A one-day conference presented in collaboration with Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardening (March 19 — December 18, 2026), an exhibition at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum that reveals how working people—past and present—have used gardening as a tool for creativity, care, and community action.

The day-long gathering of artists, growers, scholars, organizers, and University of Illinois Chicago partners from UNAM-Mexico City will explore the transformation of land from industrial use to food production; the preservation of local seeds and the conservation of animal species; the documentation and transmission of agricultural and culinary knowledge; the creation of alternative food networks for distributing and sustaining local crops; and the collective organizing required to defend these systems that nourish us all.

University of Illinois Chicago Co-sponsors:
Building Climate Resilient Spaces for the Humanities: UIC’s Jane Addams Hull-House Museum & Gallery 400 as Sites of Heritage Justice, School of Art & Art History; Department of Anthropology; Institute for the Humanities; Global Asian Studies; College of Medicine; Global Health Program, School of Public Health; Center for Extreme Conditions and Health Excellence, School of Public Health; Collaboratory for Health Justice, School of Public Health; Undergraduate Program, School of Public Health; Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health