GO LIVE FEST

via #GOLIVEfest 🖐🏿🥳

Years ago we set out to build utopia inspired by Beyoncé's Lemonade. We had the skills + the network to make her, our, collective dream a reality. Now we tap in everyday with lives, projects & all manner of creation. This is the Utopian Canon~*

Read: How i Stop Death with... Beyoncé

#HEAL 💜

Thank you to those who've lent their community voices to our utopian platform over the years, we're grateful to feature you here. These comments are from petition signers supporting our #YCAconvo 🔊 & survivor fund.

We'll be using our past partner F12 Network's What To Do When Harm Occurs zine to refer to during our Open Conversation on Malcolm London & Protecting Black Women. For those who have yet to attend a workshop, you can find it for free here.

Recently during an #After12 💜🔊 worksheet, our Daily Memory featured an interview with one of the women our program raises funds for. #YCAharm 💜

Read: 10 Questions Before We Build Utopia with... Tarnynon O!

#GROW 👨🏿‍🌾

Shoutout to our supporters Chicago Public Schools, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago & more for helping us raise #reparations. Our Food Sovereignty Award-winning #reparations program is 55% funded for its next order of free homes 👨🏿‍🌾🌻

Whites! Give reparations here: tinyurl.com/lbgcreparations · 🌻

Thank you for ending homelessness! RSVP! We're also proud to highlight a classic interview from our utopian platform, via Let's Build Garden City! 🌻Check out our interview supporting fresh food with Nick Lucas of AUA (Advocates for Urban Agriculture)!

Read: How to Make a Million Selling Your Crops with... Eric Rodriguez of IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network)!

#CONNECT ⬛🌐

Thank you for helping us reach our next petition goal for the #COVIDstrike ⬛

Read: How i Stop Death with... My Uncle Jimmy

We've been honoring Cydney Edwards via featuring tributes to the poet & educator. UW-Madison recently held an event in her memory. Thank you to Cydney for your support. 🖤

We’re honoring Aerin Cooper via featuring tributes to the artist & performer. We previously started student gardens in her memory. 🖤

We honor Orb Box via featuring tributes to the dancer & artist. Feel free to tag us with any tributes to amplify. Do you remember Orb Box @ Perform/Transform? 🖤

#CELEBRATE 🎉

Revisit our classic interview with Adventuretime showrunner Jesse Moynihan. #mtvxo 🌐

Thanks again to the Nicki Minaj fans who supported the #YCA survivor fund in Jan / Feb! This was our biggest bump since starting it after our original petition!

Read: 10 Questions Before We Build Utopia with... Frsh Waters!

These are the first two BEYONCÉ essays that were key to kicking off utopia followed by our last one, celebrating KiD CuDi. Thank you for tapping in to build utopia w/ us. 🖐🏿🥳 Stay tuned for our monthly recaps via the Go Live Fest tumblr & we'll see you this summer for Utopian Canon~* #2

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1. "Mama's Favorite" by YE x Donda West inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. 'nature in all her glory’ BULLY inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. "Last Breath" by YE x Peso Pluma inspires us to call in folks to transcend money & borders (#nomoneynoborders 🌍)

5. & 6. 'need a light bearer 2 lead u home’ BULLY inspires us call out white ppl to build free homes via #letsbuildgardencity 🌻

7. "This One Here" inspire us to boycott being #cynical ✋🏿🥳

8. 'we're da 1s that pass away' BULLY inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH ✋🏿

9. Today’s Question, 'Damn, did i ruin ur plans?' BULLY inspires us to tap in via the #After12 💜🔊 worksheet

10. Additional visual: Saint West on the cover of BULLY reminds us Pop culture is a utopian network xoxo

11. 'broke rules & bent corners’ BULLY inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

via lyrics #mtvxo 🌐

1. 'open cell doors... prison walls fall' M.I.A. inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. 'sprout your greens' M.I.A. inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. 'i'm not the only 1 there's many more' M.I.A. inspires us to call in folks to tap in via the #After12 💜🔊 worksheet

