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Friday, October 24th

4:30-6pm - Writing and Zine Making Workshop led by Meadow Jones and School for Designing a Society -  JOIN ON ZOOM HERE

9pm-11pm - IMC’s Drag Show: 25 Years of Protest 

Saturday, October 25th Afternoon

Noon-3:30pm - Open House with family-friendly activities, tours, skillshares and live DJs

1pm - Watch the Pride Parade from the IMC Porch with popcorn and friends

3pm - Song Circle on the IMC Porch

4-4:30pm - Acknowledgement Ceremony to recognize IMC's founding funders and lifetime members - WATCH ON YOUTUBE

4:30-6pm  (Online & In Person) - Panel Discussion: Strong Roots, Rich Soil: Cultural Organizing to Grow Our Movements - WATCH ON YOUTUBE

A distinguished panel of cultural organizers will share how their cultural roots inform their work and why we need culture, media, and art now more than ever. The panelists are: 

• • Dr. Gus Wood - UIUC Department of Labor and Employment Relations
  • Danielle Chynoweth - IMC Founder & Cunningham Township Supervisor
  • Magdalena Novoa Echaurren - UIUC Department of Urban and Regional Planning
  • Maria Jimenez - Immigrant Services of CU
  • Dua Aldasouqi - CU Muslim Action Committee
  • Miriam Larson, Moderator - Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center 
  • David Michael Moore, Graphic Recording 

Saturday, October 25th Evening

6pm - Free Community Meal

7:30-10:30pm - Party with Live Music 

7:30pm - Mariachi Tigres & Mariachi Libertad

8:30pm - Ther.up.y

9:30pm - MOTHER NATURE 

Sunday, October 26th - Critical Reflections on a Quarter Century of Indymedia

10am - Introduction to Indymedia with Storytelling and Collage with Free Brunch! -  JOIN ON ZOOM HERE

12pm  (Online & In Person) - Panel Discussion: Independent Presses Against the AI Machine - WATCH ON YOUTUBE

Independent, non profit and movement publications have always played a vital role to amplify the voices drowned out or disappeared by corporate media. This panel gathers independent publishers from Toronto to NYC to Philly to Urbanam to discuss the vital role of print in the era of mass surveillance and artificial intelligence. 

• • John Tarleton - Indypendent
  • Malav Kanuga - Common Notions
  • Anita Chan - UIUC Community Data Clinic 
  • Janice Jayes - Public i Newspaper
  • Danielle Chynoweth, Moderator - Cunningham Township Supervisor
  • David Michael Moore, Graphic Recording