National Public Housing Museum

National Public Housing Museum The only cultural institution devoted to telling the story of public housing in the United States.
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Our mission is to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper — a place to call home.

THIS FRIDAY! 🎶 📢 Join us for our FREE concert on August 25 at Millennium Park featuring artists who have lived in public...
08/23/2023

THIS FRIDAY! 🎶 📢 Join us for our FREE concert on August 25 at Millennium Park featuring artists who have lived in public housing.

⭐️ Roxanne Shanté
⭐️ DJ Spinderella
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ Slique Jay Adams
⭐️ Christopher “Mad Dog” Thomas
⭐️ More special guests!

Free concert at Millennium Park hosted by legendary rapper Roxanne Shanté, Music by hip-hop icon DJ Spinderella, with Isaiah Sharkey & more!

🎧 We're so excited to be featured on WBEZ's The Rundown Podcast! DJ Spinderella and Isaiah Sharkey sat down with Erin Al...
08/22/2023

🎧 We're so excited to be featured on WBEZ's The Rundown Podcast! DJ Spinderella and Isaiah Sharkey sat down with Erin Allen to talk about their upcoming performances at our free concert this Friday in Millennium Park, the impact of public housing on music, our museum, civic love, and so much more!

In 2024, the National Public Housing Museum will open in Chicago. Even in advance of their grand opening, the museum is working with community members to change the way we talk about public housing. That includes an art installation based on their project “36 Questions for Civic Love.” This Frid...

08/21/2023

We can’t wait to see you all at Millennium Park this Friday, August 25 for our concert with DJ Spinderella, Roxanne Shante, Isaiah Sharkey, Reginald Robinson, Slique Jay Adams, Christopher "Mad Dog" Thomas with Juke 4 Liberation, and more special guests with connections to public housing.

Gates open at 5 p.m.—make sure to come early, get a great spot, and check out our Civic Love art installation along the pavilion walkways, and a live demonstration facilitated by WBEZ's Erin Allen before the show.

Until then, watch this special video message from DJ Spinderella!

Did you catch The Crusader Newspaper's feature on our concert?  👀 Read more to find out what DJ Spinderella and Roxanne ...
08/21/2023

Did you catch The Crusader Newspaper's feature on our concert? 👀

Read more to find out what DJ Spinderella and Roxanne Shanté look forward to this Friday and Reginald Robinson's thoughts on preserving ragtime music.

The National Public Housing Museum and WBEZ Chicago are hosting a free concert in Millennium Park on Friday, August 25, from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring artists

Looking for a good podcast recommendation? Our Associate Curator Alex Orfirer Maher recommends "Help This Garden Grow," ...
08/16/2023

Looking for a good podcast recommendation?

Our Associate Curator Alex Orfirer Maher recommends "Help This Garden Grow," a podcast docuseries from our friends at Airgo about the late Hazel Johnson, who moved to Altgeld Gardens in Chicago’s industrial corridor with her family in 1962.

The first episode introduces us to the “mother of the environmental justice movement,” who formed the organization People for Community Recovery in response to the high rates of respiratory illnesses, birth defects, and cancer.

Listen to the story and voice of this “badass,” as she is referred to with great admiration, and feel inspired to work for a better world.

Help This Garden Grow is a new podcast docuseries telling the story of Hazel Johnson, a visionary of the Environmental Justice movement and a resident of the Altgeld Gardens community on the far South

We can't wait to see you all next week at Millennium Park!RSVP for reminders and updates: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/o...
08/15/2023

We can't wait to see you all next week at Millennium Park!

