https://transformativespaces.org/2021/05/28/poems-for-people-who-arent-ready-to-move-on/2021-05-28T22:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/10/07/let-this-radicalize-you-a-covid-memorial-mixtape/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/120800311_331778611450562_5663517159482984822_n.png120800311_331778611450562_5663517159482984822_n2020-11-18T22:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/09/01/join-us-in-challenging-trumps-fascism-today-september-1-2020/2020-09-02T19:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/03/15/chicago-covid-19-hardship-and-help-page/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/90054225_292840125022153_2476420143635234816_n.png90054225_292840125022153_2476420143635234816_n2020-06-18T23:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/04/13/the-mutual-aid-mourning-and-healing-project/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/eveigcnu4amyos5.jpgEVEIgCnU4AMYOS52020-04-13T17:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/03/04/demands-from-grassroots-organizers-concerning-covid-19/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/we-will-protect-each-other.pngWe Will Protect Each OtherImage: Mugsie Pike2020-03-13T17:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2020/02/01/the-peoples-removal-trial-followup-materials/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/this-movement-kills-fascism.pngThis Movement Kills Fascism2020-02-01T03:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/12/24/come-hell-and-high-water-we-wont-surrender-hope/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/79286917_2883648178335873_5265532675426353152_o.jpg79286917_2883648178335873_5265532675426353152_oOrganizer Kelly Hayes forms a heart with her hands as children in the Cook County Juvenile Detention wave to Christmas carolers on December 13, 2019. (Photo: Sangi) https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_20191213_183046.jpgIMG_20191213_183046Carolers gather outside the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago on December 13, 2019. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2019-12-24T21:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/07/04/lets-get-some-migrants-folks-out-of-detention-today/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/d-ay8qfxuaat4ww.jpgD-ay8qfXUAAT4WW2019-07-04T14:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/05/23/how-chicagoans-can-support-reproductive-justice-right-now/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/untitled_artwork-15.jpgUntitled_Artwork 15Artwork: Molly Costello2019-06-21T17:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/06/08/saturday-afternoon-thoughts-on-the-apocalypse/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/22135593_1680806761953360_5574446071134125633_o.jpg22135593_1680806761953360_5574446071134125633_o2019-06-09T00:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/03/26/the-fight-is-where-love-is-saying-goodbye-to-lisa-leggio/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/11069620_10204785696135705_790055269722076299_n.jpg11069620_10204785696135705_790055269722076299_nLisa and her son walk along Lake Michigan in the summer of 2014.https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/54268212_10219129624371866_2871467524669571072_n.jpg54268212_10219129624371866_2871467524669571072_n2019-03-26T18:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/02/21/why-its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-joe-moore/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/52173505_2322119037822126_3097510858889101312_n-1.jpg52173505_2322119037822126_3097510858889101312_n (1)2019-02-22T03:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/01/15/authoring-the-meaning-of-our-lives/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/13886379_1238732326160808_7821097073449075630_n-e1547585750300.jpg13886379_1238732326160808_7821097073449075630_nThis image, created by artist Vicko Alvarez, is taken from a drawing of me and others who participated in a road blockade in 2015. The artwork was created by Vicko for BGD's "The Solidarity Struggle: How People of Color Succeed and Fail At Showing Up For Each Other In the Fight For Freedom." 2019-01-15T21:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2019/01/01/a-new-years-blockade-outside-a-child-detention-camp/2019-01-01T20:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2018/12/31/lets-live-now-reflections-on-2018/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/48409256_10105916055958400_6600351516807135232_o.jpg48409256_10105916055958400_6600351516807135232_o2018-12-31T05:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2016/12/31/hello-2017-a-pep-talk-at-the-edge-of-extinction/2018-11-19T03:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2016/01/30/mariame-taught-me/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/for-mariame-kaba.jpgfor mariame kaba2018-05-11T16:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2018/03/01/on-the-last-day-of-black-history-month-chicagos-school-board-votes-to-shutter-five-black-schools/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_8333.jpgIMG_8333Black students lead today's march to City Hall. (Photo: Ervin Lopez)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_8326-1.jpgIMG_8326 (1)Students sit in at Chicago Public School headquarters to protest pending school closures. (Photo: Ervin Lopez)2018-03-01T01:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2016/03/30/on-world-bipolar-day-thoughts-on-the-partner-who-loves-me/2017-12-29T00:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/about-2/2017-09-27T01:51:46+00:00weekly0.6https://transformativespaces.org/2017/09/19/my-last-conversations-with-my-father/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21640905_1673073559393347_2370175979466231627_o-e1506472882293.jpg21640905_1673073559393347_2370175979466231627_oI