Hosted by Blocks Together

Saturday, May 27, 2017

People’s Tent Revival – 1 pm to 7 pm

The People’s Tent Revival will include a variety of activities throughout the day and close with an interfaith service. RSVP now on Facebook!

Workshops, activities, and survival programs include:

• U Medics – teaching local people how to treat gunshot wounds (connected to Black Lives Matter Chicago)
• Know Your Rights – Street Law
• Environmental Campaigning
• Bible Study
• Poor People’s Campaign, Then and Now

Entertainment will take place throughout the day — Bomba, Hip-Hop, and gospel.  We will also have a DJ spinning throughout.

The host organization, Blocks Together, has a long history in the struggle for justice in Chicago. Watch the video below of Edward Ward, a youth leader with Blocks Together, testifying on the school-to-prison pipeline at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights: