March Evening Program
What if instead of waking up and demanding of ourselves more self-care, we demanded systemic change? Irvin Hunt discusses a movement that was based on collective care and a new system altogether, the black cooperative movement. In gripping detail, built from rarely before seen archival material, Hunt recounts how Ella Baker, George Schuyler, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Fannie Lou Hamer built vast, but forgotten, networks of mutual aid, from homes to health clinics. He helps us rethink who these giants were, what a social movement is, and how to care for each other in the here and now.
“The book is brilliant and timely and will transform our understandings of social movements from abolition to civil rights and Black Lives Matter” – Imani Perry, author of South to America
“Hunt writes with a fierce urgency that requires and allows us to hear in and through the work of Du Bois, Schuyler, Baker, and Hamer the Black anticipation and extension of Samuel Beckett’s blues: ‘Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ ” – Fred Moten, author of consent not to be a single being
Irvin J. Hunt is assistant professor of English and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Attendance options include in person reception and program or program only via Zoom. See below for details.
In Person
5:30 PM CT Social Hour followed by Program and Dinner.
Union League Club
65 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Cost: Live attendance requires $70 dinner purchase. Dinner options: Salmon or Vegetarian only. Cash-only bar including beer, wine, or soda only – credit cards and debit cards will not be accepted.
At the request of our speaker, all program attendees must show proof of vaccination at our registration table.
The program will include a recorded Zoom presentation and live Q&A.
Advance registration required via website by 3/11/2022.
Requirements:
- Attendees must show both photo ID and vaccination record.
- Masks must be worn indoors unless actively eating and drinking.
Via Zoom Program (only)
6:30 PM CT/7:30 PM ET
Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Zoom attendees will have an opportunity to participate in Q&A.
Registration for attendance via Zoom is required.
Books
Registering for the in-person program will allow you the opportunity to pre-purchase copies of Dreaming the Present for $64.
For those not attending the in-person program, copies of Dreaming the Present may be purchased and shipped for $69.
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