Fight for Your Right to... Party on New Years Eve

Event Description

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR! 21+ 

Ring in 2013 at the Hottest New Year's Eve Party in Chicago!

CCDBR's 1^st Annual New Year’s Eve Party at The Rap Factory.

Join hundreds of activists, artists, and hip-hop lovers as they ring in the New Year in style and for a cause at the historic Rap Factory, Chicago's Mecca of hip-hop located in the heart of Logan Square. Purchase your tickets early; this party will sell out in advance! All proceeds go to CCDBR's efforts to stop police abuse, keep our community out of prison, and educate a new generation of activists.

 

LIVE entertainment from a growing list of Chicago's up and coming revolutionary Hip-Hop artists:

                                 FM Supreme                         Valentino Drummer Boy of Power 92 Radio                          

              

     E Jilla                                                                       Ghost Carter

         

     Emcee Preach       

 

All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, an organization dedicated to the defense of freedom.

The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR) was founded in 1960 as the Midwest office of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, now Defending Dissent. Since its founding, CCDBR’s goal has been to organize, educate, and work for legislation that will protect the First Amendment and due process rights of our community.

CCDBR currently has several programs that this funding will go a long way in furthering.

ACTING FREE: 

Since 2008, the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights has worked to promote its message about civil liberties in schools through the “Acting Free” program. In partnership first with Pegasus Theatre and currently with Raven Theater, the Acting Free program educates students at Senn High School about various civil liberties issues through drama. Students participate in acting workshops and civil liberties lessons, which culminate in springtime performances of student authored and civil-liberties focused short plays.

BARBERSHOP KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: 

CCDBR recently launched street know your rights program. Together with local allies, we go to barbershops in the city and do mini know your rights informationals each week in areas heavily affected by police abuse.

"CHICAGO: BUILDING THE COALITION OF OUR DREAMS":

Focused on the immense potential a space dedicated to cultivating long-term relationships and collaboration would hold, the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR) has invited George Friday of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) to facilitate a series of meetings with organizations and community members in Chicago. With her help, we aim for each group to better understand what others are working on and, in the end, to achieve a greater degree of collaboration among groups with closely aligned interests.