Ida B. and Gwendolyn: An Earth Day Tribute to Two Chicago Activist Writers

4542 South Greenwood Avenue,Chicago IL 60653

30 April, 2022

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Ida B. Wells and Gwendolyn Brooks: An Earth Day Tribute to Two Chicago Activist Writers with a presentation by Michelle Duster Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville in Gwendolyn Brooks Park and Ida B. Wells: The Light of Truth Monuments honor two truthful Chicago writers with their life stories forged into sculptural forms. Michelle Duster will speak at the monument in her great-grandmother's name. Sculptors, Richard Hunt and Margot McMahon portrayed the writers' lives in interactive three dimensional tributes. Please join us for ASAP!,caring for saplings, at the Gwendolyn Brooks Monument at 11:00 and at 3:00 hearing from Michelle Duster at the Ida B. Wells Monument. Saturday April 30th Gwendolyn Brooks Park, 4601 Greenwood, Chicago, IL  11:00-1:00 ASAP! Adopt Sapling Project Workshop with Green Blocks Initiative YBG-GreenBlocks Initiative: Alumni Sharing Ecological Actions at [email protected]  2:00 Little Black Pearl Carver 47 Café lunch 3:00-4:00 Michelle Duster, Ida B Wells Monument 37th and Langley YaleBlueGreen Chicago-Green Blocks Initiative, Yale Chicago: Judith Singleton  YaleBlueGreen-Green Blocks Initiative, YaleWomen, YChicago:Margot McMahon  Please bring a water bottle, bike if you can, optional mask and keep socially distanced.