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Lectures

Growing the Social Imagination

Community Lecture Series

Engaging multi-media presentations with local scholars, artists, and activists that challenge us to imagine and work towards collective liberation.

Upcoming
A Historical Survey of American Art for Social Change
Price
Free
Donations
Donations accepted. 50% supports our lecturers; 50% donated to the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee.

Schedule

Upcoming & recent

Sat, Jun 20, 2026

A Historical Survey of American Art for Social Change

Multimedia lecture

with Dr. Lila Yarwood

From WPA murals through the Black Arts Movement to today’s organizers — a guided survey of art that argued for collective liberation.

514 E Center StFree / Donations welcome

Sat, Jul 18, 2026

Imagining Otherwise: Speculative Politics in Practice

Multimedia lecture + discussion

with Riverwest Reading Circle

Activists and writers walk through what worlds become possible when we let go of the present’s assumptions.

514 E Center StFree / Donations welcome

Wed, Apr 15, 2026

Solidarity Economies and the Long Tail

Past lecture

with Marquette Co-op Studies Project

Co-ops, mutual aid, time banks — what we have, what we’re trying. Recording available on request.

514 E Center StFree / Donations welcome