'P.O.W.E.R. Project' to run in June

The Art Leaders of Color Network (ALCN) and the Comfort Station join forces to present the P.O.W.E.R. Project during June.

In lieu of traditional arts programming, the Logan Square multidisciplinary art space known as Comfort Station (2579 N. Milwaukee Ave.) will be transformed into an “empowerment hub” with a series of lectures, discussions, happenings, self-care exercises and more led by artists and members fromthe community.

The P.O.W.E.R. Project’s programmers include darien r wendell & Bonita Africana, Jose Luis Benavides, Lakshmi Ramgopal, Mev Luna and Mike Strode. Programs include, but are not limited to, the “Which Ancestors Do We Run Towards?” workshop series; “Empathic Economies: A Black Lives Matter Listening Session;” a screening of Female Gaze, Death & Queerness; “I’ma Read, I’ma Read, I’ma Read”: collecting a hip hop archive; an “Underground: Black QT Freedom Spaces” panel and more.

Visit ComfortStationLoganSquare.org/the-power-project/.