12pm CDT - 5pm CDT

Black Alliance for Peace along with members of the Illinois Alliance for Reentry & Justice, Live Free Illinois and the Cannabis Equity IL Coalition are hosting a Black August Commemoration on August 27 from 12pm-5pm CDT.

The event will take place at 14 N May Street in Aurora, IL.

Learn about new forms of public safety, eat, and build community!

Banner photo: People gathered for George Jackson's funeral in Oakland in 1971. (Harold Adler/Underwood Archives/Getty Images)