Project NIA
Sunset
Spotlight

As Project NIA sunsets, this short film is a collage of reflections from volunteers, collaborators, artists, and organizers in residence, supporters, and more about their transformative experiences working with Project NIA.

Debbie Southorn joined us to discuss their early work on our Chain Reaction project as well as their current work around anti-militarism and campus organizing with Dissenter, and how we can support student organizers in the face of repression and doxxing.

Look back with children's book illustrator Bianca Diaz on her 2022 Project NIA residency, where she is revisiting a fairy tale she wrote that honors stories from formerly incarcerated mothers on the importance of honesty and emotional space for their children.

Aislinn Pulley talks through her experience planning a "play-in" for Tamir Rice on the first anniversary of his killing. Project NIA and other groups invited children and youth, ages 12 and above, to play in honor of the precious life that was lost to state violence.

Connect with Page May as she breaks down how her organizing experiences with Project NIA impacted her future as an educator as well as the power of communication and storytelling as a tool to talk to children about liberation.

In this interview, fabric artist Rachel Wallis walks through her creative process as Project NIA's first artist-in-residence and how she uses art and quiltmaking as a tool to create dialog and understanding around abolition and intersecting social justice movements.

Hear about Ash William's background with organizing and advocacy, and get an inside look into the abortion doula training series he ran as a part of his residency.

Listen to scholar and organizer Erica Meiners talk about her interactions with Project NIA over the years. They ground the early years of PN in where the political movement of abolition was 10-15 years ago, and talk through their experiences with the Chicago PIC Teaching Collective.