WE HAVE A NEW BAR - JEFFERSON TAP!
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Join us at our new home for all Mizzou Chicago watch parties at Jefferson Tap in Fulton Market/West Loop! We will be hosting a kickoff happy hour on Thursday, August 19 from 5-7pm - first drinks on the house courtesy of J-Tap and Goose Island!
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Jefferson Tap & Grille
325 N Jefferson St, Chicago, IL 60661 |
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Tigers Telling Truths: From Protest to Change to Healing
On the eve of Juneteenth (June 19th, 2020), University of Missouri alumni who experienced protests and racial tension on campus in 2015 help us make sense of what’s happening nationwide five years later in this live event organized by Mizzou Black Alumni Network NYC, Mizzou NYC, and Mizzou Chicago.The alumni panelists discuss how their pivotal experiences at Mizzou shaped their perspective and actions after civil unrest erupted across the United States in June 2020, and they offer suggestions moving forward.
Panelists:
Panelists:
- Payton Head; Speaker and Change Agent, University of Missouri Student Body President during the 2015 Hunger Strike and Campus Protests (BA 2016)
- Jazmin Burrell; Creative Strategist at Snapchat (BJ 2015)
- Ayanna Poole; Educator, Author, National Activist & Concerned Student 1950 Founding Member (BA 2015)
- The conversation is moderated by Melody Myers (BJ 2016), associate producer at CNBC and president of NYC's Mizzou Black Alumni Network chapter.
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