If you plan to attend a tour(s), purchase your ticket while registering for the SSSP Annual Meeting. If you have already registered and would like to purchase a ticket(s), contact the IT Specialist directly. 

SSSP is pleased to offer two social justice themed walking tours. Both tours are wheelchair accessible. 

Pilsen Public Art Tour  accessibility symbol 

Photo: Pilsen Art Tour

Friday, August 8, 9:30am-1:30pm (Central Time) (including an estimated 30-minute commute each way on CTA Pink Line)
Ticket Fee: $30 (includes transportation)
Limit: 30 people

The tour of the iconic murals in Chicago’s historic Pilsen neighborhood will cover a brief history of the neighborhood, the different waves of murals (i.e., social and political murals, the graffiti movement, and logo art), the purposes of murals, and their varying styles and techniques. We will be hosted by Luis Tubens, art educator, Pilsen resident, and co-founder of Pilsen Public Art Tours. The tour includes a stop at the Pilsen Housing Cooperative (PiHCO), a group of families and artists with long stories in Pilsen, a community with deep rooted organizing against gentrification. The tour concludes at the National Museum of Mexican Art where we will be able to visit their four galleries independently of the walking tour.

Tour includes: CTA Pink Line Ticket, Walking Tour, Visit with PiHCO, Visit to the National Museum of Mexican Art.

The tour group will meet at the SSSP Registration Desk at the Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel at 9:30am. The tour will cover a 1.7-mile radius and will last approximately 1.5 hours.

Please Note: The walk to the train station from Palmer House is 1 minute. The walk from the tour site to the train station on the return trip is 8 minutes. 

Pullman National Park Walking Tour accessibility symbol          

Photo: Illinois Labor History Society

Saturday August 9, 8:45am-1:00pm (Central Time) (including an estimated 30-minute commute each way on the Metra Electric, with views of various Chicago neighborhoods) 
Ticket Fee: $32 (includes transportation)
Limit: 30 people

Hosted by the Illinois Labor History Society, this tour explores the historic Pullman neighborhood, where the 1894 Pullman Strike and George Pullman's company town policies sparked major labor unrest. Learn about the state-of-the-art amenities meant to deter unionizing and see how economic crises led to the strike led by Eugene Debs. The tour includes stops at preserved sites with exhibits on the nation’s first Black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and their significant contributions to labor and civil rights movements, including the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom.

Tour Includes: Metra Train Ticket to Tour Site, Tour of the National Park Service (NPS) Visitor’s Center, Tour of the Historic Pullman Foundation (HPF), Walking Tour of Pullman Neighborhood.

The tour group will meet at the SSSP Registration Desk at the Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel at 8:45am. The tour will cover a 1.7-mile radius and will last approximately 2.5 hours.

Please Note: The walk to the train station from Palmer House is 8 minutes. The walk from the tour site to the train station on the return trip is 11 minutes.