Teach Me: A Jamila Woods Climate Justice Song Event

Join the Social Justice Initiative Portal Project for an artistic performance by singer-songwriter Jamila Woods. Teach Me is a climate justice song and guide to listening to the planet in order to combat the harms of the climate crisis. After the performance, Woods will be joined in conversation by Chi-Nations organizer, Anthony Tramez and community-design lead from Slow Factory, Paloma Rae. The discussion will be facilitated by Essence McDowell, Director of Arts & Communications at SJI. Seating Limited RSVP Required. Learn about Jamila Woods: Poet and singer Jamila Woods was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side.‍As a singer and songwriter, Woods has performed internationally, touring in support of artists like Raphel Saadiq, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Common. In 2016, Woods released her debut album, HEAVN. Her second studio album, LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019) pays homage to a collection of artists of color who have influenced her life and work. Inspiration for the album’s title came from a poem by Margaret Taylor Burroughs—co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American of History and friend of Gwendolyn Brooks. Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez are among those to whom Woods pays tribute. She is currently working on her third solo album, to be released in 2023 via JagJaguwar Records. Learn More about Paloma Paloma Rae is a polymath, artist, designer, performer, whose work focuses on building power through community, design and culture. Her work and research is focused on making knowledge accessible to all and connecting the dots between social studies, environmental justice, human rights and culture as an intersectional practice and process. Currently, Paloma is the community design lead at Slow Factory. Slow Factory is an award-winning organization creatively addressing the intersecting crises of climate justice & human rights through cultural change, science and design. Learn More about Anthony Tamez Anthony Tamez is First Nations Oji-Cree/Black and the current Chairman of the Center for Native American Youth’s Advisory Board, a member of Chi-Nations Youth Council, a Chicago-based grassroots collective of Native peoples, and a steward of the First Nations Garden in Chicago’s northwest neighborhood of Albany Park, located across the street from the 17th District, and a dues-paying member to 33rd Ward Working Families and United Working Families. As a Black and Native person, Anthony is committed to teaching others how to live ethically on Anishinaabek lands and supporting Black Indigenous solidarity in the struggle for collective liberation. More Info below.