Run or bike through Englewood with 2025 MacArthur Fellow Tonika Lewis Johnson inspired by Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.
Courtesy of Tonika Lewis Johnson.
Join Read & Run Chicago and Tonika Lewis Johnson at Go Green Community Fresh Market (1207 W. 63rd) in Englewood on Sunday, July 12 at 9:00 AM for a three-mile running tour or biking tour (s/o BFF Bikes!) inspired by Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It by Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan.
Tonika Lewis Johnson is a photographer, social justice artist, and 2025 MacArthur Fellow whose participatory art projects illuminate how systemic disinvestment and segregation shape and impact our lives and neighborhoods while empowering residents to confront and disrupt these inequities.
Throughout the running or biking tour, you’ll experience Englewood through Tonika’s lens, exploring the spaces that shaped her activism and work like the award-winning Folded Map Project, UnBlocked Englewood, and Don’t Go.
After the running or biking tour, stick around for snacks, social time, and activities with Read & Run Chicago at Go Green Community Fresh Market (1207 W. 63rd).
Tickets:
How tickets work:
Monday, June 29 at 8pm: The access code for tickets releases to non-members in our newsletter. Newsletter subscribers get first dibs!
Wednesday, July 1 at 8pm: Any remaining tickets will open to non-subscribers on this page.
Want a guaranteed spot (plus a lot of other perks)? Become a member to join for free.
As this is a running tour, there is no pre-reading required. If you’re interested in reading Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It by Tonika Lewis Johnson and Maria Krysan, you can borrow from a local branch of the Chicago Public Library or purchase a copy online via this link.
Here’s the full schedule:
8:45 AM – Gather at Go Green Community Fresh Market (1207 W. 63rd)
9:00 AM – Program begins
9:10 AM – Running and biking tour routes begin
10:30 AM – Snacks and social time at Go Green Community Fresh Market (1207 W. 63rd)
About Tonika Lewis Johnson: Tonika Lewis Johnson (she/her) is a photographer, social justice artist, and 2025 MacArthur Fellow whose participatory art projects illuminate how systemic disinvestment and segregation shape and impact our lives and neighborhoods while empowering residents to confront and disrupt these inequities. Her seminal project, Folded Map, visually and physically brings together residents—known as “map twins”—who live on the same street name but miles apart on Chicago’s racially and economically divided North and South Sides, creating space for in-person conversations that reveal both structural inequality and personal commonality. Johnson’s multidisciplinary practice spans photography, mapping, multimedia storytelling, and public art, and includes public installations such as Inequity for Sale and reparative, resident-driven initiatives like UnBlocked Englewood. Her work has been exhibited at major cultural institutions nationwide. She holds a BA from Columbia College Chicago and an MBA from National-Lewis University and is a co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective.