SUMMER PROGRAMMING • 2021
Neighborhood scavenger hunts! Tour guide trainings! Our full summer lineup will be announced soon.
All of our events are offered on a pay-what-you-can basis. We suggest a tax-deductible donation of $10-20 per viewer for those who are able. Your donations help us cover the costs of hiring speakers, pay for our website, cover our annual tax & paperwork filings, buy supplies, and otherwise compensate for the myriad of expenses that small nonprofits accrue. Our staff is entirely volunteer. You can learn more about our mission here!
VIRTUAL WINTER LECTURE SERIES 2021
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WHAT'S OLD
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2020 might have felt like a wild ride, but Chicago residents have been fighting against health pandemics, corrupt political figures, labor abuses, and mass unemployment for nearly two hundred years. Join Chicago for Chicagoans for yet another pay-what-you-can series of history lectures designed to reflect on our past and use it to inform our future. From quarantines and deadly disease, to protests for civil and worker rights, to contested elections and bribed officials, our speakers will examine the plights of our ancestors to give Chicagoans of today a better appreciation for the strength & endurance of humanity throughout the ages.
WATCH OUR RECORDED LECTURES:
Click the thumbnail to watch the recording. Woo-hoo!
All donations from these online lectures directly benefit our speakers and general operations.
All donations from these online lectures directly benefit our speakers and general operations.
2021: WHAT'S OLD IS NEW(S) AGAIN
OTHER VIRTUAL LECTURES
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SELF-GUIDED FUNCOMMUNITY SUPPORT BINGO!This Bingo board has 25 suggestions to help you explore your city, support local businesses, get engaged, reach out to friends, and practice self-care. Print it out and get started in your own community!
1. Print or download the board 2. Play BINGO! 3. When you win, send a picture of your board to our email. 4. We'll send a little thank-you gift in the mail for being an explorer, ally, and contributor to your community! |
BUT WHAT ABOUT WALKING TOURS?!
Due to the ever-evolving climate of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are tentatively planning to offer neighborhood walking tours again in Fall 2021 or Spring 2022. We are monitoring the situation closely, evaluating staffing and new safety procedures, and slowly working our way back to "normal" along with everyone else.
WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? Having even a medium-sized group stand 6 feet apart on a sidewalk in Chicago is not possible in the majority of neighborhoods where we conduct tours. It would also be hard to hear your tour guide if you were so far away from them! Unfortunately, masks also complicate our guides' ability to project their voices.
WHAT ABOUT REDUCING TOUR CAPACITY? We pride ourselves on offering affordable, pay-what-you-can programming. We want every Chicagoan to be able to afford to learn about their city! However, this model only works with the financial wiggle room of larger group sizes. It would go against our mission to charge sky-high prices for tours only a select few can attend. Instead, we're focusing our energy this season on creating new, equitable educational programming that can be safely accessed by everyone.
WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE TOURS? If you and several of your household members would like to book a private, 5-person tour, we might be able to accommodate you! Email us to inquire about the possibility. Please note that we are working with fewer tour guides this season, so availability is limited.
WHAT WILL YOU DO INSTEAD? Right now our board of directors is knee deep in paperwork, long-term strategy planning, self-evaluating, and generally gearing up for the best, most triumphant return ever. Check back here or follow us on Facebook for updates. In the meantime... watch a recorded lecture by clicking the thumbnails above!
WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? Having even a medium-sized group stand 6 feet apart on a sidewalk in Chicago is not possible in the majority of neighborhoods where we conduct tours. It would also be hard to hear your tour guide if you were so far away from them! Unfortunately, masks also complicate our guides' ability to project their voices.
WHAT ABOUT REDUCING TOUR CAPACITY? We pride ourselves on offering affordable, pay-what-you-can programming. We want every Chicagoan to be able to afford to learn about their city! However, this model only works with the financial wiggle room of larger group sizes. It would go against our mission to charge sky-high prices for tours only a select few can attend. Instead, we're focusing our energy this season on creating new, equitable educational programming that can be safely accessed by everyone.
WHAT ABOUT PRIVATE TOURS? If you and several of your household members would like to book a private, 5-person tour, we might be able to accommodate you! Email us to inquire about the possibility. Please note that we are working with fewer tour guides this season, so availability is limited.
WHAT WILL YOU DO INSTEAD? Right now our board of directors is knee deep in paperwork, long-term strategy planning, self-evaluating, and generally gearing up for the best, most triumphant return ever. Check back here or follow us on Facebook for updates. In the meantime... watch a recorded lecture by clicking the thumbnails above!
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We're prioritizing tours in the following areas. Contact us to get involved:
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