Event Details

On Thursday, October 15th, Join the Department of Multicultural Life and local artist and organizer, Ricardo Levins Morales, for a synchronized screening of the PBS Independent Lense Documentary, The First Rainbow Coalition. 

Following the screening Ricardo Levins Morales will lead a discussion on the solidarity movement of the Chicago Black Panthers and The Young Lords, a Chicago street gang turned political and social action organization fighting for the liberation, self-determination and justice of Puerto Ricans, Latinxs and Third World people in the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. 

4-5 pm:  Synchronized Screening of The First Rainbow Coalition ( Zoom Link )

5-6 pm: Dialogue and reflection with Ricardo Levins Morales ( Zoom Link) 

Ricardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis. He uses his art as a form of political medicine to support individual and collective healing from the injuries and ongoing reality of oppression. Born into the anti-colonial movement in his native of Puerto Rico, Ricardo was drawn into activism in Chicago when his family moved there in 1967. His activism and organizing has included support work for the Black Panthers and Young Lords and participating in or acting in solidarity with farmers, environmental, labor, racial justice, antiwar and other struggles for peoples empowerment.

For more information contact, Hana Dinku ([email protected]).