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Our mission is to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper—a place to call home.

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    Read stories and insights about the history and future of public housing, and the work of social justice museums in society, written by staff and special invited guests.

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    Werkz in the Archive: Taking Play Seriously

    Chicago Footwork, public housing, and creating a new archive from movement and Play.

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    ‘How can we make it livable for all?’

    This Out of the Archives podcast episode digs into the environmental ramifications of demolition and redevelopment through stories from public housing resident narrators.

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    Your gift means so much

    Your support makes it possible for the National Public Housing Museum to share vital stories, at a time when historical accountability and civic imagination are more important than ever.

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    Past Events

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    On the Lawn Concert in Millennium Park

    After months of careful planning, our much-anticipated free concert extravaganza in the heart of downtown Chicago was a resounding success.

    This extraordinary event featured a multi-genre array of artists from public housing: Roxanne Shanté (Queensbridge Houses), DJ Spinderella (Pink Houses), Isaiah Sharkey (Cabrini-Green Homes), Reginald Robinson (Henry Horner Homes), Slique Jay Adams (ABLA), and Christopher “Mad Dog” Thomas (Altgeld Gardens) with Juke 4 Liberation. We hope all 3,300 of you who joined us in Millennium Park had an amazing time dancing, singing, and celebrating public housing residents.

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