Socialism 2026

Atena Danner

Archer Ave Outreach Consultants

Manager, Lead Facilitator

Chicago Area

https://Www.Atenadannercreative.com

9:30am CDT

Marxism Education Series Grant Park ABMichael A. McCarthy • Amna Akbar • Eman Abdelhadi

2:30pm CDT

Sing, Struggle, Organize: Movement Songs, Political Education, and Collective Power Jackson Park CSteff Reed Community Lessons for Fighting Fascism: In Honor of Amisha Patel ErieMaya Schenwar • Juliet DeJesus Alejandre • Tanuja Jagernauth • Katelyn Johnson • Rocío García • Truthout We Keep Us Safe: De-Escalation Training Clark ABCbrian bean • Haymarket Books

4:30pm CDT

Femme-inism Against Cisness: Bread, Roses, and Hormones, Too Field ABCA.J. Bohrer • Sophie Lewis Transformative Rural Organizing Hyde Park ABo Belotti • Vida Rangel

6:00pm CDT

Welcome Happy Hour Bar/Patio

7:30pm CDT

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Palestine, Internationalism, Abolition W190Angela Y. Davis • Naomi Murakawa

9:30pm CDT

Radical Game Night! Michigan/Huron

10:00am CDT

Hustle Culture vs. Solidarity W190BNatalie Bencivega • Chenjerai Kumanyika • Demetrius Noble Song for a Hard-Hit People: Building Anti-Racist Solidarity in Appalachia Jackson Park CBeth Howard • Jerome Scott

12:00pm CDT

Art and Propaganda: On Learning from Paul Robeson, Why the Artist must Take Sides Grant Park ABSaul Williams Socialism, Liberation Theology, and the Black Church: Lessons from Black Socialist Preachers Past and Present Hyde Park AAndrew Reginald Hairston • Charles Holm

3:00pm CDT

Ocean Deep Solidarity: Reparations, LANDBACK, and Collective Liberation Adler ABCDallas Goldtooth • Dr. Aymar Jean Escoffery • Matthew Harvey • Claire Maracle • Raven Schwam-Curtis • BLIS Collective Printing the Revolution: The Role of Art in Organizing and Building Community Resistance Jackson Park BAmos Paul Kennedy Jr. • Dio Cramer • Ricardo Levins Morales • Pilsen Community Books • Under the Tree Podcast The Revolutionary Legacies and Lineages of Grace Lee Boggs ErieLily Luo How the Left Takes on AI Will Determine the Future W190ASasha Costanza-Chock • Sarah Hamid • Tawana Petty • Edith Romero

5:00pm CDT

Spirit of Justice: Building Beloved Community, Embodying Revolutionary Love Grant Park ABnyle fort • Michelle Alexander • Saul Williams • Rami Nashashibi • Spirit of Justice

6:30pm CDT

Songs for Liberation Outside on the lawn (weather-permitting)

10:00am CDT

Fighting for Trans Liberation in the Midwest: Organizing Under Hostile State Governments Jackson Park DColleen McRoberts • Dr. Emerson Cram • V Fixmer-Oraiz • Rev. Sean McRoberts • Mandi Remington Protecting Our Own: Shifting from State Intervention to Community Care in Crisis Times Jackson Park Cjaboa lake • Erica Meiners • Shannon Perez-Darby Trust in God and Keep the Powder Dry: A Short History of Leftwing Religious Non-Nonviolence Hyde Park AAdam Vander Tuig • Highlander

12:00pm CDT

Socialize the Grid: Data Centers and Translocal Organizing Burnham ABCDavid Cobb • Johanna Epke • Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright • India Willi • Black Alliance for Peace

3:00pm CDT

Poetry for the People: Creating Your Own Community-Based Poetry Workshop, A Training for Facilitators Hyde Park BMaya Marshall • Haymarket Books Data Centers, Class Politics, and Socialist Strategy Grant Park ABNathan Kim • Austin Kral • Jasmine Lu • Cella Sum • Yvette Vargas

5:00pm CDT

Socialism Beats Fascism: Organizing for a Post-Trump America W190BGriffin Mahon • Eleanor Babaev • Bol B • Eman Abdelhadi • DSA

6:30pm CDT

Firebrands: the Organizing RPG | Actual Play Session! Superior Organizer Happy Hour Bronzeville WineryScalawag • The Forge

8:00pm CDT

Cultural Worker Meet-Up Field ABC

9:00pm CDT

The Neo-Futurists present THE INFINITE WRENCH Jackson Park CD

10:00am CDT

Creating Emotional and Spiritual Support Groups for Activists Jackson Park AAtena Danner • Kelly Hayes • Tanuja Jagernauth