told a friend, artist Dan Bellini, that I don't have a many recent photos with my father. Dan painted this watercolor for me to make up for that.https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21875934_10155763990353035_1114512958_o.jpg21875934_10155763990353035_1114512958_oImage: Molly Costello2017-09-27T00:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2017/08/13/on-getting-our-shit-together-a-letter-to-the-left/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/19466621_1938799263000085_8845485528896650523_o-e1502638722882.jpg19466621_1938799263000085_8845485528896650523_oAttendees shake hands and share ideas at a health care vigil in Chicago on June 27, 2017. (Photo: Jim Pearson)2017-08-13T16:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/contact/2017-07-19T05:16:25+00:00weekly0.6https://transformativespaces.org/about/2017-07-19T05:15:40+00:00weekly0.6https://transformativespaces.org/2016/10/18/on-activism-and-organizing-there-is-a-distinction/2017-07-19T00:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2017/07/04/you-dont-have-to-wave-a-flag-to-enjoy-a-cookout/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/snow-white.gifsnow whitehttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/death-is-coming.pngdeath is coming2017-07-18T23:53:17+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2017/07/18/remember-gop-health-care-bills-are-like-zombies-they-keep-coming-back/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/19577472_1585819748118729_8982681388206494798_o-e1500411252876.jpg19577472_1585819748118729_8982681388206494798_oAtena Danner, the mother of a disabled child, speaks out against Trumpcare and performs live in Chicago. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/19453169_1585819738118730_3086477788609478589_o.jpg19453169_1585819738118730_3086477788609478589_o2017-07-18T23:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2017/06/26/this-is-a-piece-i-would-write-about-health-care-if-i-were-well-enough/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screen-shot-2017-06-26-at-1-29-28-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-26 at 1.29.28 PM2017-06-26T20:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2017/03/08/on-strike-critiques-and-beating-all-meaning-out-of-the-word-privilege/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/strike.jpgstrike(Image: Aaron 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of Babur Balos, once an active organizer in Occupy Chicago, staged a light action in August to show solidarity with their ailing friend. (Photo: Tom Callahan)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14408225_1413228908705185_1294958326_o-png.jpeg14408225_1413228908705185_1294958326_o-png2016-09-24T04:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2016/09/14/borrada-por-la-victoria-falsa-obama-no-ha-detenido-dapl/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14311210_10210537907104309_4081252654201584123_o.jpg14311210_10210537907104309_4081252654201584123_oSolidarioxs de Chicago demuestran su apoyo a lxs Protectorxs del agua en Standing Rock. (Foto: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14258144_10210538355915529_406193782190285674_o.jpg14258144_10210538355915529_406193782190285674_o2016-09-14T21:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2016/09/10/erased-by-false-victory-obama-hasnt-stopped-dapl/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14067704_1246845795349461_128050987172044891_n.jpg14067704_1246845795349461_128050987172044891_n#NoDAPL protesters gather for a boat action in Standing Rock on August 20. 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year ago this week, Black Youth Project 100 staged a die-in at Chicago's City Hall in the wake of the non indictment of Darren Wilson. After a year of being alternately ignored and scapegoated by their city's mayor, young Black organizers in Chicago have now refused to meet with Mayor Rahm Emanuel as his administration attempts to navigate a major PR crisis. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-11-24T16:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/11/20/spectacles-of-black-death-and-white-impunity/2015-11-20T20:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/11/14/on-the-violence-in-paris-stop-the-grief-shaming/2015-11-16T18:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/10/07/how-to-stop-mansplaining-and-whitesplaining-your-way-through-the-world-of-social-justice/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lv-white-knight.jpglv White-knight2015-10-09T16:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/10/02/and-the-children-will-lead-us-a-song-for-rekia/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151001_180808.jpgIMG_20151001_180808(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-10-02T23:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/10/01/criminalized-black-youth-where-will-they-go/2015-10-02T15:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/09/18/holding-down-the-intersection-from-firedanteservin-to-fightfordyett/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11951427_10153624757748454_1220171254416266469_o.jpg11951427_10153624757748454_1220171254416266469_oDyett hunger strikers take center stage when an action for Rekia Boyd converged with a vigil for Dyett High School Thursday night in Chicago. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-09-20T08:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/09/17/lifted-voices-speaks-out-concerning-self-defense/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fists-blog1.jpgfists blog(Image: Jackie Fawn)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fists-blog.jpgfists blog(Image: Jackie Fawn)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fists1.jpgFists1Image: Jackie Fawn2015-09-17T17:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/09/02/when-not-to-listen-to-a-columnist-the-dyett-hunger-strikers-must-be-heard/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11895303_10153586945673454_6021366993648070703_o.jpg11895303_10153586945673454_6021366993648070703_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11884091_10153586951348454_5110208516969148804_o.jpg11884091_10153586951348454_5110208516969148804_oHunger striker Brotha Jito declared to the crowd, "We won't let them turn the lights out at Dyett!" as the Chicago Light Brigade lifted up the school's name in lights. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11872189_10153586951818454_6749362421516626301_o.jpg11872189_10153586951818454_6749362421516626301_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11951453_10153586945598454_1533671888608668144_o.jpg11951453_10153586945598454_1533671888608668144_o2015-09-02T16:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/08/28/hungry-for-justice/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11864859_10153570378593454_7089619467983512205_o.jpg11864859_10153570378593454_7089619467983512205_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11864889_10153560054088454_171295948371298438_o.jpg11864889_10153560054088454_171295948371298438_oPrudence, one of the hunger strikers rests on day four of the hunger strike. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11896398_10153560054253454_5993898484619951974_o1.jpg11896398_10153560054253454_5993898484619951974_o(1)(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-08-28T23:25:51+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/08/06/hiroshima-and-the-safety-of-historical-distance/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/clinton-apologizes-for.jpgclinton apologizes for2015-08-06T23:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/07/21/tears-dry-on-their-own/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/light1.jpglighthttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/light.jpglightPhoto: Sarah Jane Rhee2015-07-21T20:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/07/16/in-celebration-of-assata/2015-07-17T00:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/06/26/leave-no-one-behind-gay-marriage-obergefell-v-hodges-and-the-march-forward/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10517370_10152536168908454_2794106851101993456_o.jpg10517370_10152536168908454_2794106851101993456_oParticipants march in Chicago's 2014 Dyke March. Organizers of the annual event work to create a space that is radical, inclusive, and safe for criminalized individuals. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-06-26T18:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/06/22/for-the-grieving-letters-to-charleston/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18764294000_b89bb2e941_o.jpg18764294000_b89bb2e941_oMourners gathered beside the Chicago River last week to grieve for those killed during an attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Bob Simpson)2015-06-22T16:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/06/19/on-remembrance-and-resisting-desecration/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18765769989_5c2c09baf4_o1.jpg18765769989_5c2c09baf4_oMourners make their way to riverside to hold space in remembrance of the fallen. (Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vigil-1.jpgvigil 1(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vigil-2.jpgvigil 2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18946627762_d2aab034c4_o.jpg18946627762_d2aab034c4_oChicago poet and organizer Malcolm London mourns beside the Chicago River at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday's massacre. (Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18925691666_c32d71eb2d_o.jpg18925691666_c32d71eb2d_o(Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18765769989_5c2c09baf4_o.jpg18765769989_5c2c09baf4_oCommunity members attending the vigil head down the concrete steps that lead to the Chicago River to hold space in remembrance of the fallen. (Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18331335573_6d4f8bc85a_o.jpg18331335573_6d4f8bc85a_o(Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18331316553_45253f72d6_o.jpg18331316553_45253f72d6_o(Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18329384464_bdbbdb096a_o.jpg18329384464_bdbbdb096a_o(Photo: Bob Simpson)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/18329365784_679780689f_o.jpg18329365784_679780689f_o2015-06-19T20:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/06/04/trauma-center-now-let-the-walls-fall-down/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11187772_10153252380493454_1141322040431283735_o.jpg11187772_10153252380493454_1141322040431283735_oIn April protestors created a massive candlelight image with the message "TRAUMA CENTER NOW" on the lawn across the street from University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer's house at 59th and University Ave. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-06-05T04:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/06/01/building-with-love-being-a-friend-and-ally-to-the-mentally-ill/2015-06-02T14:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/27/forgetting-in-real-time/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cops-and-suspect-in-antlers.jpgcops and suspect in antlersChicago Police Officers Jerome Finnigan, left, and Timothy McDermott with an unidentified Black man they claim to have arrested for marijuana possession (there is no record of any arrest). 2015-06-21T01:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/25/rethinking-our-takes-on-memorial-day-hecel-lena-oyate-ki-nipi-kte/2015-05-26T20:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/21/dear-garry-mccarthy/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d2.jpgd2Protestor Brit Schulte recounts the story of Rekia Boyd, whose acquitted killer, detective Dante Servin, was recently defended by Garry McCarthy. