Date: May 24, 2008
Organizer: Echoes of Chicago
What to expect: This all-ages, indoor/outdoor fest features workshops, panel discussions, live art, vendors, live music, a puppet show and more.
Additional info: Music performers: John Jacoby, Gunslinger's Dream, Mic Slingers, Soft Spoken and the Pecan Sandies, Mar Caribe, and more
Live art: Novem Studios, Statick, Cartel:Peabe, Revise, Joey Potts, Joey D, Veggiesomething, Jose Garibaldi and The Grocer, plus an interactive installation, The RGB Pointless Factory
Participants from the community include: Alternatives, Connect Force, Inner City Muslim Action Network, Street Wise, BrilliantlyMad, The Orphanage, Coalition to Protect Public Housing, Latino Union Development, International Capoeira Angola Foundation, LivingAHealingLife.Com, Temple of Hip Hop, Year Ten, Fly Paper, Intuit, The Chi-Town Project, Little Village Community Development Corporation, New World Resource Center, Fishbowl Media Productions Chicago, Kumba Lynx and more
Donations of unused old clothes, computers, cell phones, batteries, canned and dry foods and monetary donations will be accepted. All donations are split amongst the community groups involved!