Raising Change Agents: Practicing Social Justice in Everyday Parenting with Nat Vikitsreth

Name: Raising Change Agents: Practicing Social Justice in Everyday Parenting with Nat Vikitsreth
Start: 2026-04-16T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Kinfolk CoLab

Schedule

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Kinfolk CoLab | Oak Park, IL

This evening is hosted in partnership with Kinfolk CoLab, DivCo (Oak Park PTO Diversity Committees), and Come Back to Care.
Open to all persons! Pizza and childcare provided. We encourage you to take the Covid/flu test the day of the event or wear a mask for the fireside chat portion of the evening - we will have masks on hand, use UVC lights, and an air purifier as well.
Suggested registration amount is $25 - register at this level if you are able, but please know there are discounted rates available as well. Free for mental health professionals, courtesy of the OP&RF Community Foundation.
6:00-6:30PM - Light dinner and drinks together. Request childcare here after you register: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3vybrksdQ7jEjt0xJoRCQY_LosooQzzI0glIYKTONFEc24w/viewform
6:30-7:30PM - Welcome from Wailin Wong of DivCo, and Linda Francis of Kinfolk CoLab, followed by a fireside chat with Sydney, Dot from Race Conscious Dialogues - featuring Nat Nadha Vikitstreth!

RAISING CHANGE AGENTS: Practicing Social Justice in Everyday Parenting
How do we stay true to our values in justice and liberation as caregivers in this moment of uncertainty and chaos? How do we struggle well while showing up as the caregivers we'd like to be? Come curious. Come as you are.
Bio: Nat Nadha Vikitsreth, LCSW(she/her) is a dot connector, norm agitator, and practitioner of liberation who supports parents and caregivers in their efforts to make parenting political in practical ways while promoting their children’s development at the same time. Based in Chicago, she works as a nationally award-winning decolonized therapist, a keynote speaker, a community organizer, and as host of the Come Back to Care Podcast. To embody joy in radical art making, Nat has performed and headlined premier burlesque shows across the USA and in New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Canada.

A note on Nat's book by Dr. Resmaa Menakem, Trauma Specialist and New York Times Bestselling Author of My Grandmother's Hands
"The practices in this book will fortify your mind as you unmoor from 500 years of brutality. Then, you will get your reps in and practice liberation with your children until you know it in your bones. Nat creatively weaves ancestral wisdom with liberatory technology to make radical care irresistible. Read this book slowly and let Sister Nat's tenderness ground you in your dignity. Read this book over and over and get more reps in as you build a liberatory infrastructure for our children's children. The moment is now to raise the change agents within you and inside your home so we can co-create a legacy of liberation in community together."
NOTE FROM RACE CONSCIOUS DIALOGUES: After registering, please add [email protected] to your address book to ensure communication comes through to you! Photos may be taken during the event. Thank you!