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Using arts, culture, and civic engagement to expand opportunity, belonging, and community across Chicago’s West & South Sides.

04/29/2026

See y’all at Austin Town Hall on Sunday!
Music, dance, food. RSVP link in bio!

04/06/2026

🗣️APRIL 25TH! Kindred Civic Arts Forum (KCAF) is proud to partner with One Earth Film Festival to present a screening of 40 Acres, followed by a guided community panel and discussion.

In a post-apocalyptic world shaped by food scarcity, 40 Acres follows a Black family of Canadian farmers — descendants of American Civil War migrants — as they defend their land and livelihood against outside threats. At its core, this thriller explores land stewardship, survival, generational resilience, and what it means to protect community in times of crisis.

While the film exists in a speculative future, the themes are deeply present: rising food costs, food deserts, land ownership, safety, and the urgent need for collective care.

04/04/2026

🗣️APRIL 12TH! Melanated Photography | Food | Open Stage

The Salt Circle continues to celebrate a collective of creatives who can rely on each other for partnership, collaboration, and support. The fifth session of this series invites guests to showcase their digital art passion, whether that be short films, trailers, reels, a digital phtography portfolio, or works in progress!

We’ll start at 4 with a phtography workshop by focusing on lighting techniques for melanated skin, and take an intermission with some facilitated chair yoga facilitated by , before enjoying our featured works by .shootz and .

Of course we’ll open the floor to see what y’all working on—bring a device or extender to connect to HDMI 🙏🏽

Can’t wait! See y’all soon 🫶🏽

Graphic Design: .evolution.astro

04/01/2026

Growth takes intention. Growth takes tending. Growth takes time.

This April, Just(Us) Dinner invites you into an evening of planting — both in soil and in spirit.

During ‘Rooted’, each guest will receive a seed to plant and take home. As our hands press into soil, we’ll share stories about growth:
What has helped us grow?
What tried to uproot us?
What does tending to ourselves and our communities truly require?

Planting is never passive. It is an act of belief. A declaration that something is worth nurturing.

Over a shared meal from Inspiration Kitchen, we’ll reflect on the parallels between gardens and our lives — the patience, the setbacks, the unseen work beneath the surface, and the quiet miracles that come from consistent care.

Because what we water, grows.
Seats are limited. Join us at the table.

Note: There is a $15 deposit for your reservation that is returned upon your participation in the event!

03/26/2026

This past Just(Us) Dinner was a gathering of collective strength!

Sheran Keyton guided us through anthems that have lifted voices of generations gathering, protesting, and healing in community.

Through song and shared reflection over dinner, we considered how music played and still impacts our fight for liberation today.

Thank you all for coming out! We hope to see you at the next Just(Us) Dinner April 15th, and The Salt Circle April 12th! Links in bio)

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03/23/2026

🗣️APRIL 12TH! Get there 10 minutes early to make sure you don’t miss the workshop: Photographing Melanated Skin.

After the workshop, we’ll present a few featured shorts, then open the floor to the audience to share their passion and stories w/ the community. To participate in the open stage, RSVP early and please submit one short that is less than 10 minutes to the queue via the sign up form. The room will likely be adults, but please assume a wide randge of audience backgrounds will see the work when choosing your submission.

If there is extra time, we’ll open the floor to those who haven’t signed up early— please be ready to connect via HDMI.

This is a free community event. A $10 Deposit is required to reserve your spot. 100% of the deposit is returned when you check-in at the event!

03/13/2026

Let’s recap! Sunday was a much needed pause in the hustle + bustle of the week. Thank you to everyone who came out to .blkroom , whether from just around the corner, or all the way from Lockport, to be present in this safe space together.

led us through a nourishing yin yoga flow while playing the sound bowls, and offered her favorite quotes from ‘Rest Is Resistance’ by for us to meditate on in flow. We followed up with a reintroduction to ‘s ‘Black Liturgies’ by taking turns reading relevant text from the chapter ‘Rest’ for us to reflect and journal on, then closed with a self-grounding exercise we can take with us anywhere. I hope you all spent some time outside after, enjoying that stunning weather we had!

If you enjoyed this Salt Circle or want to see more like this, make sure to like, comment, and share!

Rest well this weekend y’all. 🙏🏽 Happy Woman’s History Month.

03/11/2026

MARCH 18TH! We invite you to ‘Fight Another Day’. This Just(us) Dinner
Featuring live performances by Sheran Goodspeed Keyton will enliven the feminine spirit, in celebration of Women’s History Month!

Together, we’ll reflect on:
-The role of music in sustaining civil rights movements and community action
-How fight songs hold memory, resistance, and collective courage.
-The ways song allows us to express what words alone cannot

Thanks a bunch to .blkroom for hosting us! See y’all soon.

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