We build events to showcase SoapBox films with our broader community, make space for important dialogue, and support each other.  This includes project premieres, live Bourbon 'n BrownTown podcast recordings, and fundraisers.

Live Podcast Recording with Special Guests
BnB Live at CH Distillery

December 8, 2025 | BrownTown records live at CH Distillery | Jōtō Sushi in Chicago's West Loop with Alicia Hurtado and Qudsiyyah Shariyf of Chicago Abortion Fund to discuss their work, narrative framing and logistics around abortion care, and the day-to-day work for stewards of the productive justice movement.

Fundraiser Series
Fitness Against Fascism

2018-2019 | FAF decolonizes the notion that fitness is apolitical as the event curates a space for sweat and solidarity in order to breakdown systems and institutions of oppression that affect every industry, including (and especially) the allied healthcare continuum.

BnB Live | Project-based Events & Activations
​Chi DNA Speaker Series

October 5, 2018 | This event series collaborates with community groups, schools, and other institutions. With its academic roots and community integration, the Chicago Drill 'n' Activism (Chi DNA) multimedia project is positioned to analyze, discuss, and further call to action holistic solutions in a participatory nature.​

SoapBox's First Fundraiser #OutOfTheBox18
Out of the Box

February 24, 2018 | Out of the Box  was a night of art, film, live performances, radical thought, and connection amongst Chicago's most creative filmmakers, activists, and social entrepreneurs. This event exhibited SoapBox’s past and recent projects as well as raised funds to continue our work and develop our infrastructure.

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"If I died tomorrow, I could tell you right now that I did what I wanted to do. And I tried to do it in a way that brought other people along." 
MARIAME KABA | Organizer, Educator, and Curator

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