RSVP for reminders and updates: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-lawn-hosted-by-roxanne-shante-with-music-by-dj-spinderella-tickets-664009719947?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for On the Lawn: Hosted by Roxanne Shanté with Music by DJ Spinderella in on 8/25! FREE!
The National Public Housing Museum and WBEZ are presenting this free concert featuring artists with meaningful connections to public housing, including:
⭐️ Roxanne Shanté
⭐️ DJ Spinderella
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ More special guests!
The evening will kick off with a community conversation hosted by Erin Allen, host of WBEZ’s daily Rundown podcast.
www.MillenniumPark.org
This program is made possible by a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with funding from the Millennium Park Foundation and Pritzker Foundation. This event is sponsored by LBBA and Chicago Realtors.

In honor of 50 years of hip-hop, we're throwing it back to the exciting news that the most influential and iconic female...
08/11/2023

In honor of 50 years of hip-hop, we're throwing it back to the exciting news that the most influential and iconic female DJ in hip-hop music, DJ Spinderella, joined our museum as curator of our music room exhibition! DJ Spinderella's music room will celebrate the historic role public housing plays in the development of the American musical landscape.

Before becoming known the world over as DJ Spinderella, Deidra “Dee Dee” Roper grew up in a three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn’s Pink Houses with her parents and five siblings. Spinderella recalls memories of a home and community infused with music, thanks to her father’s closets full of records and 45s and the sounds of DJs playing hip-hop on the streets outside the projects.

Learn more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/15/23599743/dj-spinderella-of-salt-n-pepa-to-join-national-public-housing-museum-as-curator

P.S. DJ Spinderella will be part of our FREE concert in Millennium Park on 8/25! Learn more at tinyurl.com/OnTheLawnConcert

The museum is slated to open on the Near West Side next year. Spinderella will curate the museum’s music room.

Join us in two weeks to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with hip-hop legends DJ Spinderella and Roxanne Shanté!  🎵 🎸 Our F...
08/11/2023

Join us in two weeks to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with hip-hop legends DJ Spinderella and Roxanne Shanté!

🎵 🎸 Our FREE concert is next Friday, August 25 at Millennium Park! The lineup features artists with meaningful connections to public housing, including:

⭐️ Roxanne Shante
⭐️ DJ Spinderella
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ Slique Jay Adams
⭐️ Christopher “Mad Dog” Thomas
⭐️ More special guests, stay tuned!

The evening will kick off with a community conversation hosted by Erin Allen, host of WBEZ's daily Rundown podcast.

🔗 RSVP for reminders and updates: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-lawn-hosted-by-roxanne-shante-with-music-by-dj-spinderella-tickets-664009719947?aff=oddtdtcreator

This event is in partnership with WBEZ Chicago and is sponsored by LBBA Architects, Chicago Association of REALTORS Foundation, and 21c Museum Hotels Chicago. This program is made possible by a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with funding from the Millennium Park Foundation and Pritzker Foundation.

Free concert at Millennium Park hosted by legendary rapper Roxanne Shanté, Music by hip-hop icon DJ Spinderella, with Isaiah Sharkey & more!

We're hiring a Manager of Human Resources, People, and Culture! The person in this new role will lead the development of...
08/11/2023

We're hiring a Manager of Human Resources, People, and Culture!

The person in this new role will lead the development of a new department that reflects the collaborative values of the institution, including reimagining search processes, building candidate pipelines and retention strategies, identifying opportunities to improve employee experience, and so much more.

Learn more and apply: https://www.nphm.org/careers-internships

08/08/2023

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🎶 Just Announced: Lineup Additions! 📣

Our FREE concert on 8/25 at features artists with meaningful connections to public housing, including:

⭐️ Roxanne Shanté ()
⭐️ DJ Spinderella ()
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey ()
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ Christopher “Mad Dog” Thomas ()—just added!
⭐️ Slique Jay Addams ()—just added!
⭐️ More special guests, stay tuned!

The evening will kick off with a community conversation hosted by Erin Allen (.show), host of WBEZ's daily Rundown podcast.

🔗 RSVP for reminders and updates at the link in our bio.

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This program is made possible by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with funding from the Millennium Park Foundation and Pritzker Foundation.

