Thursday, April 28, 8:30 p.m.
$5 ($4 with non-perishable food item) 21+
Rex Bar at Fitger’s

Join MPIRG for a fun night of music benefiting a great local organization — Churches United in Ministry. CHUM provides core social safety net programs which include emergency food, shelter, advocacy, and outreach to over 7,000 hungry, homeless and low-income people each year. Hope you can join us to support this great organization!

Set-list:
Solidarity Hymn
Uprising
Lazaret
The People Say Fox
Blue Water Dance

Tuesday April 26, 6pm,
UMD Kirby Rafters
Free, Open to the Public, Refreshments Provided.

Join Liz Kuoppala, Executive Director of MN Coalition for the Homeless, and representatives from CHUM, Life House, PAVSA, and Lutheran Social Services for an evening focused on the critical issue of homelessness in Duluth and Greater Minnesota. Hear directly from local service providers, learn about current legislative priorities, find out how you can become a local advocate. Come be a part of the solution!

Monday, April 25
6pm, UMD Kirby Rafters
Free, open to the public, refreshments provided.

DeAnna Cummings, executive director of the Minneapolis-based arts organization Juxtaposition, has been involved with using the arts and culture for positive social, political, and economic change at both grassroots and policy levels. Join Ms. Cummings as she speaks about, and displays examples of, her work utilizing the arts for positive social change in MN, and discusses how they can be used as a powerful tool to engage young people, build community, and promote positive social, legislative, and economic change.

Juxtaposition Arts is a community based education, entrepreneurship, and professional development organization for young artists, committed to being an active contributing community member, and extending its work to the city, state, and Midwest region. Ms. Cummings is also curator of the Art of T&A: Truth and Activism and one of six women who founded B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop.

Monday, April 25:
An Evening with DeAnna Cummings: Arts for Social Change in MN, 6pm, UMD Kirby Rafters
Free, Open to the Public, Refreshments Provided.