From Memories of Resistance to a Community of Hope 40th Anniversary 1966 Riots June 1966 - June 2006

From June 12-18 – forty years after Pictorial Exhibition: proclaimed themselves on 40 Years of Puerto Rican ‘La Division’ – our community will have the • Special Reception at Banco Popular ‘’ opportunity to reflect on and celebrate our Branch to Open 3 Location Exhibition - Banco Popular (2720 W. Division), 6pm community’s achievements, victories and 12: June on. (*Other sites: Batey Urbano- 2620 W. Division M developments. and Paseo Boricua Apartments- 2501-11 W. Division)

On June 12, 1966, after a young Puerto Connecting Generations of Puerto Ricans: Rican was shot by a white officer, Division Poetry, , and Culture • Intergenerational readings by: Eduardo Arocho, Batey Urbano Poets Street from Damen to California became and invited guests: David Hernandez and Tato Laviera the site of the first Puerto Rican uprising

ues. June 13: June ues. • Bombazo with Africaribe, Grupo Yuba, and Nuestro Tambo (invited)

in the United States. Our Puerto Rican T political consciousness was ignited in Batey Urbano (2620 W. Division), 7:00pm

three days of resistance to police brutal- ity, slum housing, and discrimination, Reclaiming Space – Affirming our Culture: among other grievances. Celebrate New Mural with artist Martin Soto • Special theatric preview of Tato Laviera’s “Spark” with Batey Urbano poetry In the years that followed, an awakened • Presentation of Mozaic Flag Project on Paseo Boricua Planters ed. June 14: 14: June ed. Corner of Division and Washtenaw, 6:00pm Puerto Rican community waged struggle W after struggle, beginning with the fight for bilingual education, the establishment of Batey Urbano: From Hip-Hop to Humanization: alternative schools and admissions • Reception and Book Signing for ‘Beyond Resistance’ programs for Latinos at the university. El Quijote Bookstore (2546 W. Division), 5:30pm. Beyond that, • Batey Urbano Presentation and Poetic Performances have fought for the release of Presentations: Dr. Julio Cammarota, Dr. Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Matt hurs. June 15: 15: June hurs. two generations of Puerto Rican T Rodríguez, Michael Rodríguez Muñiz, Batey Urbano (2620 W. Division), 6:30pm political prisoners. In the political arena, we have gone from zero representation to June 16-18: Community as Intellectual Space elected 11 Puerto Rican officials. Symposium: ‘From Community Organizing to Community

Furthermore, the riots lead to the Building– The Case of Puerto Rican Chicago establishment of several community Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks: housing organizations and institutions to Special remarks: Cong. Luis V. Gutiérrez, Ald. Billy Ocasio, Ruth V. Watkins, preserve and promote our Puerto Rican Vice Provost, UIUC, John Unsworth, Dean, Graduate School of Library and culture. In Chicago’s Police Department Information Science, UIUC, José E. López, executive director of PRCC today you can find Puerto Rican among its 16: June ri. F – “Flags of Steel,” documentary by Mildred Amador top leadership. Like no other Puerto Rican – Preview of “Cause and Effect,” New Films Production barrio, we have responded to the threat documentary by Antonio & Gloricelly Franceschi

posed by gentrification by establishing PRCC Auditorium (2700 W. Haddon), 6:00pm

Paseo Boricua, as our social, political,

and economic anchor in the Midwest. The Puerto Rican Cultural Center’s Role in Community Building: Presentations by: Nilda Flores-González (University of at Chicago), Surely, the challenges facing our Rene Antrop González (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), community have not disappeared, but Rachel Rinaldi (Columbia University), Jane Juffer (Penn State), at. June 17: June at.

through struggle we have moved forward. S Laura Ruth Johnson (Northern Illinois University) On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the 1966 Puerto Rican Riots on ‘La Divi- 29th Annual Puerto Rican Peoples’ Parade sion,’ La Voz del Paseo Boricua encour- Beginning on corner on Division Street and , 2pm ages you to join us for the following events to take place from June 12-18. Let us pay Community-Building In Chicago and on Paseo Boricua: homage to our pioneers, let us celebrate Presentations by: Maura Toro-Morn (Illinois State University), our past accomplishments, and finally let Irma M. Olmedo (University of Illinois at Chicago), Gina Peréz us make claim to our future on Division (Oberlin College), Wilfredo Cruz (Columbia College) (invited) Street and in Humboldt Park!

The PRCC and Community-Building Today and Tomorrow: Event Sponsors: Presentations by: Michael Rodríguez Muñiz (La Voz del Paseo Boricua), Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center Michele Kelley (University of Illinois at Chicago) Miguel Morales and Division Street Business Development Association (CO-OP Humboldt Park), Enrique Salgado (Division Street Business

un. June 18: June un. Development Association), Yvonne Nieves (Community Informatics), Co-sponsors and Supporters: Banco Popular, BCA-Lisc, University of Illinois S Alejandro Luis Molina (PRCC Board of Directors), Dilia Delgado at Urbana-Champaign: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, (student, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School) UIUC Office of the Chancellor, UIUC Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, UI Extension, UI Outreach and Public Service, Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, Michigan State University Premiere of “Spark”: A Play on the 1966 Division Street Riots by the Legendary Tato Laviera and Teatro Batey For more info, call 773/342-8023 or [email protected]. Puerto Rican Cultural Center Auditorium (2700 W. Haddon), 1pm ¡Regresa al Barrio, Return Home! • ¡Aquí Luchamos y Aquí nos Quedamos!