Apna Ghar Quilting Circle
Event Information
Description
Since 2008, 118 people have been
fatally shot by the Chicago Police.
Gone But Not Forgotten is a community quilting project, documenting the names and lives of individuals killed by the Chicago Police Department.
Join us in on March 15 for a combination quilting circle and peace circle. We will sew together and discuss questions of transformative justice, police accountability, and community safety. Cosponsored by Apna Ghar and the Collected Voices, Shared Journeys art show.
****All quilting circles are wheelchair accessible.****
****No sewing or quilting experience required.****
****Free and open to the public.*****
For more info see www.wcgmemorialquilt.com
or email us at wcgquilt@gmail.com
Gone But Not Forgotten is a collaboration between We Charge Genocide and Rachel Wallis. This project is partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Organizer We Charge Genocide and Rachel Wallis
Organizer of Apna Ghar Quilting Circle
Rachel Wallis is an independent textile artist based in Chicago. She previously worked on the community quilting project Untitled (Homicide Quilt), which documented the names of individuals killed in Chicago during 2013.
We Charge Genocide was volunteer-run by Chicago residents concerned that the epidemic of police violence continues uninterrupted in Chicago and who seek to equip individuals across the city with tools to more proactively hold police accountable. The name We Charge Genocide comes from a petition filed to the United Nations in 1951, which documented 153 racial killings and other human rights abuses, mostly by the police.