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20150520_135016.jpgIMG_20150520_135016Damo's father to the crowd, in the wake of a senseless arrest: "We have a right to be here. We have a right to be treated like human beings." (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dn42.jpgdn42A protestor at Damo Day hangs a loom made by an elementary school student outside the Walgreens where police began their chase of Dominique Franklin last year. The loom's imagery represents life and community overcoming state violence. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d22.jpgd22(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d23.jpgd23On Damo Day, protestors rallied in the name of Dominique Franklin, whose death at the hands of Chicago police inspired the formation of the organization We Charge Genocide. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d17.jpgd17(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d14.jpgd14(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d12.jpgd12(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d10.jpgd10(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d9.jpgd9The community memorializes Damo at the spot where he fell after being fatally tased by police. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-05-21T20:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/15/solitary-expressions-art-you-wont-find-in-museums/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/art.jpgart(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tony-clown.jpgtony clown(Image: Tony Rodriguez)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hands_1.jpghands_1A young organizer poses with his hands extended through the model cell door's opening, as a prisoner would have to in order to be handcuffed before exiting the cell. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cell.jpgcellA full size model of a solitary confinement cell, constructed by the Chicago Light Brigade. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-05-15T18:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/06/reparations-won/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11024753_10153122640073454_3869213350265891722_o.jpg11024753_10153122640073454_3869213350265891722_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10994236_10153122641483454_2431174025833385346_o.jpg10994236_10153122641483454_2431174025833385346_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_20150221_185131_2.jpgIMG_20150221_185131_2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rep9.jpgrep9(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1973671_965230183511025_6068228609989368189_o.jpg1973671_965230183511025_6068228609989368189_o(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-05-06T22:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/05/04/lifting-up-caged-voices-we-have-nothing-to-lose-but-their-chains/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11178376_910105855695355_356022301203891241_n.jpg11178376_910105855695355_356022301203891241_nVolunteers paint sections of a full size model of a solitary confinement cell for an upcoming exhibit. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-05-04T17:42:01+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/29/to-baltimore-with-love-chicagos-freedom-dreams/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pinwheels.jpgpinwheelshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/chi2baltimore_1.jpgchi2baltimore_1https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/breanna.jpgbreannahttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_181730.jpgIMG_20150428_181730A 14 year old poet name Jalen performs outside police headquarters before a crowd of hundreds. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_182143.jpgIMG_20150428_182143(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_184243.jpgIMG_20150428_184243Palestinian Activist Rasmea Odeh holds a sign outside police headquarters on Tuesday. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_185048.jpgIMG_20150428_185048Organizer Page May reminds the crowd to honor Black women killed by police, as well as Black men. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_200821.jpgIMG_20150428_200821Police fail to contain the crowd as the march spills out into the street Tuesday night on Chicago's South Side. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_185248.jpgIMG_20150428_185248Aislinn Sol of Black Lives Matter Chicago addresses the crowd at a rally outside police headquarters in Chicago on Tuesday. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_20150428_215304.jpgIMG_20150428_215304Organizer Breanna Champion of Black Youth Project 100 leads a moment of silence while a crowd of hundreds shuts down 55th Street on the South Side of Chicago. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-04-30T05:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/25/flowers-between-the-bars/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rad-ed2-5.jpgrad ed2 5(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rad-ed2-4.jpgrad ed2 4A page from the rough draft of our direct action workbook for elementary school students, with draft sketches by artist and skill sharer Cairá Lee Conner.https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rad-ed2-3.jpgrad ed2 3(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rad-ed2-2.jpgrad ed2 2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rad-ed2-1.jpgrad ed2 1Skill sharer Cairá Lee Conner assists elementary school students who are learning to make protest art. