Trans* people in Chicago and beyond face disproportionate rates of homelessness, unemployment, and death. Because of this, a collaboration was organized to advocate for trans people in our communities.
Join Literature for All of Us and the people at David Weinberg Photography for a night of poetry to celebrate their three month-long public engagement in support of trans representation and advocacy.
Transverse will be a night in the gallery dedicated to uplifting a few of the trans poets from...
Trans* people in Chicago and beyond face disproportionate rates of homelessness, unemployment, and death. Because of this, a collaboration was organized to advocate for trans people in our communities.
Join Literature for All of Us and the people at David Weinberg Photography for a night of poetry to celebrate their three month-long public engagement in support of trans representation and advocacy.
Transverse will be a night in the gallery dedicated to uplifting a few of the trans poets from LFAOU's first cohort at The Night Ministry's homeless shelter The Crib.
$20 suggested donation
You can pre-register here if you'd like!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transverse-david-weinberg-gallery-tickets-19642171263
Light refeshments will be served.
"David Weinberg Photography is committed to educating and informing the public about issues of social justice. Our gallery aims to provide an engaging environment for discourse on critical contemporary matters that concern the Chicago community and beyond. Joining artists and organizations in support and solidarity of their cause, we consider ourselves a veritable soapbox for our partners as we all work together to inspire change and cultivate a culture of consciousness."
You can find more information about the gallery at http://d-weinberg.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/DavidWeinbergPhotography/
Literature for All of Us is an award-winning, nationally recognized non profit organization that uses an innovative book group model to build communities of readers, writers and critical thinkers in underserved communities in Chicago and Evanston, IL.
Since 1996, we have been connecting young people to their strengths through literature, engaging them in book groups where they read and discuss literature and write poetry.
Find out more information at http://www.literatureforallofus.org/