“One Million Experiments” screening and conversation

Join the Department of Black Studies for the “One Million Experiments” event at UIC: a performance, screening and interactive conversation with filmmakers Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

Following the 3:30 p.m. screening, join us for a conversation between the filmmakers and Martine Caverl, co-founder and executive director of Ujimaa Medics. The conversation will be moderated by Beth Richie, professor of Black studies and criminology, law and justice at UIC.

Stop by before the screening for a tabling event in Student Center East Room 613 with on-campus groups and local organizations. Come connect and learn how you can get involved! The room opens at 3 p.m.

RSVP for the event.

Film description: “One Million Experiments” is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprisings, “One Million Experiments” remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. “One Million Experiments,” or “1ME,” expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions grounded in transformation instead of punishment and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free — we need one million experiments.

Event details:

• CART captioning will be available during this event.
• SCE Tower Rooms 605 and 613 are located on the 6th floor of Student Center East Tower and are accessible by elevator. Directional signs will be posted on the day of the event.
• Student Center East is near the Blue Line, Roosevelt (No. 12) bus, Harrison (No. 7) bus, Halsted (No. 8) bus and Taylor (No. 157) bus. There is a drop-off area on Halsted Street. The Halsted and Taylor Street Parking Structure (760 W. Taylor St.) is located across the street at Halsted and Polk streets. Find more information on parking and public transit.
• Student Center East has all-gender and accessible restrooms available, though many do not have automatic doors.
• Contact blst@uic.edu with any other access questions or requests.

COVID safety: UIC does not require masking; however, we are asking that all attendees wear a mask. This is an accessibility measure for chronically ill/immunocompromised people and those living interdependently with them. Black Studies will have extra KN95 and surgical masks on hand the day of the event. During the reception, attendees will be able to unmask briefly to eat refreshments, but we ask that attendees seated for the lecture and Q&A wear a mask if this is accessible to them.

Co-sponsors: Arab American Cultural Center; Asian American Resource and Cultural Center; Black Cultural Center; Criminology, Law, and Justice; Disability Cultural Center; Gender and Sexuality Center; Gender and Women’s Studies; Global Asian Studies; Global Middle East Studies; Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy; Latin American and Latino Studies; Latino Cultural Center; Social Justice Initiative; Sociology; and Women’s Leadership and Resource Center.