{"id":239020,"date":"2025-09-19T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239020\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:37:10","slug":"naacp-chicago-west-side-branch-revives-freedom-fund-event-with-concert-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/239020\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Chicago West Side Branch revives &#8216;Freedom Fund&#8217; event with concert fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/cwbnaacp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NAACP&#8217;s Chicago West Side Branch<\/a> is reviving its signature Freedom Fund fundraiser this weekend for the first time in seven years, pairing a night of live music with a call to action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 2025 Freedom Fund Concert Fundraiser is set for Saturday at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Austin. Headlined by singer Terisa Griffin and featuring the Hiplet Ballerinas, the event is themed &#8220;The Fierce Urgency of Now: Reignite! Rebuild! Recommit!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers say the concert will raise money for the branch&#8217;s year-round advocacy in housing, education, economic development and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The branch will also honor four community leaders, including Vera G. Davis, longtime civil rights advocate, and Nathaniel Gaither, restorative justice hub director at Lawndale Christian Legal Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The evening begins with a VIP reception before the 8 p.m. concert. Tickets start at $50, with proceeds going toward the branch&#8217;s programs.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; The NAACP&#8217;s Chicago West Side Branch is reviving its signature Freedom Fund fundraiser this weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[127974,960,5386,1818,31021],"class_list":{"0":"post-239020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-127974","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-no-ta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115231237417291268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}