8th Annual CRR19 Historic Bike Tour

We will hear about the history of 1919, Bronzeville and Chicago, and celebrate the completion of our campaign to install 38 markers commemorating each of the lives lost during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919. This year's historic bike tour will launch from the lakefront, near 125 Fort Dearborn Dr. and conclude at IIT parking lot D5, near the intersection of 35th and State St. Check-in will be from 9:15 am - 9:45am followed by a brief opening program

If driving directly to the lakefront, you may park in the diagonal paid parking for 31st Street Beach.

If driving to IIT with the intent to bike the tour, you may still park in the IIT Parking lots on the north side of 35th Street, though you must enter that lot from the north at 34th Street. There should be entrances open on both the east and west sides of the De La Salle building.

Our event organizers and bike marshals will make several trips to bike with attendees from 35th and State to our launch point at the lake front. The last trip from 35th and State St. to the lakefront will depart from 35th and State at 9:25am.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

The event is free with an option for donations.

Thank you for your support!

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) exists to commemorate the worst incident of racial violence in the city’s history. The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 is long forgotten, despite its huge impact on the subsequent shape and development of the city. CRR19 will offer a powerful model for how to use dispersed public art to remember past atrocities and provoke conversations about their legacy to ignite conversations about racism, past and present, in Chicago and the nation. Inspired by Stolpersteine, an ongoing German project to honor Holocaust victims, we intend to create and install artistic markers at each of the 38 locations where someone was killed in 1919. Formally launched on the 100th anniversary of the 1919 riot, we believe that now is the moment for Chicago to confront its bloodiest chapter and heal the wounds that time alone has not. We must remember America’s troubled past of racial violence and white supremacy if we wish to improve the future. To move towards racial equality and justice by creating chances for more discussions and more challenging ones about race and racism, past and present.

CRR19 website: https://chicagoraceriot.org/

CRR19 introductory video:

Organic Oneness is the fiscal sponsor and program partner of CRR19.

We ​bring people together to eliminate racism and create healthy communities in Chicago.​Through a Consultative Framework, we co-create with a multitude of partners to provide educational, transformational, and service oriented spaces that foster a mindset of truth and justice at the individual, community, and institutional levels, with the overall goal of tranforming hearts and changing systems for the betterment of Black and Brown communities. www.OrganicOneness.org

Firebird Community Arts empowers and connects people through the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics.We serve those who have been impacted by structural or individual trauma, including violently-injured youth, veterans, formerly-incarcerated individuals, undocumented and immigrant populations and Chicago Public School students on the South and West sides. www.firebirdcommunityarts.org

The priority is to build formal relationships and partnerships between Illinois Tech, local community-based organizations, businesses, and Chicago Public Schools, as well as the surrounding Chicago community areas. With a general focus on shoring up education opportunities and amplifying art and culture, as well as stimulating economic development, the Office of Community Affairs and Outreach Programs aims to be the connective tissue linking the Illinois Tech community—faculty, students, and staff—with the organizations, businesses, and individuals looking to make a positive change in Bronzeville and in the surrounding communities on the South Side. www.iit.edu/community-affairs

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

125 Fort Dearborn Dr, 125 Fort Dearborn Drive, Chicago, United States

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