As immigrants’ fears boil and the nation reels amid controversial immigration policies, native and immigrant Cultural Heritage Centers and Museums across Chicagoland are offering Inherit Chicago, a month-long festival of music, food and programming, promoting cultural understanding, justice and solidarity. Inherit Chicago is the city’s only intercultural festival that brings together over 30 cultural centers and heritage museums, members of the Chicago Cultural Alliance, in collaboration to produce programming in 20 diverse neighborhoods in the region throughout October 2019. Inherit Chicago kicks off September 29th with World Dumpling Fest at Navy Pier, in collaboration with the World Music Festival produced by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events from 12pm to7pm at Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Fountain and Park. The festival then extends to the neighborhoods for 20 intercultural programs and events that span diverse topics and issues from traditional drumming as resistance to a mash-up of classical and Latin music. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to see the complete list of cultural events, visit www.inheritchicago.org or www.chicagoculturalalliance.org.