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5th Annual Early Childhood Education (ECE) and K-12 Education Career & Transfer Fair

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Join us for our free 2021 VIRTUAL Conference

Art and Abolition

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The contemporary movement for abolition envisions the dismantlement of prisons, surveillance, and policing, and the simultaneous building of new lasting social systems and alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. How can artists and arts organizations play a role in the movement for abolition?

OakArt 2021

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OakArt is an annual exhibition at the Koehnline Museum of Art, which celebrates the creativity of student artists and their amazing work.

Chicago Writers Series Presents Natalie Moore

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Natalie Moore is the author of The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation which won the 2016 Chicago Review of Books award for nonfiction and was a Buzzfeed best nonfiction book of 2016.

The Processes and Documentation of Lynching in Lyrics and Poems

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When Billie Holiday offered her voice and star power to a poem set to music by English teacher Abel Meeropol, popular culture was made more aware of the allies that music and poetry can be in movements seeking social justice, freedom and equity for African-Americans and other POC.

Narrative Strategy and Policing in Minneapolis

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Led by Ricardo Levins Morales, this session highlights the narrative strategy followed by the group MPD150 in Minneapolis.

Oakton to Host Free Virtual Cannabis Dispensary License Workshops This Spring

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Illinois cannabis dispensary license applicants and prospective applicants are invited to attend free workshops offered by Oakton Community College — to help them navigate the state’s licensing process and move closer to beginning careers in the emerging cannabis industry.