Pritzker Fellow Rhymefest on "Cultural Communion"

(Current UChicago Students Only)

Wednesday, October 11

3:30-4:45 PM

Rhymefest spends significant amounts of time in the American West, visiting sacred native medicine wheels, mentoring at-risk indigenous youth in Wyoming and attending the annual Crow Fair PowWow on Montana’s Crow Nation Reservation. In the midst of Chicago’s struggle to manage the immigrant influx - with some Black communal anger and distrust toward other people of color - building trust between Black Americans and Indigenous people has been an enriching challenge. In this seminar we’ll speak to Queen YoNasDa (Yo-Naja-Ha) LoneWolf, an Oglala Lakota & African American activist, artist and organizer about the state of Black and Indigenous relationships and how can we best support one another’s movements. We’ll also be speaking with Rev. Dr. Beth Brown of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church about the obstacles she’s facing from Chicago’s city council in her efforts to integrate our new arrivals.

Special Guests: Queen YoNasDa Lonewolf, Oglala Lakota & African American Activist, Artist & Organizer; & Rev. Dr. Beth Brown of Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Sarah Palmisciano (spalmisciano@uchicago.edu).