5. & 6. 'whales died on the banks' M.I.A inspires us call out ppl causing economic devastation to join our #GeneralStrike

7. M.I.7 songs feat. Sunday Service inspire us to boycott zionists 🖤

8. 'when u enter thru the womb til u exit thru the tomb' M.I.A. inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH ✋🏿

9. Today’s Question, 'Maya, where's my money?'* M.I.A. reminds us to transcend money & borders (#nomoneynoborders 🌍)

10. Additional visual: OHMNI gear on the cover of M.I.7 inspires us to combat ecological devastation (#letsbuildgardencity 🌻)

11. 'screaming i cant breathe' M.I.A. inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

12. Also building utopia via #MAYAbanger 🔫🥳

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1. Lesbian freedom fighters inspire us to protect women via our survivor fund & open conversation

2. THE BEAR guy & his backstory about his brother who was a farmer inspires us to raise #reparations 👨🏿‍🌾🌻

3. Sweet nerd character inspires us to call in ppl for a #GeneralStrike

5. Traitor soldier inspires us to call out ppl enforcing borders (#nomoneynoborders 🌍)

7. Ex Stormtrooper inspires us to boycott the army

8. ANDOR inspired us to #GoLive 🥳 & #STOPDEATH ✋🏿 via an audio recording of reacting to episode 1 (Coming soon!)

9. Today's Memory is seeing Rogue One & being inspired by it to use Pop culture as a utopian network xoxo

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11. This show being filmed early in the pandemic inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus via the #COVIDstrike ⬛

via lyrics #mtvxo 🌐

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1. "OUR HOUSE (Skit)." by CHANCE THE RAPPER (ft. JACKÉE & CREE SUMMER) inspires us to protect black women + 🅱️uild utopia w/o cops via Open Conversation

2. "TOWN ON THE HILL." by CHANCE THE RAPPER inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 👨🏿‍🌾🌻

3. & 4. "GET A BAG." by CHANCE THE RAPPER (ft. CALBOY) inspires us to call in black men to protect black women & address harm via our survivor fund 💜🔊

5. & 6. "ZANIES & FOOLS." by CHANCE THE RAPPER (ft. NICKI MINAJ) inspires us to call out whites to support #reparations & prevent harm by RSVP'ing to build free homes for black people today 🌻 (#BLKPWR 🖤)

7. "4 QUARTERS IN THE BLACK (SKIT)." by CHANCE THE RAPPER inspires us to boycott abusing drugs. #GOLIVEfest ✋🏿🥳

8. "HOT SHOWER." by CHANCE THE RAPPER inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH ✋🏿 via social media

9. Today's Memory is "DO YOU REMEMBER?" by CHANCE THE RAPPER x DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

10. "WE GO HIGH." visuals inspire us to honor SPIKE LEE using Pop culture as a utopian network xoxo 🖤

11. "5 YEAR PLAN." inspires us to #StayHome to end the virus via a #GeneralStrike

12. Also building utopia via #THEBIGDAYday 💿 (#ThankYouCHANCE ⭐🥳)

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THE BIG DAY inspires us to #HEAL 💜 & protect black women by building utopia w/o cops via how CHANCE THE RAPPER centers bw at key moments, like legendary voice actress CREE SUMMER or by giving NICKI MINAJ a platform to finish the album on a song about how black love overcame slavery.

THE BIG DAY inspires us to #GROW 🌻 w/ bars like 'jump & hit the blocks, i promise you'll see the mushrooms' which encourages me to continue using mycelium (mushrooms) to clean up southside neighborhoods via #lbgc 🌻 our #reparations program providing free homes + fresh food.

THE BIG DAY inspires us to #CONNECT 🌐 w/ how it uses hip-hop to encourage resource sharing amongst marginalized ppl & skepticism of power on songs like "BIG FISH." CHANCE THE RAPPER makes the personal political particularly on "HOT SHOWER." when DABABY questions racial disparity.

