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Youth Discussion on Black History Month

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Photo credit: Fred Hickler, Panel (L to R): Alexandra Pates, Ishmael Taylor, Shukree Tilghman, Chinyelu MwaAfrika, Rasul Palmer

The Chicago screening of More Than a Month at the Chicago Cultural Center was a collaboration between youth leadership developmentprograms and filmmaker, Shukree Hassan Tilghman. Naomi Walker, National Engagement Consultant of ITVS Community Cinema, gives a rundown of how the event unfolded in Chicago, IL. 

The Chicago Community Cinema screening of More Than A Month at the Chicago Cultural Center was presented by our season partners WTTW Channel 11 and Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). The event was a collaboration between two youth leadership development programs: Chicago Freedom School (CFS) and the KI Eco Center in Indianapolis, who also host Community Cinema in the facilities.  CFS was founded partly to celebrate the original Freedom Schools in Mississippi. Its mission is to build on the original Freedom School model by seeking to enhance Chicago youth’s connection to their histories, and to serve as a catalyst for youth-led social change today.  Continue reading →

Chicago Women Honored For Interrupting Youth Violence

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Alison Cuddy, Mariame Kaba, Jaquanda Villegas, Jacinda Bullie, Shira Hassan, Ameena Matthews and Niambi Jaha-Echols

Saturday’s screening of The Interrupters at the Chicago Cultural Center was packed to the gills with 300 people in attendance. The event honored six great Chicago women who work as mentors to young people facing violence and hardships in their neighborhoods, helping them to navigate the difficult terrain of the transition to adulthood. The screening was hosted by Alison Cuddy, host of Eight Forty-Eight on Chicago Public Radio and co-presented by WBEZ, WTTW Channel 11, ITVS, Chicago Foundation for Women, Kartemquin Films, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

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