Performance for Loving Hip-Hop with our Eyes Wide Open.  This program was a multimedia program and discussion that explored the notions of masculinity, femininity, sexism, and homophobia as portrayed through hip hop and the media. Sponsored by Chicago Cultural Center, Public Square, Illinois Arts Humanities Council. Co-Chairs of the Performance Feminism track of the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference. Featured performers on the Tribute Panel. Opening performance for Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?  This panel, co-presented by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, the Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media at Columbia College Chicago, and International House Global Voices Performing Arts Series, discussed how mainstream hip-hop culture influences relationships between young men and womyn. Its goal was to get hip-hop's core audiences to think critically about the music they consume and participate in. Outreach Partner for It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop.  A Chicago community conversation on Manhood, Misogyny, and Media. Conference Organizing Committee and Opening Night Host/Performance for the Free Minds, Free People Education for Liberation Conference. This conference brought together teachers, youth, parents, researchers and community-based educators from across the country to begin building a movement to develop and promote Education for Liberation.  Education for Liberation is an umbrella term we use to describe the work of people who are trying to link education, social justice and activism. Featured organization in the PAVING NEW ROADS: Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence report that highlights innovative, creative, and grassroots initiatives developed in Chicago communities to resist violence and end violence against women and girls. Sponsored by the Women & Girls Collective Action Network.

2007 AquaMoon Highlights