Protests

Who Keeps Us Safe? Chicago Protests Reveal Contentions Around Safety — A Firsthand Account

This past weekend marked 12 consecutive weeks of Chicago protests following George Floyd’s death on May 25. The protests have not only joined hands across the city, but they have invited Chicagoans, many for the first time, to actively engage with their city’s government and question its troubling history of policing. But, as protests continue […]

by Madison Muller

August 18, 2020

Black Lives Matter: How Chicago's Largest Protest Was Organized in Just Four Days

Musician-turned-activist, Dom Brown, is one of the faces behind Chicago’s more than 30,000-person protest that took place Saturday, June 6. Over just four days, his organization, Activate: Chi, planned the city’s largest protest thus far. “There are two types of protests,” Brown explains. “The ones that happen overnight, and the ones you work tirelessly and […]

by Madison Muller

June 25, 2020