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-04-26T06:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/22/on-surviving/2015-04-23T15:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/15/reparations-in-chicago-the-homestretch/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11103136_953927394641304_9147996106850684451_o.jpg11103136_953927394641304_9147996106850684451_oChicago organizers raising a glass to the struggle, and to the day's progress. (Photo: Brit Schulte)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/what-rep-looks-like.pngwhat rep looks like(Image: Project NIA)2015-04-15T21:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/11/we-do-this-for-rekia/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/justice-for-rekia-3.jpgjustice for rekia 3(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/justice-for-rekia-2.jpgjustice for rekia 2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/justice-for-rekia.jpgjustice for rekia(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-04-11T07:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/07/a-freedom-ride-for-stephon/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11080337_10153206983798454_183013459221131507_o.jpg11080337_10153206983798454_183013459221131507_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1911239_10153206988658454_5396201155699947974_o.jpg1911239_10153206988658454_5396201155699947974_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/freedom-reedom-ride.jpgfreedom reedom ride(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr29_.jpgfr29_https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr13.jpgfr13(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr8.jpgfr8(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr37.jpgfr37Visiting activists sing Stephon's favorite song to the Watts family. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/f23.jpgf23Visiting activists sing to Stephon Watts' family. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr2_.jpgfr2_VLA students carry images of mentally ill and neuroatypical individuals killed by police. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fr15_.jpgfr15_Jakya Hobbs, the youngest recipient of this year's Women to Celebrate award, speaks out against police brutality. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-04-07T14:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/04/06/what-we-bring-home/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11100931_10153203989998454_1054906799_o.jpg11100931_10153203989998454_1054906799_oMarissa Alexander joined the "No Selves to Defend" panel at Color of Violence 4 via Skype. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-04-06T14:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/31/radical-women-radical-love/2015-03-31T03:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/20/pop-up-justice-art-and-protest-outside-rahm-emanuels-office/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150318_125308.jpgIMG_20150318_125308One of the pop up exhibit's most touching pieces was created by a grade school student from the Village Leadership Academy. Amina's piece expresses her feelings about the highly controversial Hohman Square police facility. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150318popupjustice67.jpg20150318PopUpJustice67(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150318popupjustice90.jpg20150318PopUpJustice90At the close of the exhibition-in event at City Hall. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pop-up-2.jpgpop up 2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150318_133254.jpgIMG_20150318_133254(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150318_115056.jpgIMG_20150318_115056(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150318_154325.jpgIMG_20150318_154325Burge torture survivor Mark Clements leads a teach-in about the fight for justice for CPD torture survivors. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150318_121423.jpgIMG_20150318_121423(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-03-20T16:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/17/a-huge-step-forward-in-the-fight-for-reparations-for-cpd-torture-survivors/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150221_180828.jpgIMG_20150221_180828(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150221_185131_2.jpgIMG_20150221_185131_2(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-03-17T18:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/13/resistance-in-chicago-this-isnt-improv/2015-03-13T20:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/12/and-they-were-celebrated/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_214552.jpgIMG_20150311_214552Honoree Ann Meredith presented her second print to Simone, who performed at the event. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/coverink5.jpgcoverink5(Image: Molly Crabapple)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_202151.jpgIMG_20150311_202151(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_204624.jpgIMG_20150311_204624(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_204258.jpgIMG_20150311_204258(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_205815.jpgIMG_20150311_205815(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_220758.jpgIMG_20150311_220758(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_211721.jpgIMG_20150311_211721(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_214921.jpgIMG_20150311_214921(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150311_212805.jpgIMG_20150311_212805(Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-03-13T18:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/10/trauma-center-now-why-we-shut-down-michigan-avenue/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku13.jpgminku13(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku14.jpgminku14(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku11.jpgminku11(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku12.jpgminku12(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/traumacenternow.jpgtraumacenternow(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku9.jpgminku9The arrestees, after their release. (Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku1.jpgminku1(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku2.jpgminku2(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku3.jpgminku3(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minku4.jpgminku4(Photo: Minku / @minkumedia)2015-03-10T02:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/08/community-shout-out-women-who-build-movements/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10462151_10152649735848454_4948556640708886601_o.jpg10462151_10152649735848454_4948556640708886601_oRasmea Oden at the "Chicago March Against World Silence on Gaza Massacre," August 10, 2014. