Hull-House artist-activist Monica Trinidad response to the public health and justice crises of the moment. Download and share the image "Defend Our Communities, Defund the Police" at Justseeds. Trinidad's artwork is featured in Jane Addams Hull-House Museum's current exhibition True Pease: The Presence of Justice.

A webinar as part of Fielding Graduate University Virtual Summer Session.

There are remarkable parallels between Jane Addams’ work at Hull- House Settlement and the challenges faced today. The Chicago Massacre of 1919 (“Race riot”) was sparked by the killing of black teenager Eugene Williams through his drowning in Lake Michigan after drifting into a white beach area. The turmoil lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries. Like today’s pandemic, the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 resulted in huge devastation worldwide. Addams was a leader in providing aid to those struck by the flu in the crowded tenement district where Hull-House was located in Chicago.

Jane Addams and Hull-House Settlement scholars were joined by Fielding Graduate University faculty for a discussion about how the past shapes our present moment and can inform our response. Featuring Fielding Graduate University faculty: Valerie Bentz, David Blake Willis and Rich Appelbaum. Special guests includes: Mary Jo Deegan, Rima Lunin Schultz, Graham Cassano, Maurice Hamington, and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum director & chief curator Jennifer Scott.

Fielding Graduate University (FGU) offers postgraduate and doctoral studies for mid-career professionals who are not served by traditional universities through distance education programs. FGU’s president awarded Jane Addams Hull-House Museum a plaque in commemoration of the work of Jane Addams and journalist and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells.