subVersion Summer Camp is a Do-It-Together series of gatherings and calls to action! MOST PROGRAMS EVENTS and MEALS are FREE TO THE PUBLIC. To help fund the camp you can donate and become a Camper and pin for $25, or become a Parent of a Camper for $100. ( or make yer donation at Co-Prosperity)

We have invited artists, educators, musicians, filmmakers, activists, designers, and workers of all stripes to converge in Chicago this summer to help us make posters, music, t-shirts and merit badges while we make friends, comrades, and plans. Let’s make camp.

Join us in Bridgeport, the Community of the Future (and beyond), for ten days of camaraderie, fun and resistance to the spread of fascist culture. subVersion Summer Camp will foster collective re-education through public conversations, workshops, classes and happenings. We’ll present a broad range of creative forms of protest, and participants will be able to choose their own solidarity adventure… kickball or tag, puppets or banners, ballots or stink bombs? Schedule is below.

Full schedule available here

FRIDAY JULY 18TH—

Mending is Power – 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Hosted by: Parvathi Krishnan

@ Research House for Asian Art • 3217 S. Morgan St

What if the skill to repair the things we wear to death was quite literally at your finger tips? Mending our clothing is empowering. It gives the wearer the choice to extend the life of something they want to keep in their closet and out of the landfills. Learners will gain basic sewing skills like threading a needle and mending techniques like patching or parachute stitching to carry home. Instead of adding a well loved garment to a “to-mend” pile, we can tackle it together one thread at a time! RSVP HERE!

Please bring a garment you would like to mend (small holes, rips, and tears work best!)

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Failure as a Doorway – 6:15 – 7:00 PM

Hosted by: Madison Mae Parker

@ Co-Prosperity • 3219 S Morgan St

Failure as a Doorway: A performance lecture on failure inspired by Jose Esteban Munoz, Hanif Abduraqqib, Caroline Polachek, and The Labyrinth.

Part performance lecture, part movement/somatic exploration of failure, and undoing our relationship to perfectionism and production, with a relocation of where our relationship to making might begin.

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The Covenant of The Dead: The Resident Evils of Race,Space, and Decay – 7:15 – 8:15 PM

Hosted by: L Ditaway

@ Co-Prosperity • 3219 S Morgan St

A workshop that explores how an apocalypse doesn’t have to look like a zombie film or an aggressive war zone but it can also look a lot like the  south side of Chicago. So how do we thrive in a disaster that isn’t as recognizable? In this workshop we’ll break up into three groups, XXX amount of days till, When the Asteroid Hit, and the walking dead. Where we will strategize harm prevention plans while cross examining previous natural disasters, epidemics and human conflicts. We will create a memory map of loss whether of time, inclusion, opportunities,  life, and etc  specific to our communities. In order to connect  the causes of harm so the last group can focus on world building off of our collective memory. What small, medium, and  large actions can we take to make our communities more accessible and easier to navigate? While also forming a cycle of habits that can prevent future harm from realizing.

Decentralized Knowledge and Contemporary De-Schooling – 8:30 – 9:30 PM

Hosted by: Earl Power Murphy

@ Co-Prosperity • 3219 S Morgan St

An introductory discussion into alternative ways of Learning; nurturing a collective Narrative; and shifting from Knowledge ownership towards stewardship. Thinking of ourselves as caretakers and active contributors to our shared Story.