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36 Questions for Civic Love

Free programs, events, and digital and online content for everyone!

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36 Questions for Civic Love

Want to connect with strangers, or strengthen relationships with your neighbors, comrades, and colleagues? Check out our unique program and toolkit.

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Public Events

Our events leverage arts, culture, and storytelling to impact public policy through engaging participants in explorations of the provocative ideas of innovative contemporary artists, scholars, and organizers. Ranging from small…

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Free Toolkits and Podcasts

All of our toolkits and podcasts are free and accessible to all, either via our website or other online platforms.


Do you have experience living, working, or organizing in public housing communities?

Many of our learning and engagement programs are designed with and for people from public housing and adjacent communities.

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Oral History Programs

Harness the power of narrative for
social impact through our Oral History Programs, which center lived experience, and are accessible to people all ages
and backgrounds.

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Empowerment Hub

Rooted in the creative economies and cooperative networks that power public housing communities, our E-Hub program helps to sustain this remarkable history.

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Cultural Workforce Development Program

Our Cultural Workforce Development Program participants learn and engage in programs that create pathways to sustainable employment and economic equity.

Are you an artist or creative organizer working on issues related to housing?

Check out our artist residency programs designed to link arts, culture, and public policy to make creative interventions and broaden narratives around housing and related issues.


More About Our Programs

Drawing on the power of place and memory, our programs and events on Chicago’s Near West Side and beyond, leverage arts, culture, and storytelling to impact public policy through engaging participants in explorations of the provocative ideas of innovative contemporary artists, scholars, and organizers. Through our programs, we are committed to telling an inclusive and diverse history of public housing, and examining contemporary issues around housing policies and practices, including intersections with issues of race, education, wellness, and more. Join us and be a catalyst for change.

Our public programs are partially funded by City of Chicago DCASE City Arts, Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Good Chaos, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Julian Grace Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Landau Family Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Polk Bros. Foundation, PNC, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Contact Us

Please email NPHM Associate Director, Tiff Beatty, with any questions, concerns, or if you’re interested in getting involved.

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