"Even as they stretch all the way back to her childhood in the ’40s, or her young adulthood in the ’60s, her stories have never been more of the moment: who gets to come to this country, who gets to love whom, and every other hard-won freedom still at stake today." —Garrett Caples, Editor, City Lights Spotlight

Tune in to hear Margaret Randall read from My Life in 100 Objects.

Register for a panel discussion followed by a public conversation between Gioconda Belli and Margaret Randall titled "Two Poets, Two Revolutionaries, Two Friends."

"Mindy's perspective on the psychology of place helps us understand a different story, a story of serial forced displacements that have had devastating effects on inner-city communities, and, by extension, to all peoples and all places." —Ron Shiffman, Professor, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Architecture

Find more of Mindy Fullilove's thoughts on Main Streets in her article, "Main Streets," published in A Public Space or read an excerpt from Main Street in Next City: "Are You Planning to Stay?"

Carol Hsiung, cover artist of Main Street, provided a visual record of the launch.

For more on Jane Jacobs and the places she called home, look for the forthcoming book Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by Glenna Lang, coming in 2021.

2 pm – 3 pm ET

Listen to Mindy Fullilove discuss Main Street on KERA's Think, broadcast on NPR Dallas. Find out where to listen live.

Waging Peace in Vietnam: The U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War sheds light on how the GI protest movement unfolded and confronts the legacies of war, raising questions that connect to current events.

Judith Tannenbaum, coauthor with Spoon Jackson of By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives, passed away last December. However, her legacy lives on through the Judith Tannenbaum Teaching Artist Fellowship, created by Chapter 510 and the Department of Make Believe.

To support more teaching artists, donate to the Judith Tannenbaum Fellowship.