Miss Carol Steele, a longtime Cabrini resident and advocate — and an important elder in the history of public housing tr...
08/04/2023

Miss Carol Steele, a longtime Cabrini resident and advocate — and an important elder in the history of public housing transitioned yesterday.

Miss Steele was always a fierce and uncompromising voice in holding the Chicago Housing Authority and the City of Chicago accountable for the promises made to residents. Whether marching in a protest or in a boardroom with politicians and officials, she could be counted on to represent.

The National Public Housing Museum remembers at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic working closely with Miss Steele and our board member Willie "JR" Fleming, to hand out facemasks and other personal protection. She made sure that then-Mayor Lightfoot remembered public housing residents and how urgent their needs were in that public health crisis.

In recent years, she was also asked to be accountable for her management of resources, but no one ever questioned her belief in the importance of public housing and the value of resident voices in imagining the future of this city.

The National Public Housing Museum sends love and light to her family and friends and we are wishing that she rests in peace and power.

What phase of construction are we in?Quite literally, the bricks-and-mortar stage!Here's a behind-the-scenes look at wha...
08/03/2023

What phase of construction are we in?

Quite literally, the bricks-and-mortar stage!

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the process of adapting the last remaining building of the former Jane Addams Homes into the future National Public Housing Museum, including picking out color swatches for concrete coloring mixtures for the bricks.

2024 can't come soon enough—we can't wait to invite you inside!

08/01/2023

Here’s a special message from MacArthur Award winning Ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson about our FREE concert in Millennium Park on 8/25!

The lineup includes:

⭐️ Roxanne Shanté
⭐️ DJ Spinderella
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ More special guests to be announced soon!

The evening will kick off with a community conversation hosted by Erin Allen Erin Allen, host of WBEZ’s daily Rundown podcast.

🔗 RSVP for concert updates and reminders: https://lnkd.in/gBtxrC68

We had an amazing time presenting at the Association of African American Museums Museums, Music, and Movements conferenc...
07/28/2023

We had an amazing time presenting at the Association of African American Museums Museums, Music, and Movements conference!

Our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee joined legendary rapper Roxanne Shanté (who grew up in Queensbridge Projects) and MacArthur Genius Award Winner Ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson (who lived in Henry Horner Homes) for a panel, "Song of America."

The conversation explored how museums can harness the power of place and memory to grow the cultural capital of communities and as a call to our nation to have a more inclusive foundation for the stories we preserve, tell, and share.

Today we're at the Association of African American Museums Museums, Music, and Movements conference. Our Executive Direc...
07/27/2023

Today we're at the Association of African American Museums Museums, Music, and Movements conference.

Our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee will join the legendary Roxanne Shanté and MacArthur Genius Award Winner Ragtime pianist Reginald Robinson for a panel, "Song of America."

Here, Reginald is meeting the curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Dr. Steven Lewis!

Can't wait to see what the rest of the day holds.

The deadline is tomorrow! Learn more: https://www.nphm.org/artist-as-instigator
07/20/2023

The deadline is tomorrow! Learn more: https://www.nphm.org/artist-as-instigator

Learn more about the National Public Housing Museum's Artist as Instigator Residency Program (www.nphm.org/artist-as-instigator). This annual residency progr...

Our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee will be speaking at this event! Register today: https://sitesofconscience-org.zoom.u...
07/12/2023

Our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee will be speaking at this event! Register today: https://sitesofconscience-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FIRsIhcLR_OWFwOzMWl4iw?fbclid=IwAR1YQTlTlFnqVuBn_KiMY3sF50khEwpudJ9B5xv0O8zuYW4175zwHz-1bsU #/registration

The right to adequate housing, including the ability to live "somewhere that is in keeping with your culture” with “access to appropriate services, schools, and employment,” is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and yet, around the world, cities are becoming progressively unequal, with vulnerable minorities being pushed out through gentrification and spatial segregation. This often has a ripple effect, deepening inequity and limiting socio, cultural and economic diversification in areas with privileged infrastructure.

