@uchicago.edu.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 5:30 p.m. CST Ida Noyes Hall, Cloister Club
- Natalie Moore Senior Lecturer & Director of Audio Journalism Programming at Northwestern Medill School of Journalism Reporter, Race, Class, and Communities, WBEZ
- Eve Ewing Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor, Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
- Shermann "Dilla" Thomas Chicago Urban Historian
- Tonika Lewis Johnson IOP Pritzker Fellow. Chicago-Based Social Justice Artist. Creative Executive Officer of the Folded Map Project™ Showcased at prestigious venues like the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rootwork Gallery in Pilsen, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Harold Washington Library Center, and Loyola University's Museum of Art. Awarded Chicago Magazine's Chicagoan of the Year; 2019 Field Foundation "Leader for a New Chicago"; 2022 Landmark Illinois Influencer; 2023 Ateliers Médicis Artist in Residence in Paris, France. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Cultural Advisory Council member; lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective, and the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.).