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On Friday, Sept. 23, Black Lives Matter: Champaign-Urbana held a “No More Stolen Lives” rally at the Champaign County Courthouse. Photo credit: Paul Mueth

  The refugee crisis inside and outside of Syria has made its way into news stories and headlines on a daily basis as the U.S. has begun to admit refugees at a higher rate than in past years. Perhaps surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

UCIMC’s Makerspace participated in this year’s Pride Parade with a mobile dance party! Photo credit: Jay Schubert

A new exhibit by U of I art professor Guen Montgomery titled, “Run, Hide, Fight,” will be opening October 15, 6-8pm, and up throughout the month of October.

November 12, 1-10 p.m. at the Independent Media Center This Standing Rock fundraising event will consist of a mix of live music from local bands, interspersed with presentations from Native American speakers about the current situation with DAPL, Native American culture, … Continue reading →

Books to Prisoners will hold a book sale on Oct. 22, 2016, 10am-5pm at the Independent Media Center. Proceeds help provide postage to send more books to people incarcerated. b2p_oct-22-book-sale

A workshop on how to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests will be hosted by State Representative Carol Ammons. Come learn how to file a FOIA for public documents. Let the sun shine in! Saturday, October 8, 6-9pm at … Continue reading →

There has been considerable recent discussion – and argument – over racial disparities in traffic stops. In Urbana, the findings of a “Traffic Stop Data Task Force Report” are being discussed at City Council meetings. In Champaign, a different report with … Continue reading →

This tweet by U of I student Stephanie Skora, written in response to the homophobic and transphobic law HB2 in North Carolina, garnered over 7,400 retweets on Twitter and was also shared widely on Facebook: “Time to remind folks that … Continue reading →

I was recently asked what makes a perfect cellie. While there are, in fact, good cellies and bad cellies, for various reasons the only perfect cellie is an imaginary cellie. That’s because: •    Imaginary cellies are never shut-ins. They leave … Continue reading →

Housing discrimination does not just happen. It is created. And it results in poor race relations in all other areas of community living. Champaign-Urbana’s housing history is a history of racially restrictive covenants, segregated separate and unequal housing stock and … Continue reading →

Last November, Black Students for Revolution organized a “Black Student Solidarity Rally” with the purpose “simply to show that Black students at UIUC stand in solidarity with Black students across the country.” Not long after, Black students and activists who … Continue reading →

Local activist Barbara Kessel has just won the James R. Burgess Jr.-Susan Freiburg Humanitarian Award. It was presented at the 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Countywide Celebration at Parkland College on January 15th. Barbara received the award for her … Continue reading →

Kelly Anderson’s My Brooklyn will be shown on Wednesday, February 17 at 6:00pm at the Champaign Public Library, and on Thursday, February 18 at 7:30pm on campus in Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. The director will attend both viewings, and … Continue reading →

BREAKING DOWN RACISM: Fighting for Racial Justice in the U.S. Spring 2016 Friday Forum lecture series YMCA of the University of Illinois | universityymca.org The Spring 2016 Friday Forum lecture series builds on the Fall 2015 series by highlighting specific … Continue reading →

Outside of the distraction that is the presidential election season, radical black students within this country have been reinvigorated in our fight against white supremacy and capitalism.  While some organizations are still ambiguous about their ideological foundation, one point must … Continue reading →