On July 20th, 2023, at 10:00am (ET), join “No Place Like Home: Housing as a Human Right,” a webinar hosted by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience that will examine social and affordable housing initiatives that are working to democratize access to urban spaces, foster co-existence, and counter systems that expel people with less economic power to peripheral areas deprived of services and opportunities.

To register visit: https://tinyurl.com/mv3da65k

07/12/2023

In "The Stories We Tell Ourselves", a panel of people working at the intersection of race, place, and story will unpack eleven dominant community development narratives revealed in the Anti-Racist Community Development research project and share strategies for advancing practical, concrete narrative...

🗓️ Don't forget! Applications for our Artist as Instigator program are due next Friday, July 21.The program supports art...
07/11/2023

🗓️ Don't forget! Applications for our Artist as Instigator program are due next Friday, July 21.

The program supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in incubating new ideas and works focused on social justice, public policy, housing, and equity. This program is an ideal opportunity for people with a demonstrated history of socially engaged projects and priority will be given to applicants who propose ideas that are close to or ready for the implementation phase and align with the museum's mission and vision. Our next Artist as Instigator will work with us from Fall 2023 to Summer 2024.

➡️ Interested in learning more? Check out a recording of our online info session! https://lnkd.in/g5Sinhct

Learn more about the National Public Housing Museum's Artist as Instigator Residency Program (www.nphm.org/artist-as-instigator). This annual residency progr...

07/11/2023

The National Public Housing Museum's Artist as Instigator Residency supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in incubating new ideas and works focused on social justice, public policy, housing, and equity. Participants do not need to be Chicago-based. Applications are due July 21!

Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/eY5zC-8Y
Join NPHM for an info session on 6/22: https://lnkd.in/eZ5UjhGz

Join us for On the Lawn: Hosted by Roxanne Shanté with Music by DJ Spinderella in Millennium Park on 8/25!We are present...
07/05/2023

Join us for On the Lawn: Hosted by Roxanne Shanté with Music by DJ Spinderella in Millennium Park on 8/25!

We are presenting a FREE concert featuring artists with meaningful connections to public housing, including:

⭐️ Roxanne Shante
⭐️ DJ Spinderella
⭐️ Isaiah Sharkey
⭐️ Reginald Robinson
⭐️ More special guests!

The evening will kick off with a community conversation hosted by Erin Allen, host of WBEZ’s daily Rundown podcast.

🔗 FREE tickets: https://lnkd.in/gBtxrC68

This event is in partnership with WBEZ Chicago and is sponsored by LBBA Architects and the Chicago Association of REALTORS® Foundation.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) with funding from the Millennium Park Foundation and Pritzker Foundation.

06/28/2023

Don't forget to mark your calendars for our first program in conjunction with the "You Remember Frank London Brown" exhibition, Housing Justice in Chicago Today: Arts & Activism, happening this Thursday!

See Willie Fleming, Tiff Beatty, Adrienne Brown, Cheryl Reese, and Eve L. Ewing in conversation about art and activism. This event is co-presented by Arts + Public Life and the National Public Housing Museum.

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Housing Justice in Chicago Today: Arts & Activism
Thursday, June 29 | 7–9pm
Green Line Performing Arts Center
29 East Garfield Boulevard
Eventbrite RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/housing-justice-in-chicago-today-arts-activism-tickets-644071082947?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Arts + Public Life programs are presented on a first-come, first-served basis. Making a reservation helps us anticipate the crowd, but it is not a guaranteed seat. Come early to avoid the rush! Can’t wait to see you.

06/22/2023

Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet? https://tr.ee/Jo6OkbaeJf

The episode "Play Ball: Sports and Recreation in Public Housing" showcases stories from 1943 to 1993.

Hear directly from Tanisha Wright, former WNBA player of Mon View Heights in PA, as she speaks about the central role basketball played in her community. 🏀

Additional storytellers for this episode include Lee Roy Murphy, Olympic boxer of the Robert Taylor Homes; James Purgatorio of the Jane Addams Homes; Gil Walker, the former director of programs of the Chicago Housing Authority; Tommy Woods of the Lathrop Homes; and Byron Dickens of the Jane Addams Homes.

Curious about our Artist as Instigator Residency?Join us this Thursday for a virtual info session to learn more about th...
06/20/2023

Curious about our Artist as Instigator Residency?

Join us this Thursday for a virtual info session to learn more about this program that supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in incubating new ideas and works focused on social justice, public policy, housing, and equity.

🔗 Register for info session: https://lnkd.in/gbnTb3Qs

We are so excited for this conversation on June 29 with Willie “JR” Fleming, National Public Housing Museum Board member...
06/20/2023

We are so excited for this conversation on June 29 with Willie “JR” Fleming, National Public Housing Museum Board member and co-founder of Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign; Tiff Beatty, National Public Housing Museum Associate Director; Adrienne Brown, co-curator of “You Remember Frank London Brown” exhibition and Arts + Public Life Faculty Director; Cheryl Reese, talent manager, and former public housing resident; and Eve Ewing, author and co-curator of “You Remember Frank London Brown” exhibition.

Register today:

Through contemporary and historic examples, this conversation explores the intersection of art and activism in Chicago housing.

06/18/2023

Celebrate Father's Day today and Juneteenth tomorrow with this special message from Khaliah Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali and Co-Chair of the National Public Housing Museum's Power of Place Campaign.

🥊 While Muhammad Ali is well known for being a legendary and transformative humanitarian and peace advocate, dedicated to improving people's lives and reducing suffering, we loved hearing Khaliah’s more personal reflections on her father’s legacy and the connection to our mission to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper — a place to call home.

Earlier today, our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee joined Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as he raised a flag and pledged ...
06/16/2023

Earlier today, our Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee joined Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as he raised a flag and pledged to bring a permanent public memorial put forth by the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM) to life. The memorial will honor those who suffered racially-motivated torture by former Police Commander Jon Burge from 1972 to 1991.

Lisa is a longtime member of the CTJM collective, which is also focused on implementing a reparations package for Burge torture survivors and establishing a Southside community center for trauma services to survivors and families.

Our latest oral history podcast episode is now streaming! Join us as we delve into stories spanning from 1943 to 1993. E...
06/15/2023

Our latest oral history podcast episode is now streaming! Join us as we delve into stories spanning from 1943 to 1993. Experience the thrill of late-night basketball games, memories from an Olympic-level boxer, and more about the power of sports. 🏀 🥊

Storytellers for this episode include Lee Roy Murphy, Olympic boxer of the Robert Taylor Homes; James Purgatorio of the Jane Addams Homes; Gil Walker, the former director of programs of the Chicago Housing Authority; Tanisha Wright, former WNBA player of Mon View Heights; Tommy Woods of the Lathrop Homes; and Byron Dickens of the Jane Addams Homes.

🔗 Listen now: https://tr.ee/Jo6OkbaeJf

Our   campaign is in the news! 🎉 It's not too late to participate and help us celebrate the creative, colorful, and care...
06/14/2023

Our campaign is in the news! 🎉

It's not too late to participate and help us celebrate the creative, colorful, and carefully curated interiors of public housing and style as an act of resistance. Message us your photos or post them, tag us, and use .

Beyond the deferred maintenance and conventional exteriors of public housing project buildings, there are apartments with unique and carefully curated interiors.

  campaign submission from Ashley, celebrating memories and moments from Cabrini-Green in Chicago, IL! ❤️It's not too la...
06/13/2023

campaign submission from Ashley, celebrating memories and moments from Cabrini-Green in Chicago, IL! ❤️

It's not too late to submit and help us celebrate the colorful, curated, and creative interiors of public housing. DM us or post with and tag us.

In her own words:

"The phrase A picture is worth a thousand words, what does that mean? I believe pictures are way more valuable,

In this slide, you get 10 pictures, ten moments, and ten first impressions.
I encourage you to look deeper, look beyond, and if you can't, I'll paint the picture. Just read along.

Did you know Cabrini Green Projects began as Frances Cabrini Homes, a public housing project led by the Chicago Housing Authority in 1942. It was the first major public housing project in Chicago, and the first section of what would eventually be called the Cabrini-Green Projects.

My husband is a third-generation- who grew up in Cabrini Green homes, along with his grandparents, mother, aunt, and sister. His family lived in the Cabrini-Green Projects in the 1970*s-1999. During the early 2000*s, his grandmother was displaced to the Near North Town village developments. By this time, all of her adult children and grandchildren would have moved out and started raising families of their own.

I remember my husband telling me stories growing up in Cabrini. One of which was how his grandmother would hang a white sheet out of the window, letting her husband know she needed him to make an errand or it was time to get home. Then, his auntie moved into the white buildings across the black top from her mother, at the age of 21. Or how his Mom would sneak down the hall of their 8th floor apartment to see his dad.

His mother, Angie -B, bold, bright, and beautiful would live in Cabrini Green, at the 714 and 1015 red building for her young adolescent years, while later live out her adult years in Milwaulkee Wisconsin.

Angela Marie Black Kenndy was born July 26 1971, and left us Feb 27, 2023. I'm grateful for the time spent with her. I'm grateful for her gifts, her son, and our shared memories. I love you, Angie B."

06/08/2023
We're so thrilled to have won a Joyce Award in partnership with Marisa Morán Jahn! The prestigious award will support th...
06/07/2023

We're so thrilled to have won a Joyce Award in partnership with Marisa Morán Jahn! The prestigious award will support the creation of Marisa Morán Jahn's project, HOOPS, an outdoor play space shared at the National Public Housing Museum and a mixed-income housing development.

HOOPS will joyfully celebrate the living history of recreation and play in public housing and will imaginatively blend basketball court linework with elements of other street games.

We can't wait for you to see it!

Read the article below, or see the full text on our site:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5356a3bfe4b04b5c0a1dca51/t/647fb84822b31119d8a87f15/1686091848623/2023+06-06+Chicago+Tribune+-+Online.pdf

Three local art organizations will feature the works of three artists of color by June 2024 due to the help of the Joyce Awards.

06/06/2023

Congratulations to our fellow awardees!

Guess who won a Joyce Award? ⬇️We did! We're honored to be selected as one of The Joyce Foundation's 2023 Awardees in pa...
06/06/2023

Guess who won a Joyce Award? ⬇️

We did! We're honored to be selected as one of The Joyce Foundation's 2023 Awardees in partnership with artist Marisa Morán Jahn.

The prestigious award will support the creation of Marisa's project, HOOPS, an outdoor play space shared by the National Public Housing Museum and a new mixed-income housing development.

HOOPS will celebrate the living history of recreation and play in public housing and will imaginatively blend basketball court linework with elements of other street games. The project, designed by Jahn with architect Rafi Segal, will joyfully create a place for civic participation and new social relations at our future museum, opening in 2024.

Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gxBbdfrC



Image 1: Artist Marisa Morán Jahn in her studio.
Image 2: Rendering of the future National Public Housing Museum.
Image 3: A process image for HOOPS. Marisa Morán Jahn, Re/creation 2, 2023. Mixed media (remixed photos by John White, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago History Museum, and David Schalliol). Courtesy of Sapar Contemporary.

Living New Deal programming.
06/01/2023

Living New Deal programming.

📣 Applications are due July 21!Our Artist as Instigator Residency supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in i...
05/30/2023

📣 Applications are due July 21!

Our Artist as Instigator Residency supports artists, activists, and cultural workers in incubating new ideas and works focused on social justice, public policy, housing, and equity. Participants do not need to be Chicago-based.

