CSRPC
IS A HUB
OF
RESEARCH
AND AN
INCUBATOR
ANTI-RACIST
OF
PRACTICE.
WE ADVANCE
SCHOLARSHIP,
ARTS
AND
PUBLIC DIALOGUE
ABOUT THE
RACE
CENTRALITY
OF
&
RACISM
IN THE
SYSTEMS
WE INHABIT.
SPOTLIGHT
Roots Unbound: Returning Our stories to us
June 20th | 3pm
A Discussion about Adoption and Racial Healing
featuring Dr. Gina Samuels — University of Chicago Professor and Director of the Roots Unbound/Black Adoption Project — alongside performer and artist Gabriel Gutierrez The evening will showcase poetry and visual art from local Illinois adoptees in Roots Unbound, alongside dance by Gabriel Gutierrez: a Chicago native, adult adoptee, reconnecting P’urhépecha Native, and founder of MOFundamentals, the only foster- and adoptee-led dance program in the United States. Poetry and movement are woven into the performance itself, as storytelling and art converge to affirm lived experiences, foster connections, and envision more healing futures.
OUR STORY
