"It's not a lifestyle young people choose. I don't think young people are walking around with guns because they are crazy, mad, or savage." -- Chris

"People doing violence have a reason in their mind, and it is our job to help them unpack that." Panelists say we need to examine needs and gaps in food, housing, protection and affirmation youth need while covering gun violence in Chicago. The Joyce Foundation #publicnewsroom

It takes a village to pull off a weekly event like the #PublicNewsroom, especially when trying to ensure it is a brave space for debate and deconstruction of the most pressing issues in #Chicago. And every week I my gratitude for this space/that village is strengthened.

"When I came out of law school, I did the same thing as everybody else. I came out as a prosecutor expected to do justice, but I never learned what justice was in my classes — none of us do." bit.ly/2PnoIJ2

"Cities are symbols of hope and opportunity. But today, overcrowding and gentrification are hurting their most vulnerable residents. This hour, TED speakers explore how we can build more humane cities." -- TED Radio Hour npr.org/programs/ted-r…

We are so excited to welcome Emmitt FUTRELL as the new Transmedia Story Lab Director to the @UChicagoCi3 family!

"This is about Black history, it’s about American history. And we can’t let other people erase us." At Chicago Humanities, Michelle Duster, Eve Ewing, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Natalie Moore discussed Ida B. Wells's life and legacy (@jimdaleywrites) bit.ly/2AQ1qGZ

In Year Two of the Transmedia Collage Program youth participants Lauren Johnson, Shurri Peterson, and Nia Nobles-Vincent conceptualized The Protective Mask Suit. The mask suit is wearable technology that protects citizens from police brutality and other forms of physical violence

TCP participants Daniel Barrera, Symone Pettis, Carlson Ayanlaja, and Yousef Lagundoye conceptualized HomePod, a modular housing system that allows residents to create multi-cultural communities.

Economically accessible, the Community Healing Pair (pictured here) digitally incorporates restorative justice concepts within the tech design that provides users with alternative methods to combat racism and resolve interpersonal and systemic violence in everyday life.

Congratulations to Ñiani bagna, a recipient of the 2019 Roger Ebert Fellowship at The Sundance Institute. Niani was a 2018 TSL Summer Fellow who assisted with our Transmedia Collage Program. We're so proud of her! rogerebert.com/festivals-and-…

Tomorrow at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park: "Speculating the Future," a panel on Afrofuturism with youth participants in Transmedia Story Lab and author Ytasha Womack. Held as part of the "South Side Speculations" exhibit. Free, 6pm–7:30pm. bit.ly/2WEuqu3

Ci3's Transmedia Story Lab is hosting another #speculativedesign workshop May 18th. Open to high-school-aged young people. Sign up for the event for free at Eventbrite! #uchicago #ci3atUchicago #speculativedesign #storytelling #thepowerofstory eventbrite.com/e/speculative-…

Please come through to @UIC's African American Cultural Center on April 4th at 4pm to join us for the opening of South Side Speculations, a project made by a group of amazing young Chicagoans in collaboration with Ci3's Transmedia Story Lab and UIC's History Moves.

What are you doing Saturday? It's not too late to join Ci3 for this Speculative Design Maker Workshop at Logan Center. Sign up here: bit.ly/spec-design

"Kissa Kahani was designed to move beyond its research and see it all the way through to intervention, evaluation, and community implementation." - Soo-Young Lee, Ci3 Research Specialist ci3.uchicago.edu/co-creating-he…

WATCH: A Drop Of Sun Under The Earth (2017) directed by Shikeith, a short experimental film about a shy black boys dreams about love—now screening online May 24-Jun 6 in conjunction with BlackStar Projects x MOCA RT! — moca.org/screen