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FORTNITE inspired me to #HEAL 💜 when i returned as Black Panther & saw a Shuri skin & got to do a Wakandan salute w/ her. i spent as much time as i could the rest of the match working to protect her. That pure comradery was therapeutic for me & set example for others to do the same.

FORTNITE inspired me to #GROW 🌻 via raising #reparations for free homes + fresh food by us stealing back gold from the Wolf who was hoarding wealth in the area in his giant mansions, banks & various technological apparatus. If only we could have really given those resources back to Crime City.

FORTNITE inspired me to #CONNECT 🌐 via its STAR WARS chapter that linked me up with the Rebels / Light Side of the Force to battle the colonialist empire. Timed with the ANDOR series it reminded me to share our #GeneralStrike petition so we can #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛).

via lyrics #mtvxo 🌐

1. 'free all my friends, protect my sons, protect my daughters' VULTURES 2 by YE & TY DOLLA $IGN inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. "Sky City" by ¥$ inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. 'free Larry, free Young Thug’ V2 reminds us to 🅱️uild utopia w/o police* Join the #YCAconvo 🔊

5. & 6. "My Soul" Whites! RSVP to build free homes for black people today #BLKPWR 🖤

7. 'fuck adidas' YE inspires us to boycott white supremacy 👨🏿‍🌾🌻

8. “Bomb” by VULTURES x YE kids inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH via black family bonds 🖤

9. Today’s Memory, “Everybody”* The Backstreet Boys sample reminds us that Pop culture is a utopian network xoxo

10. Additional visual: “Slide” bc YE x TY DOLLA $IGN inspire us to share resources via #After12 💜🔊

11. VULTURES 2 album cover by YE x TY DOLLA $IGN aka ¥$ inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

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SINNERS inspires me to #HEAL 💜 by protecting black women via its strong black female leads, how them as our love interests makes the film and all its characters stronger! Without Annie the film would have been half as long bc all the protagonists would have died immediately.

Sinners inspires me to #GROW 🌻 by raising #reparations for free homes + fresh food via its villains being KKK members & other white "vampires": seeing the harm done to our black community in a transcendently historical context makes our equal needs perfectly clear #BLKPWR 🖤

SINNERS inspires me to #CONNECT 🌐 w/ a #GeneralStrike via it showing the kind of condition black ppl have had to work in. How long after the supposed end of slavery we had nearly no choice but picking cotton amid pressures of white society & the persistent lack of resources.

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M.I.A. inspires me to heal via how she centers vulnerable women of color throughout her work~ whether they young girls, mothers, friends, soldiers, sex workers, dancers or refugees just trying to survive she helps protect them through open conversation that's rooted in unity.

M.I.A. inspires me to grow when i think of how her work is rooted organically. From the very first track on her first album "BANANA - SKIT." to the last track on her most recent album "MARIGOLD." she reminds us that access to natural wonders are paramount to all equality of life.

M.I.A. reminds me to connect when she teaches us the different ways of life people globally have to live + find work due to artificial scarcity / historical inequality. Her artistry is often unequivocal about what we all need to boycott to stop death and/or build to go live. ⬛🌐

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1. “Girls” by KiD CuDi (feat. Too $hort) inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. ‘We planted the seed, things are golden’ KiD CuDi inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. "Young Lady" by KiD CuDi (feat. Father John Misty) reminds us to protect black women via open conversation* Join the #YCAconvo 🔊

5. & 6. KiD CuDi: 'Where will you be for the revolution?'’ inspires us to call out workers! Sign our petition for a #GeneralStrike (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

7. 'no more chicken sandwiches' KiD CuDi reminds us to boycott the meat industry 👨🏿‍🌾🌻

8. 'celebrating do a toast 2 da life, we live!' KiD CuDi inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH 🖐🏿 via "PORSCHE TOPLESS" 🌚🥳

9. Today’s Memory, “Memories” by David Guetta x KiD CuDi* Today’s Question is: what are your favorite KiD CuDi soundtracked memories?