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-03-09T07:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/05/women-to-celebrate/2015-03-05T23:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/03/04/transformation-reparations-and-radical-education/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10569063_927884420578036_115310210119145331_n.jpg10569063_927884420578036_115310210119145331_nProtestors recite Assata's "Duty to Fight" chant as they rally for the reparations ordinance for survivors of police torture - a battle which was won in May. (Photo: Brit Schulte)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150301raded25.jpg20150301RadED25(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11021485_10153122640773454_6240725348094137222_o.jpg11021485_10153122640773454_6240725348094137222_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150301raded23.jpg20150301RadED23(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150301_160136.jpgIMG_20150301_160136(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150228_180101.jpgIMG_20150228_180101(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150228_174226.jpgIMG_20150228_174226(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_20150228_153636.jpgIMG_20150228_153636Remy, an indigenous trainer with The Ruckus Society, co-facilitated a weekend-long arts as resistance training for young Chicago activists. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-03-04T06:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/02/25/a-runoff-means-open-season-on-mayor-1/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10845586_922497881117589_5205316889322673140_o.jpg10845586_922497881117589_5205316889322673140_oA recent living memorial for victims of police torture under Jon Burge lined an entire city block. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/882911_10151565637913454_1768910191_o.jpg882911_10151565637913454_1768910191_oMass arrest during the campaign to prevent Rahm Emanuel from closing 50 schools, 80% of which were located in black communities. The schools were subsequently closed, despite months of protest. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee) 2015-03-11T12:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/02/22/a-message-in-motion-reparations-now/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_20150221_184311.jpgIMG_20150221_184311Another commuter rejects Rahm Emanuel in support of the reparations ordinance. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_20150221_185246.jpgIMG_20150221_185246(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_20150221_191851.jpgIMG_20150221_191851Chicago Light Brigade member Cairá Lee Conner discusses the reparations ordinance with commuters on the Red Line. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_20150221_185422.jpgIMG_20150221_185422A group of young women who joined protestors at the 95th Street Station after hearing organizers explain the reparations ordinance. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-02-23T18:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/02/14/chicago-torture-freedom-for-jon-burge-cant-be-the-last-chapter/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/aaron-lied-3.jpgAARON LIED 3Scratched into a metal bench by torture victim Aaron Patterson: "Aaron 4/30 I lie about murders / Police threaten me with violence / Slapped and suffocated me with plastic."https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/aaron-lied-1.jpgAARON LIED 1Torture victim Aaron Patterson was always maintained that he was suffocated with a plastic bag until he confessed to a crime he did not commit. Days after his confession, this message was found scraped into a metal bench at the police station where he had been questioned. 2015-02-14T03:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/02/07/at-rahm-emanuels-doorstep-on-reparations-police-toture-and-moving-on/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rep-7.jpgrep 7After holding up their message directly in front of Rahm Emanuel's home, activists crossed the street to make sure the mayor could clearly read the light banner from his window. Lights went on at the front of the house during the protest. Rahm Emanuel was reportedly home at the time. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rep-6.jpgrep 6After holding up their message directly in front of Rahm Emanuel's home, activists crossed the street to make sure the mayor could clearly read the light banner from his window. Lights went on at the front of the house during the protest. Rahm Emanuel was reportedly home at the time. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rep-5.jpgrep 5Outside Rahm Emanuel's house demanding reparations for CPD torture survivors. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-02-08T04:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/02/02/guest-post-challenging-our-visions-of-abolition-an-open-letter-to-the-students-of-village-leadership-academy/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10916364_10153016562043454_358201570357706533_o.jpg10916364_10153016562043454_358201570357706533_oThe Village Leadership Academy students marching from their school to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center on January 15, 2015. