A People's History of Chicago

PHOC is a web docuseries that celebrates the everyday people who defied oppression in hopes of a better city, and a better world.

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PRODUCERS’ STATEMENT (1/2):

In light of recent statements regarding safe space and harm during Kevin Coval’s leadership role at Young Chicago Authors, we feel it is in our best interests to cancel our web series as we know it today.

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PRODUCERS’ STATEMENT (2/2):
We stand with survivors of sexual assault & apologize for providing a platform that silenced them.
We are dedicated to restructuring the story still grounded on the idea of a “a people’s history of Chicago.” Stay tuned.

Mark Blottner
Olivia Pearson

[A People's History of Chicago @PHOC_series]

PRODUCERS’ STATEMENT (1/2):

In light of recent statements regarding safe space and harm during Kevin Coval’s leadership role at Young Chicago Authors, we feel it is in our best interests to cancel our web series as we know it today.

[Jeremiah Bey Ellison @jeremiah__bey]

We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.

And when we’re done, we’re not simply gonna glue it back together.

We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response.

It’s really past due.

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This cause is close to our heart - please sign: https://t.co/9iMf8H13wO

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Rest in Power ✊

[BLMChicago @BLMChi]

We are devastated that our great sister Airickca Gordon Taylor has passed away. Airickca was the cousin of Emmett Till and was the manager of Emmett’s mom’s memorial, the Mamie Till Mobley Foundation.

[For the People Artists Collective @ForThePeopleChi]

We are now offering a *limited* amount of emergency microgrants for up to $500 to Illinois-based artists & freelancers of color whose income has been affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn about eligibility guidelines & apply: https://t.co/XZPbrG6Vxy

#FundBIPOCArtists

[Kevin Coval @kevincoval]

it's Chicago's incorporation day- the city was inhabited for millennia prior to European settlers - the real history will get us closer toward building a city of equity & acesss

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Happy birthday, Chicago!
#Chicago #HappyBirthday #PHOC

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I just uploaded “webTrailer_03” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/vhPvMAebH6

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I just added “Charles Preston Clip” to A People's History of Chicago on #Vimeo: https://t.co/cKAeT5b2bt

[Barbara Ransby @BarbaraRansby]

Klobuchar arguing that plumbers and home care workers don't need college. Why? Literature and history are for everyone. Education is not just so we can sell our labor but so we better understand our world. #DemDebate

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All Power to the People. Rest in Power Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Assassinated by Chicago Police and FBI, December 4, 1969.

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

“We’re going to fight racism not with racism, we’re going to fight it with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with Black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism.” —Fred Hampton

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HAPPY #GivingTuesday !!! 2019 has been on extraordinary year, and we are so grateful for the donations for PHOC! If you want to see Chicago stories told by Chicagoans, please donate to our PayPal on our website: https://t.co/gEwOxBvh9s.

YOUR DONATION MATTERS!!!

[Young Chicago Authors @YoungChiAuthors]

Join us next Saturday, November 9th at #YCA from 11am-1pm for our Writing Teachers Collective. This is a writing + resource space for classroom educators + teaching artists.

[Nader Issa @NaderDIssa]

On SNL right now: @chancetherapper is repping @CTULocal1

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Wooooow Chance did CTU a whole solid. Wow. Kudos.

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I just added “CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates on Bargaining for Common Good” to A People's History of Chicago on #Vime… https://t.co/51MdiUPw87

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I just uploaded “CTU VP Stacy Davis Gates on Bargaining for Common Good” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/R4yEzSUSxn

[Kevin Coval @kevincoval]

Our teachers here are more like family members

kinda like our parents.

I've been out here every day.

They've been out here

we've been out here

at like 630.

I like Science.

People are saying it's just for the… https://t.co/hJ6C8ZCfwI