Bughouse 2020 Youth Soapbox
@ Newberry Library
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 22nd, from 1PM - 1:45PM
Exercise your First Amendment rights at the first-ever virtual Bughouse Square Youth Soapbox!
This year, Bughouse Square—a historic epicenter of speechifying in Chicago—is wherever you are. Bughouse 2020, hosted by the Newberry Library will be held virtually on the afternoon of July 22. In partnership with the Newberry, we are hosting the youth soapbox.
The theme this year is VOTE. Who gets to vote? How do we vote? Why vote?
We want to hear from YOU! Those of you who are voting for the first time and those of you who aren’t of voting age but continue to fight the good fight. By the way, do you think the voting age is bogus? Tell us about it! No longer constrained by geography, we invite youth speakers from all over the world to join us in celebrating free speech!
Share a poem, a speech, a song, a video, a proposal for policy change, or a mural on your bedroom wall. The possibilities are endless!
GROUND RULES:
Participants under 25 years old.
Solo, pair, team, whatever. Bring it!
Your words or someone else’s with attribution.
Hate has no home here. Racist, sexist, homophobic, gender-biased, ableist, or otherwise derogatory speech that is degrading to any specific group of people will not be tolerated.
Submit your soapbox idea here:
https://gcelabschool.org/event/bughouse2020-youth-soapbox/
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