freedom Groove 2025
Deepening Intentional Strategies through Creative Organizing
May 17 & 18, 2025
Liberty Exhibition Hall
3938 Spring Grove Ave
Northside
Join us for The Freedom Groove 2025, a dynamic weekend of learning, connection, and celebration! Held at Liberty Exhibition Hall in Northside on May 17-18, this gathering brings together community organizers, socially engaged artists, and changemakers to strategize, build relationships, and spark action. Expect powerful discussions, hands-on workshops, and inspiring keynotes, featuring Sulma Arias– Executive Director of People’s Action on organizing as an antidote to authoritarianism and Dawne Langford, producer of the documentary The Body Politic on the intersection of art and activism. Plus, don’t miss Saturday’s Dance Party! Come for the strategy, stay for the groove, and leave with fresh ideas, strong connections, and renewed energy for change.
En Español: ¡Únase a nosotros para Freedom Groove 2025, un fin de semana dinámico para aprender, conectar, y celebrar! Tendrá lugar en el Liberty Exhibition Hall en Northside los días del 17 al 18 de mayo, esta reunión convocará organizadoras de comunidad, artistas socialmente comprometidos y creadores de cambios para crear estrategias, desarrollar relaciones, y emprender la acción. Esperen discusiones fuertes, talleres interactivos, y presentaciones inspiradoras, con Sulma Arias, la directora ejecutiva de People’s Action sobre cómo organizarnos para hacerle frente al autoritarismo y Dawne Langford, productora de la documentaria The Body Politic sobre the combinación de arte y activismo. También, no se pierdan la fiesta de baile el sábado! Venga para crear estrategías, quédese para el groove, y salga con ideas frescas, connections fuertes, y energía renovada para cambiar!
Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 17, 2025
10 am-4:30 pm Liberty Exhibition Hall
Main Speaker: Sulma Arias, Executive Director - People’s Action. An organizing revival as an antidote to authoritarianism
1:30 - 4:30: Workshops: We Will Survive: Strategy in Times of Crises & Don’t Stop Till We Get Enough: Taking Steps for Change
7:30 pm: I’m Coming Out!: Dance Party at the Liberty Exhibition Hall in Northside
DJ OTRCarl @ 8-11 pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025
9:30 -2:30
Let’s Grove: Celebration and Belonging- Liberty Exhibition Hall
Inspired Energy Yoga Flow with Amanda,
Northside peoples’ history walk with Anne Steinert
Interactive music/dance with La Fórmula.
Main Speaker: Dawne Langford producer of the documentary The Body Politic: Tell Our Stories: Create Our Narrative and Select screening of “The Body Politic”
Workshops: Got to be Real: Narrative change, battle of big ideas
Healing Table/Milagritos by Cincinnati artist Rebecca Nava Soto
