Ethan Viets-VanLear
Ethan "Ethos" Viets-VanLear is an organizer, poet, and musician from Chicago, Illinois.
He is the brother of musician and poet, Tasha Viets-VanLear, better known as just Tasha.[1]
Activist Work[edit]
In November of 2014, he spoke before the UN Convention Against Torture in Geneva with the group, We Charge Genocide, about torture being committed by the Chicago Police Department towards youth of color in Chicago.[2]
Viets-VanLear was involved in restorative justice group Circles and Ciphers and the Black Youth Project. He gave workshops to students on how to navigate interactions with the police through the Know Your Rights Project. He was appointed to the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission as a Youth Commissioner.[3][4][5][6]
About his Juvenile Justice work, Viets-VanLear has stated,[7]
“When I first started doing juvenile work I had a naive hope that somehow we could formulate a cure for this oppressive system that I saw tearing apart communities through the governmental system of this country, whether state or federal. This hope was quickly squashed as again and again I ran into walls in every institutional venue I came to; and continued to experience the brutality of this city’s police department. My attitude toward the system was solidified when earlier this year my dear friend Dominique Franklin (Damo) was murdered by the Chicago Police Department when accused of stealing liquor from a convenience store.”
In 2018, Viets-VanLear was invited to speak to sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders for career day at Wildwood Elementary School by principal, Mary Beth Cunat. Cunat worked with Viet-VanLear's mother, Jennifer Viets, a Chicago Public Schools employee who was coaching restorative justice practices at Wildwood throughout the school year. Due to backlash from the local community over Viets-VanLear's police abolition stance, Cunat was forced to resign.[8]
Arts Work[edit]
Viets-VanLear has been booked to perform, write, and speak for Poetry Foundation, Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, AirGo Radio, AREA Chicago, Juvenile Justice Network Summer Service Program, State of Illinois Department of Human Services, and Singing In Dark Times alongside Bill Ayers.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
He was the lead vocalist of the band Thy Neighbors, accompanied his sister Tasha musically, and had a solo project where he went by Ethos.[16][4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Anderson, Maddie (2018-05-30). "We Got Power, and We Got Love: Honoring the Mothers of Police Torture Survivors". South Side Weekly. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "We Charge Genocide UN Shadow Report". report.wechargegenocide.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "One Young Man's Solution for Restorative Justice – ChicagoTalks". Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 thaddeustukes2016 (2016-10-05). "Power To The People: Tasha Viets-VanLear". Medill Reports Chicago. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ letsgochicago (2013-04-12). "Alumni Spotlight: Ethan Viets-Vanlear". LETS GO Chicago. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Office of Executive Appointments - Appointments - Boards and Commissions Detail View". www2.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Interview: Ethan Viets-VanLear- Damo Day, May 20, 2015 | 1833.fm". 1833.fm. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Distinguished CPS principal resigns after threats, controversy over anti-police speaker". Chicago Reader.
- ↑ Foundation, Poetry (2023-01-28). "The Open Door Readings: November". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY TENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPANDING OUR CONCEPTION OF JUSTICE".
- ↑ "Episode 6 - Ethos". AirGo. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "AREA Chicago: #15: Healing and Repair". Half Letter Press. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ Allen, Leah. "Promoting restorative justice in Network Service Programs". King Street Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Improving Illinois' Response to Sexual Offenses Committed by Youth" Check
|url=value (help) (PDF). - ↑ "Singing in Dark Times | Seminary Co-op Bookstores". www.semcoop.com. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ↑ "Thy Neighbors – Black N' Mild | 1833.fm". 1833.fm. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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