🔗 Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/eY5zC-8Y
🔗 Join us for an info session on 6/22: https://lnkd.in/eZ5UjhGz

05/27/2023

What do you imagine when you hear "public housing"? Its story in America is as diverse and multifaceted as the people who have called it home.

In the first post in our series, in collaboration with the National Public Housing Museum, we offer their selected titles on this remarkable history.

Join us on June 1 at the Chicago Cultural Center as Richard & Leah Rothstein will discuss their forthcoming book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.

Find event details and the full reading list at http://ow.ly/q9eT50OstCV

Join our   campaign!➡️ Help us celebrate the creative imagination and brilliant efforts of public housing residents to c...
05/26/2023

Join our campaign!

➡️ Help us celebrate the creative imagination and brilliant efforts of public housing residents to create a lot from a little.

➡️ Post a photo of your stylish public housing interior, past or present, and tag us and use

➡️ Or, DM us your photos and learn more here: https://www.nphm.org/feelingathome

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05/25/2023

The history of American cities combines extraordinary progress and staggering pain.

In our continuing series, in collaboration with the National Public Housing Museum, we offer their selected titles on the city, segregation, and its lasting impacts.

Join us on June 1 at the Chicago Cultural Center as Richard & Leah Rothstein will discuss their forthcoming book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Event details and the full reading list at http://ow.ly/3bhe50OuKO9

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Today is Giving Tuesday! We are excited to participate in this global movement to unleash the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Join us to support our transformative programs that will be housed in our permanent museum space! https://www.nphm.org/donate
Did you miss our Artist as Instigator, Marisa Morán Jahn's talk with us last week? You can watch the whole conversation now on our YouTube channel!

https://youtu.be/RIqv-QsjF7c
The newest episode of our oral history podcast, Out of the Archives is out now! This episode, "There's So Much Magic in a Place," shares stories from across the country about how residents and the relationships to their homes have shaped, and have been shaped by, their identities as individuals and communities.

The oral history narrators featured in this episode are: Ramona Ferreyra, who has lived in NYC's Mitchel Houses from 2019 to the present day, Dante Hamilton, who lived in the Garden Valley Neighborhood Projects from 1961-1979, Connie Lindsey, who lived in Milwaukee's Lapham Park Housing Project from 1965-1974 and Willie McShan, who lived in Chicago's Altgeld Gardens from 1944-1951.

Stream from your favorite podcast platform by following the link: https://linktr.ee/thenphm
Happy Veterans Day from NPHM! In honor of this important moment, we acknowledge the nearly 1.5m veterans at risk of homelessness and the need for more coordinated efforts to provide secure and supportive housing assistance to those who have served this country.

(Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.)
Join NPHM’s 2022 Artist as Instigator Marisa Morán Jahn () to learn about how she uses art and design to create civic innovations and tackle public policy issues. She’ll share projects like Carehaus, the U.S.’s first intergenerational care-based co-housing project co-founded with architect Rafi Segal, and Careforce, a collaboration with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, helping to amplify the voices of America’s fastest growing workforce — caregivers.

Also — sneak peek into how Marisa and NPHM are thinking about using art, storytelling, and play to impact public policy during her year-long residency with the Museum! Special guests including 2021 Artist as Instigator Tonika Lewis Johnson () join Marisa to share their ideas, feedback, and questions!

A live captioner will be present for this event. Please contact Mark Jaeschke, [email protected] for additional needs or requests for accommodations

Link in our bio to register for this online conversation!
Thanks to all who attended the “Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds from the Black Metropolis” Performances and Symposium, which happened on October 7 and 8, 2022!

Presented as part of “Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds from the Black Metropolis,” HOME was a panel discussion that considers both the historical and current state of housing, and include the exploration of discriminatory practices, displacement, eviction, and strategies for change.

