Last weekend, We Charge Genocide and The Chicago Light Brigade hosted the first weekend-long training installment of The Radical Education … More
Author: KELLY HAYES
Queer indigenous organizer and nonviolent direct action trainer with We Charge Genocide and the Chicago Light Brigade.
A Runoff Means Open Season on Mayor 1%
Tonight, activists, organizers, and change makers around Chicago are celebrating a surprising turn of events. A mayor who has dealt … More
A Message in Motion: Reparations Now!
Last night, a group of activists and allies took to the subway in Chicago to make some noise about this … More
Chicago Torture: Freedom for Jon Burge Can’t Be the Last Chapter
Freedom came early today for former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. It was expected that Burge would begin his parole … More
At Rahm Emanuel’s Doorstep: On Reparations, Police Torture, and Moving On
Last night, members of The Chicago Light Brigade, Project NIA, and Chicago Torture Justice Memorials gathered with friends and allies … More
Guest Post – Challenging Our Visions of Abolition: An Open Letter to the Students of Village Leadership Academy
It’s an honor to bring you this guest post by my friend Maya Schenwar. Maya is the editor-in-chief of Truthout … More
Building Together: Why Chicago Light Brigade Needs Your Help
We’ve accomplished some beautiful things together in the last year, and 2015 appears to hold even more promise for our … More
Marissa Alexander and the Price of “Freedom”
On a cold night in November, many of us stood outside police headquarters in Chicago awaiting news that would cause … More
Guest Post – Reclaim MLK: Free Us All
(I’m proud to feature this inspiring guest post from Chicago organizer Page May in which she shares her thoughts on … More
Willing to Live for Our People
Last night, over 600 people marched behind some of Chicago’s brightest and most politically conscious elementary school students as they … More
Transformative Spaces 