Members and supporters of Moratorium On Deportations Campaign will participate in this informal gathering and discussion on art and Im/Migration. We will invite people to make their own messages for a more just world, and will bring our perspective of social justice from an immigrant perspective. This event is about art, culture, politics, food and neighbors coming together. Join us!

ESTAS INVITADO! A:
* Ver la exposición “EN TIERRA EXTRAÑA”, una exposición en conjunto con AREA edición# 11, Im/Migraciones.
* Conozca a algunos de los artistas y escritores para el próximo número de AREA.
* Comparte tu música y tradiciones transnacionales asando a la parrilla!
* Haga su propia bandera y/o pancarta con los organizadores de la Campaña Moratoria a las Deportaciones.Miembros y simpatizantes de la Campana a las Deportaciones (MDC) participarán en esta reunión informal y la discusión sobre el arte y Im/Migración. Vamos a invitar a la gente a hacer sus propios mensajes para un mundo más justo, y aportaremos nuestra perspectiva de la justicia social desde una perspectiva de los inmigrantes. Este evento es hacerca del arte, la cultura, la política, la comida y la union de los vecinos y compañer@s. Únete a nosotros!

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As the weekend gears up with patriotic fervor, join AREA Chicago and Calles Y Sueños for a counter-nationalist sidewalk cook-out, encuentro and celebration.Last chance to view
IN A STRANGE LAND,
an exhibit in conjunction with AREA Issue #11, Im/MigrationsSaturday, July 2nd, 5-9 PM
Calles Y Sueños
1900 S Carpenter Ave

View the exhibit, meet some of the artists and writers for the next issue of AREA. Share music and transnational grilling traditions! Make your own flag with organizers from the Moratorium on Deportations Campaign.

The event is FREE and open to the public; food is free and potluck style, we invite you to share something from your community’s cooking traditions. Cash bar for drinks.

Participating artists: Ben Thorp Brown, Anne Dodge, Bia Gayotto, Chiara Galimberti, Gretchen Haase and Jen Blair, Natna Hernandez, Ferestheh Toosi.

AREA Chicago supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics. Its newspaper, website, and events create relationships and sustain community through art, research, education, and activism. www.areachicago.org

La Casa de Arte y Cultura Calles y Sueños-Chicago is a collective of Chicago artists and cultural activists who work to provide an alternative arts space for exhibition, the performing arts, music, film and cultural workshops for the Latino community. As a Latino Internationalist collective, we work to sustain collaboration, dialogue, cultural exchange and connection of the diverse Latino community in Chicago to La Casa de Arte y Cultural-Calles y Sueños, Juchitan- Oaxaca, Mexico. We build bridges to our motherland to nurture a new creativity and understanding.

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