Panelists for the conversation included André Perry, Shana Griffin, Tonika Lewis Johnson. Moderated by: Natalie Moore
We're hiring! NPHM is seeking applicants to be our Director of Communications & Community Engagement. Share widely and apply via the link below!

https://www.nphm.org/careers-internships
NPHM at the Taylor Streer Farm today with ABLA family, EHUB and friends. We picked the lettuce and ate it!
Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with the NPHM and Blu Rhythm Collective & the Crew. and our self-guided tour of a people's history of Lincoln Park, Stories from the Redline: Fire Fire Gentrifier!

The tour is available through PocketSights Tour Guide, a free mobile phone app.

This tour features music by Pinqy Ring (.ring), photos by Carlos Flores, and stories by Cha Cha Jiménez, Billy Che Brooks, and Professor Jacqueline Lazu.

This tour excavates some of the hidden and repressed history of urban renewal and explores the struggles of the Young Lords. The Young Lords were a Puerto Rican street organization turned human rights activists focusing on police brutality, housing inequity, racism, and more, to organize, raise political awareness, and resist gentrification and displacement from Lincoln Park in Chicago's north side.

https://www.nphm.org/stories-from-the-redline-fire-fire-gentrifier
Happy Birthday and Congratulations to AW Originals (Amanda Williams) for being selected to be one of the new
MacArthur Foundation Genius Award Fellows. Amanda, in collaboration with Olalekan Jeyifous, is designing the entrance to the future home of the National Public Housing Museum.
This is the day so many have dreamed of.

We celebrated groundbreaking on the National Public Housing Museum. Executive Director Lisa Yun Lee, Board Chair Sunny Fischer, the Board, and Staff were joined by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, CHA CEO Tracey Scott, Commissioner of Housing Marisa Novara, Khalia Ali, and many more to mark this incredibly special occasion at the site of the last remaining building of the historic Jane Addams Homes.

We wouldn’t be here without the unwavering support of people like you—public housing residents, city officials, housing advocates and activists, preservationists, donors, friends and family, who have helped make today possible. Also spotted in the crowd: Miss Mary Baggett (ABLA), JR Fleming (Cabrini-Green), Francine Washington (Stateway Gardens), Crystal Palmer (Henry Horner), Reverend Marshall Hatch (Jane Addams Homes), Jellystone Robinson (Ida B Wells Homes) and arts, humanities and culture leaders: Dr. Haki Madhubuti, Alex Kotlowitz, Elizabeth Todd Breland, Jamie Kalven, Ben Austen, Rich Cahan, Reginald Robinson, Laura Washington, Chirag Badlini, DCASE Commissioner Erin Harkey, Commissioner Rachel Arfa, Carlos Tortelaro, Anne Lazar, Amanda Williams, Ellen Alberding, Brad White, and more!!
Now announcing 2022 Artist as Instigator, Marisa Morán Jahn!

New York City-based multidisciplinary artist Marisa Morán Jahn was chosen as NPHM's 2022 Artist as Instigator because of her history of making creative and innovative interventions in housing policy. Her past work with immigrant communities, and on issues related to housing as a human right as well as her own lived experience in an affordable housing complex in NYC, make her a sincere collaborator with the Museum.

Marisa is the Museum’s fourth artist in residence, joining Chicago-based artists William Estrada, Jen Delos Reyes, and Tonika Lewis Johnson.
Now announcing 2022 Artist as Instigator Marisa Morán Jahn ()

New York City-based multidisciplinary artist Marisa Morán Jahn was chosen as NPHM's 2022 Artist as Instigator because of her history of making creative and innovative interventions in housing policy. Her past work with immigrant communities, and on issues related to housing as a human right as well as her own lived experience in an affordable housing complex in NYC, make her a sincere collaborator with the Museum.

Marisa is the Museum’s fourth artist in residence, joining Chicago-based artists William Estrada (), Jen Delos Reyes (), and Tonika Lewis Johnson ().

Click the link in our bio to learn more about Marisa!
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