10. 'Peace is something that starts w/ me' Today's additional visual is “Reborn” by KiD CuDi x Ye bc Kids See Ghosts reminds us Pop culture is a utopian network xoxo

11. “THE SCOTTS” by KiD CuDi x Travis Scott aka The Scotts inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

via lyrics #mtvxo 🌐

1. "BATSHIT" by WILLOW inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. 'i just talk 2 flowers' WILLOW inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. 'We got shot by rubber bullets at a protest' WILLOW reminds us to 🅱️uild utopia w/o police* Join the #YCAconvo 🔊

5. & 6. WILLOW: 'Me no like these racist whites' Whites! RSVP to build free homes for black people today #BLKPWR 🖤

7. "between i and she" by WILLOW inspires us to boycott the patriarchy 💜🔊

8. "Perfectly Not Close To Me" by WILLOW x YVES TUMOR inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH via black queer artistry 🖤

9. Today’s Memory, "Wait a Minute!"* Today’s Question is: what's your favorite WILLOW era?

10. Additional visual: "Summertime in Paris" bc WILLOW x JADEN remind us Pop culture is a utopian network xoxo

11. "The System" by WILLOW x TYLER COLE aka THE ANXIETY inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus (#COVIDstrike ⬛)

via lyrics #mtvxo 🌐

1. 'reading bell hooks' JADEN inspires us to protect black women & create a world w/o police via our survivor fund 💜

2. 'we was running from da feds in da garden' JADEN inspires us to raise #reparations for free homes + fresh food 🌻

3. & 4. 'question 4 the youth, is the world venomous 2 u?' JADEN reminds us to 🅱️uild utopia w/o police* Join the #YCAconvo 🔊

5. & 6. JADEN: 'fuck Monsanto!' Whites! RSVP to build free homes for black people today #BLKPWR 🖤

7. 'the government is trying to fucking kill us' JADEN inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 to #STOPDEATH 🖐🏿

8. 'big drip in Africa this year just like i did in Flint' JADEN inspires us to tap in with each other daily via #After12 💜🔊

9. Today's Memory, JADEN: 'since 2012 i been the coolest' Today's Question is: how were you building utopia in 2012? 🎉

10. CTV3 era JADEN visuals are a perfect representation of utopia

11. "Cabin Fever" by JADEN inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus via #COVIDstrike ⬛

12. Also building utopia via #JADENjam 💐🥳

via music videos #mtvxo 🌐

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1. "Swords" by M.I.A. inspires us to protect black women

2. Raising #reparations for free homes + fresh food inspired by "FRANCHISE." by TRAVIS SCOTT x YOUNG THUG x M.I.A.

3 & 4. BAD GIRLS." by M.I.A. inspires us to 🅱️uild utopia w/o police!

5 & 6. "BORN FREE." by M.I.A. inspires us to prevent genocide via tapping in w/ #GOLIVEfest 🖐🏿🥳

7. "BORDERS." by M.I.A. inspires us to boycott borders #GOLIVEfest 🖐🏿🥳

8. "COME WALK WITH ME." by M.I.A. inspires us to #GoLive 🥳 and #STOPDEATH 🖐🏿 via tapping in daily

9. "SUNSHOWERS." by M.I.A. is Today's Memory bc it inspires us to prevent genocide

10. "PAPER PLANES." by M.I.A. is Today's Visual bc it reminds us Pop culture is a utopian network xoxo

11. "P.O.W.A" by M.I.A. inspires us to #StayHome & end the virus

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Go Live Fest is the fifth PERFORM/TRANSFORM festival. Our utopian platform has been featured in Chicago Sun-Times, Southside Weekly, the Hyde Park Herald & more. We've worked with Chicago Public Schools + run an award winning farming program with a free food forest on the Southside.