Past Events
August 2016
Learning Curve
"NOT TO BE MISSED!" (Chicago Tribune) "A MASTERWORK!" (Chicago Sun-Times) Created by Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects Extended through November 19 New block of tickets on sale August 3 at 10am CHICAGO TRIBUNE//Chris Jones: "The young man... looked me in the eye and I looked back. I gave the question a lot of thought. 'I don't know,' I said. For I did not, and all of what had come to me as possible solutions felt either impractical or…
Find out moreSeptember 2016
The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe
https://vimeo.com/179936344 THE COLORED MUSEUM (Teaser Trailer)- Pulse Theatre Company Chicago from Aaron Mitchell Reese on Vimeo. eta Creative Arts Foundation presents | a PULSE Theatre Company production THE COLORED MUSEUM (a play) by George C. Wolfe Directed by Aaron Mitchell Reese & Donterrio Johnson BTAA and Jeff Award Nominee/Artistic Director, Aaron Mitchell Reese and Jeff Award Winner, Donterrio Johnson are at the helm of George C. Wolfe’s biting satire with style! THE COLORED MUSEUM demonstrates the common stereotypical misconceptions of…
Find out moreOctober 2016
Young Chicago Authors Celebrates 25th Anniversary & MacArthur Award Presentation
Join YCA for an evening of celebration, fun and drinks sponsored by our good friends at Lagunitas Brewing Company. The night will feature free appetizers, poetry performances and the presentation of our recent#MacAward. About YCA At present, YCA directly serves 2,500 teens a year through workshops, performance and publication programs, and reaches 30,000 young people and adults through readership of its publications and audiences at its events. YCA continues to expand. The Writing Teachers Collective, formed by and for writers…
Find out moreOne Northside’s Fall Fundraiser
Join One Northside for their annual Fall Fundraiser to celebrate a successful year and to ensure ONE Northside is able to continue their work for a city, state and country where everyone has the opportunity to thrive! They will be joined by special guest Juanita Irizarry, who has taken on the Chicago Machine, the Mayor and George Lucas! The Fall Fundraiser is our biggest fundraising event of the year.
Find out moreMay 2017
PUSH Excel Teacher Appreciation Day
Join PUSH Excel as they celebrate teachers for Teacher Appreciation Day. Door Prizes, Tokens of Appreciation and other Tributes will be given to Teachers for a Job Well Done! 10:00AM: Live International Radio, Television, and Internet Broadcasts 11:30AM: Open House Technology Department 12:00PM: Lunch following Broadcast in Community Hall Click here for more information. To RSVP, please call 773-256-2761 or 773-256-2762.
Find out moreJune 2017
Displaced Black Educators in Chicago Public Schools
"African-American teachers are disappearing. The ranks of Black substitute teachers have also declined significantly. Substitutes are not treated with respect. They are given little to no support and in many schools, when an incident happens, security is called but never arrives, yet the sub may be blamed for not reporting an incident...The most adversely affected and readily displaced are African-American teachers that are older and mostly women." ~The Black Caucus of the Chicago Teachers Union Join the discussion about the rights…
Find out moreHelping the Helper: The Importance of Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care
The Chicago Teachers Union Foundation (CTUF) and the Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) have come together to offer a series of learning collaboratives focused on trauma; designed to share information and experiences relative to trauma and trauma-informed care. This month's topic is Helping the Helper: The Importance of Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care explores the way in which helping professionals are impacted by their work with traumatized families and youth and the strategies that we employ, both at the individual and the organizational level…
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