El 2013 Bending the Arc: The Robert Howard Annual Symposum featured a convening of local youth activist leaders, as well as an evening discussion with Angela Davis and local activists on gun violence, social justice activism and the work we must do to build a path forward.Watch a CAN-TV broadcast of the keynote and panel discussion: See photos from the day’s events by clicking on the photos below Youth Gathering – Gallery Panel Discussion – Gallery Event Co-SponsorsBlack Youth ProjectEllen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media at Columbia CollegeCrossroads FundThe Institute For Research On Race and Public Policy at UICChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under LawFirst Defense Legal AidNational Lawyers Guild of ChicagoPublic SquareProject NiaSaint James CathedralWoods Fund of ChicagoBackground on Robert Howard and programming in his honor:Robert Howard (1942-2013) was an attorney on the front lines of civil rights and political reform battles in Chicago over the last 45 años. He served as general counsel for the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League, successfully suing Chicago over bias in hiring women and minorities on the Chicago Police Force and playing a key role in setting up the Office of Professional Standards, which was an internal mechanism to hold officers accountable for police misconduct. He was a driving force behind the effort to disband the Red Squad, an initiative in the Chicago Police Department which was set up to spy on community organizers who were seen by the Richard J. Daley administration as threatening the political order. He also served the Chicago Public Schools for almost twenty years, designing the school system’s desegregation plan and overseeing its implementation.In honor of Bob’s work and legacy for social justice, Crossroads Fund is excited to be a partner in the presentation of Bending the Arc: El Simposio Anual de Robert Howard. This is a yearly public program celebrating movements for racial, social and economic justice across generations, al mismo tiempo que inspira a los participantes a participar en los movimientos sociales de hoy. El año inicial de Bending the Arc incluirá una serie de reuniones, Capacitaciones y programas públicos enfocados en el liderazgo juvenil en movimientos por la justicia racial., y contra la violencia y el complejo industrial penitenciario. Como parte de Bending the Arc: El Simposio Anual de Robert Howard, durante toda la primavera y el verano de 2013 Crossroads Fund convocará a organizadores juveniles y sus aliados de toda la ciudad para compartir estrategias, aprenda sobre la historia de la organización juvenil de la mano de los mayores del movimiento y reciba capacitación organizativa de la Escuela de Unidad y Liberación. Bending the Arc: Fundadores del Simposio Anual de Robert HowardCarol Ashley Doug Cassel Cathy Cohen Ronald Futterman Theaster Gates Jacky Grimshaw Julie Hamos Aram Hartunian Sarah Howard Marilyn Katz Rick McCombs Judd Miner David Narefsky Barbara Phillips Charles Phillips V Matt Piers Beth Richie Renault Robinson Don Rose Jane M. Saks Bettylu Saltzman Rebecca Sive Rob Warden Laura Washington Robert Weissbourd
