11/16/2023 @ 5.30pm – Krannert Uncorked

Uniting Pride of Champaign County brings a night of music to Krannert Uncorked on November 16th at 5pm! Join the Sing It UP Choir plus some special guests as we celebrate love and inclusivity through the universal language of music. This event is FREE and open to all ages. We hope to see you there!

11/16/2023 @ 6.30pm – Reparations in Action: Uniting for Change

Robin Rue Simmons is the former 5th Ward Alderman for the City of Evanston, IL, where she led, in collaboration with others, the passage of the nation’s first municipally-funded reparations legislation for Black residents, which began disbursements in January 2022.

The Champaign-Urbana Reparations Coalition was formed in May 2023 to bring together some of those in the community exploring avenues of education, acknowledgment, and reparations, and seeks to partner with others engaged in antiracist work.

Simmons’s work is well documented in “The Big Payback” (available to view through Independent Lens on PBS). In 2019 Evanston became the first community in the country to offer publicly funded reparations to African Americans harmed by Evanston’s housing policies. After her
work on Evanston’s Council, Simmons formed First Repair, a not-for-profit working nationally to educate and equip leaders, stakeholders, and allies who are advancing local reparations policies that remedy historic and ongoing anti-Black practices. Abundant resources can be found on their
website https://firstrepair.org/.