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vla-for-blog.jpgvla for blogThe Village Leadership Academy students marching from their school to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center on January 15, 2015. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vla-books.jpgvla booksVillage Leadership Academy Students deliver composition books they helped collect in the run up to their Reclaim MLK event. (Photo: Holly Krig)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10903919_10153016559123454_1214336894346607619_o1.jpg10903919_10153016559123454_1214336894346607619_o(1)The Village Leadership Academy students marching from their school to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center on January 15, 2015. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-02-03T02:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/22/building-together-why-chicago-light-brigade-needs-your-help/2015-01-22T18:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/16/willing-to-live-for-our-people/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1979284_10153016557348454_4707061287463189866_o.jpg1979284_10153016557348454_4707061287463189866_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10903919_10153016559123454_1214336894346607619_o1.jpg10903919_10153016559123454_1214336894346607619_o(1)The Village Leadership Academy students marching from their school to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center on January 15, 2015. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10930138_10153016563868454_374710124412601176_o.jpg10930138_10153016563868454_374710124412601176_oThe youth in the facility responding to the chants, light boards, and projection. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kaleb.jpg(Photo: Kelly Hayes)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/light-display.jpglight display(Photo: Minku / @MinkuMedia)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1957789_10153016558743454_7022131368914574779_o1.jpg1957789_10153016558743454_7022131368914574779_o(1)Village Leadership Academy students leading the march. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_20150115_180228.jpgIMG_20150115_180228Young leaders from the Village Leadership Academy. (Photo: Kelly Hayes)2015-01-20T20:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/20/marissa-alexander-and-the-price-of-freedom/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/marissa_alexander.jpgmarissa_alexanderImage: DignidadRebelde.com2015-01-20T20:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/19/250/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1979926_10153016564273454_7020541826809479284_o.jpg1979926_10153016564273454_7020541826809479284_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10914912_10153016560693454_6819846992824455060_o.jpg10914912_10153016560693454_6819846992824455060_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10903960_10153016557278454_6592850752133483060_o.jpg10903960_10153016557278454_6592850752133483060_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/banging-on-windows.jpgbanging on windows(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10830973_10153016556683454_5494113293317563263_o.jpg10830973_10153016556683454_5494113293317563263_o(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)2015-07-20T08:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/14/on-the-eve-of-reclaim-mlk/2015-01-14T23:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/12/a-new-generation-reclaims-mlk-day/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_20150111_145323.jpgIMG_20150111_145323https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-52.jpgsign making 5Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-51.jpgsign making 5Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-8.jpgsign making 8Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-7.jpgsign making 7Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10321065_905194679514576_1752494662864330419_o1.jpg10321065_905194679514576_1752494662864330419_o(1)One of the event’s young organizers, from Village Leadership Academy, Kaleb Autman, works on a banner for the event. Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/signs.jpgsignsPhoto: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-5.jpgsign making 5Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-4.jpgsign making 4One of the event's young organizers, from Village Leadership Academy, Kaleb Autman, works on a banner for the event. Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sign-making-3.jpgsign making 3Photo: Kelly Hayes2015-01-14T03:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/08/on-racism-and-selective-commemoration/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/988957_832904040082204_2731298880354840815_n.jpg988957_832904040082204_2731298880354840815_nThe We Charge Genocide Geneva delegation, and W.A.B. Geneva delegate Monica James held a community report back upon returning to Chicago. Photo: Kelly Hayes2015-01-10T00:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/07/houselessness-mutual-aid-and-protecting-one-another-in-harsh-weather/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jennifer.jpgjenniferFrom Christmas 2012, when a group of us spent the day with Jennifer. It was a full house, and I can't recall who took the picture.2015-01-07T22:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2015/01/02/addiction-mental-health-safe-spaces-and-stigmatization/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/921203_577331285634252_1911463211_o.jpg921203_577331285634252_1911463211_o2015-01-04T20:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/29/chicago-rising-this-year-in-struggle/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20140923_172757.jpgIMG_20140923_172757Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gale-10.jpggale 10Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mutual-aid-81.jpgmutual aid 8Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1796082_10152792754678454_3532408057731745707_o.jpg1796082_10152792754678454_3532408057731745707_oPhoto: Sarah Jane Rheehttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10403948_10152442591318454_563015897579590852_o.jpg10403948_10152442591318454_563015897579590852_oPhoto: Sarah Jane Rheehttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dyke-march.jpgdyke marchDyke March 2014https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mutual-aid-8.jpgPhoto: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/free-the-nato-3-photo-by-justin-bianchi-2.jpgFree the NATO 3 - Photo by Justin Bianchi (2)Solidarity action for the NATO 3. (Photo: Justin Bianchi)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141125_122849.jpgIMG_20141125_122849Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10828121_10152922847473454_9034639209424657471_o1.jpg10828121_10152922847473454_9034639209424657471_o(1)Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee2015-01-04T04:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/25/gifts-that-tear-down-walls/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/preview.jpgpreviewPhoto: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10620378_10152922846568454_5295026276034011321_o.jpg10620378_10152922846568454_5295026276034011321_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10329800_10152878693888454_5187589264139883930_o1.jpg10329800_10152878693888454_5187589264139883930_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10329800_10152878693888454_5187589264139883930_o.jpg10329800_10152878693888454_5187589264139883930_o2014-12-25T21:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/23/digging-in-and-throwing-down-direct-action-at-union-station/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/union-station-1.jpgunion station 1Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141222_172450.jpgIMG_20141222_172450Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141222_174004.jpgIMG_20141222_174004Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141222_172543.jpgIMG_20141222_172543Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141222_172333.jpgIMG_20141222_172333Photo: Kelly Hayes2014-12-24T05:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/22/dear-white-allies/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141124_222658.jpgIMG_20141124_222658#Ican'tbreathe 2015-06-20T10:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/18/on-the-cusp-of-change/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10872911_10152922847668454_8922405028895216794_o.jpg10872911_10152922847668454_8922405028895216794_oFrom "For Our Fallen" - a tribute to those we lost to violence in 2014, and a protest against police brutality. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10869597_10152922847568454_5020259157487723886_o.jpg10869597_10152922847568454_5020259157487723886_oProtesting police violence at "For Our Fallen." (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10862583_10152922843698454_2913545188589476948_o.jpg10862583_10152922843698454_2913545188589476948_oPictured here: one of the instances where a large group of people actually took the time to honor the memories of the young people our city lost last year. Each paper lily represents a person who fell to violence, and each of the colored paper lanterns represents an individual who was killed by the police. We Charge Genocide Geneva delegates were along the speakers at this event. Photo: Sarah Jane Rheehttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10856631_10152922845878454_2992585733398913192_o1.jpg10856631_10152922845878454_2992585733398913192_o(1)2014-12-22T01:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/20/traintakeover/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141219_172953.jpgIMG_20141219_172953Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_20141219_172408.jpgIMG_20141219_172408https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10835385_889071847793526_8335077944802370478_o1.jpg10835385_889071847793526_8335077944802370478_o(1)Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10830467_889071304460247_8444181924796275675_o.jpg10830467_889071304460247_8444181924796275675_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10687232_889071231126921_6343234605555278869_o.jpg10687232_889071231126921_6343234605555278869_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10838095_889072834460094_2979568264225918356_o.jpg10838095_889072834460094_2979568264225918356_ohttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10409720_889166961117348_4006120166635701082_n.jpg10409720_889166961117348_4006120166635701082_nhttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1523160_889073047793406_3412993872776627436_o.jpg1523160_889073047793406_3412993872776627436_o2014-12-22T01:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.org/2014/12/20/chicago-light-brigade-winter-update-2014/https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/projection4.jpgprojection4Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stand-with-women-millenium-park-photo-by-justin-bianchi.jpgStand with Women, Millenium Park - Photo by Justin BianchiPhoto: Justin Bianchihttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/youth-nvda-1.jpgyouth nvda 1Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/who-polices-cops-5.jpgwho polices cops 5Photo: Kelly Hayeshttps://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/galememe2.jpggalememe2https://transformativespaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/uic-strikers-on-the-overpass-photo-by-justin-bianchi.jpgUIC Strikers on the Overpass, Photo by Justin BianchiPhoto: Justin Bianchi2014-12-22T01:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://transformativespaces.orgdaily1.02021-05-28T22:06:01+00:00