(FORT LEE, NJ) After going virtual since March 2021 and creating several productions online, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has announced its return to performing for live audiences in June 2021 in both indoor and outdoor presentations. The Company’s first live audience-facing performance will be presented by the Jamaica Dance Festival outdoors at Rufus King Park. 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York on Saturday, June 12 at 7:30pm. The Jamaica Dance Festival is a program of A Better Jamaica, an advocacy organization for the community.
Under the current mayor, Lori Lightfoot, who was celebrated nationally when she was elected as the city’s first Black, openly gay mayor in 2019, police misconduct and killings have continued.
Lightfoot has continually announced plans to prioritize police reform and accountability. As a part of her election campaign, she listed increasing police accountability as one of her main priorities. However, critics have noted that there has been little progress on Lightfoot’s repeated promises.
Lori Lightfoot in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 March. Photograph: Timothy Hiatt/Rex/Shutterstock
In March, in addition to Adam’s death, Anthony Alverez, 22, and Travon Chadwell, 18, were also killed by Chicago police. Previously, Lightfoot received widespread criticism for failing to address and turn over video footage of a 2019 botched police raid, where police wrongfully raided the home of Anjanette Young and handcuffed her while she was naked.