

# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  Echo Building: An Envisioning Justice Initiative event series
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Echo Building Pt. 1 &amp; 2 — Brunch Music Series
Creative Justice. Community Imagination. Restoration in Action.

Join us this Spring for Echo Building, a two-part gathering hosted by BCAI Cultural Arts &amp; Humanities and supported by a grant from Illinois Humanities’ Envisioning Justice initiative.

Through music, workshops, art, and sustenance, we’re creating a space where youth, adults, and community partners can build forward together — confronting the impact of incarceration through cultural celebration, immersive learning, and skill-sharing led by justice-impacted facilitators and local educators.

Each event includes:
🎶 DJ Judah spinning throughout
🧠 Skill, health, and knowledge workshops
🎭 Verbatim Theater
🎁 Live prize drawings
🍽️ Catered brunch by Coffeehound, A-Z Catering, and Toog’s Lemonade
🎨 Ongoing co-creation, independent and community sculpture and artmaking
💬 Resource tables and expert booths
🛑 Trauma-informed safety tools (color badges, quiet space, earplugs)

Pt. 1 — Saturday, Feb 28 | Adults ages 16+
Theme: Laying the Foundation  
Verbatim Theater • Mental Health Workshops • Live DJ • Prize Games

Pt. 2 — Saturday, March 28 | Youth ages 8–16 (suggested)  
Theme: Building Forward  
Live Performances • Games • Youth Skill Workshops • Mentoring

Time: 10am–1pm
Location: BCAI, 107 E Chestnut, Bloomington
Cost: Free to attend. No registration required. Donations welcome.
Partners: NAACP, Prairie State Legal, Systems of Care McLean County, BN Envisioning Justice Hub, IL Humanities

Come build with us.
Come imagine with us.
Come strengthen what we’re creating together.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bloomington/echo-building-an-envisioning-justice-initiative-event-series/200029786141803
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, health-wellness, brunch, fine-arts, theatre, nonprofit, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029786141803?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bloomington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bloomington
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 107 E Chestnut St, Bloomington, IL
- **lat**: 40.48543
- **long**: -88.99286
- **full address**: 107 E Chestnut St, Bloomington, IL, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: BCAI -Breaking Chains & Advancing Increase Cultural Arts & Humanities (https://allevents.in/org/bcai-breaking-chains-and-advancing-increase-cultural-arts-and-humanities/20583348)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 107 E Chestnut St, Bloomington, IL, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** BCAI -Breaking Chains & Advancing Increase Cultural Arts & Humanities
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, health-wellness, brunch, fine-arts, theatre, nonprofit, mental-health
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about  Echo Building: An Envisioning Justice Initiative event series ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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