Walk out with us! ICE has repeatedly harmed numerous families in our community. Communities must come together, fight against racial discrimination. United As One Community - Taking a Stand Against Oppression. They want to divide and conquer, instigate violence, and create an excuse to sile... More
At Saturday’s No Kings protest, Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a a general strike. Throughout the massive crowd of 300,000, many carried signs and banners saying that we need a general strike. As more and more people are fighting back against the attempt by the ultra-right to criminalize dissen... More
Please register at this link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-x-ndlon-icewatch-training?source=direct_link&... More
ICE Out of Bolingbrook! Email our village mayor/trustees and show up on Tuesday, October 28, 7:30PM While they may not be getting the same coverage, ICE raids have been ripping apart families and tearing innocent people out of our neighborhoods here in the suburbs too. We demand our local politic... More
The Anti-War Action Network welcomes Husam Marajda for a webinar on what the latest ceasefire agreement means for the Palestine solidarity movement. Marajda is the co-chair of the Chicago branch of the US Palestinian Community Network. He will be joined by activists with the Anti War Action Network:... More
Court support is an invaluable way to show the judge the strength of our communities and our dedication to the cause- we won’t stop fighting until all survivors of police torture and wrongful conviction have justice! Please consider joining us this Wednesday, October 29th at 9:30am in person at 2... More
Join us as we come together to share food, supplies, and resources, and to connect our community. Everyone is welcome, costumes, and candy are encouraged! For questions or more information, please contact Eleana Molise from the 46th Ward at 773-878-4646. Food, healthcare resources, showers ava... More
Learn how to defend our community, understand your rights, create your family preparedness plan, and connect with local rapid response teams to stand ready to protect one another during encounters with federal agencies. Register now at: bit.ly/se102925 Three sessions: 1) Rapid Response & Co... More
Join us for a timely program featuring 2024 Nobel Peace Prize awardees Nihon Hidankyo. Nihon Hidankyo is a group that represents Hibakusha — survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They strive to promote the social and economic rights of all Hibakusha and ensure that no one ev... More
Healthy Families, Healthier Communities. Save the date! Get ready for a night of impact! 🎉 We're counting down to our annual gala, "Healthy Families, Healthier Communities," on Wednesday, October 29 at 6 p.m. Don't miss this chance to celebrate and support a great cause. All the information yo... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe is a dance group inspired by Arab-Palestinian popular dance in particular, and world dance in general, developing artistic productions that express the feelings and ideas of its in-house creative artists and contribute to liberating the individual and socie... More
...with Jennifer Eli Bowen, Zeke Caligiuri and Chris Cabrera Join us as we welcome Jennifer Eli Bowen to the store for a coversation with Zeke Caligiuri and Chris Cabrera moderated by Ruby Djuna Haack in celebration of The Next of Kin, a remarkable debut that explores the imperfect ways we care f... More
Music * Poetry * Speeches * For the Sameer Project! Tickets are available NOW for an unforgettable benefit concert celebrating the art of resistance. Local Chicago artists are bringing you music, poetry, spoken word, puppetry, and more as we spend an evening in solidarity and community amidst the... More
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Join us in recapping the National Day of Protest against police brutality in Chicago and making plans for the future to continue the fight!... More
Building a United Veterans response to the attacks on our community and the VA. Threats of NG deployments, ICE raids, and attacks on worker rights at the VA are real—and it’s not enough to meet just once. About Face Midwest is now holding a reoccurring citywide veterans call every Thursday thi... More
Join us for a powerful documentary screening, “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,” followed by a discussion with MedGlobal co-founder Dr. John Kahler, who served in Gaza during the Gaza genocide. Your questions will allow Dr. Kahler inform Americans on what they should know to support the rebuilding of Gaz... More
The Palestinian Assembly for Liberation will be hosting a Divestment Teach-In on Thursday, October 30th at Nabala Cafe. The teach-in will include a presentation on Illinois’ current investments in Israeli bonds. We’ll break down what each term means, which campaigns are currently active, and incl... More
Join the Little Village Community Council to keep our children safe while they enjoy Halloween. Volunteers will accompany groups of children around the neighborhood so that families can relax and children can enjoy themselves. Who can come: Peaceful community members, volunteers of all ages welco... More
Casa Michoacán DuPage invites the whole community to participate in our Community Altar of the Day of the Dead, where this year we will pay a special tribute to Silverio Villegas González, migrant Michoacán whose life was taken during an ICE operation. Bring a photo, a flower or an offering and j... More
Free event - community Workshop. Get guidance on your rights and emergency readiness. Assistance with signing and notarizing power of attorney forms. Both the grantor and receiver must attend. Thanks to Casa Michoacán DuPage, ABC Toon Town and all the volunteers for their support.... More
Join us for a Dia de los Muertos altar build for Silverio, killed by ICE on September 24th just after dropping off his kids and daycare and heading to work. Bring flowers, candles, food, art work, and other offerings.... More
Join PUÑO for a training on how to document and report ICE activity in your neighborhood. Since January, PUÑO has been building collective power to protect Chicago’s immigrant communities through a variety of trainings and connecting Chicagoans to their local rapid response group. At this traini... More
Burke has made enemies of all the people’s movements, and now they are joining to fight her together! JOIN US on Nov 1st at 1PM at 26th and California in this historic moment as the movement against police torture and wrongful convictions, the immigrant rights movement, and the Arab-American movemen... More
Join us for a powerful night of music and community to support street vendors and families targeted by ICE! We're throwing an Open Mic & Fundraiser filled with live music, art, food, and a raffle! All funds raised will go directly to support these vital members of our community. 🎸 Live Music f... More
GET YOUR TICKETS!! The AAFS Black Tie Fundraising Gala will feature keynote speaker and Palestinian storyteller Jenan Matari, with @Jameeleh Shelo as our emcee. We will also be honoring our very own community pillars: Senator Bill Cunningham, @Maria Pesqueira of the Healthy Communities Foundat... More
Campaign to close the Broadview ICE facility. Hosted by CAARPR Immigrant Rights Committee. Masks are required and will be provided.... More
Join us as we welcome Jenan Matari and Sahar Mustafah to the store for an event in celebration of Jenan's new book Everything Grows in Jidoo's Garden, the story of a young Palestinian girl and her Jiddo—her Grandpa! Jiddo’s garden is a wonder. In it grows so many amazing things—to see, smell, and... More
Pilsen Community Books welcomes Exhibit B for their latest variety show featuring Julie Iromuanya, Erica Stern, Kenyatta Rogers and Sam Heaps. Julie Iromuanya is the author of A Season of Light (Algonquin Books 2025) and Mr. and Mrs. Doctor (Coffee House Press 2015), a finalist for the PEN/Faulkn... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight For African Liberation. Book launch with author Martha Bioni featuring a roundtable convo with Prexy and fellow Chicago antiapartheid activists at Haymarket House!... More
Book launch with launch celebration with Kelly Hayes, Eman Abdelhadi and Atena O. Danner. Join Pilsen Community Books for the launch of Hayes's new book Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns wil... More
Join PUÑO's (Pilsen Unidos por Nuestro Orgullo) Migra Watch team to learn how to identify federal agents, document ICE activity, and support immigrants in our communities.... More
Below please find links for organizations to endorse, individuals to volunteer, and flyers. (Español abajo) You are invited to participate in an Immigration Justice Summit ¡Unidad y Resistencia! The Consejo de Resistencia, organizers of the Chicago May Day 2025 march, is calling on labor,... More
Join PUÑO's (Pilsen Unidos por Nuestro Orgullo) Migra Watch team to learn how to identify federal agents, document ICE activity, and support immigrants in our communities.... More
- En espanol abajo - Join us at Pueblo Unido Gallery for the Lit & Luz Festival’s 2025 Keynote Address on this year’s festival theme, Repair/Reparar, by critically-acclaimed, author and poet, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. After the address, Castillo will be joined by author and Lit & Luz founding ... More
This year, unlike previous years, there will be a MARCH following the event's opening. Details TBA as they become available.... More
Helping a loved one navigate the Illinois Dept of Corrections or Prisoner Review Board? You're not alone! IPP is partnering with our friends at the @chicagopubliclibrary to host a series of System Navigation Workshops, where we'll walk you through the processes for relief, including medical relea... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
Community Teach-In! Join us for an evening with community leaders to talk about Burke's harms and how we can fight back against Cook County prosecutors. Eileen O'Neill Burke is the head of the State's Attorney's Office, in charge of Chicago's prosecutors. Since she was elected last year, Burke... More
Join us as we welcome Michael Stauch to the store for an event in celebration of his new book Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing. The criminalization of Black youth was central to policing in urban America during the civil rights era and continued in Detroit even aft... More
Crossroads Foundation's James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund annual event. Prexy Nesbitt in conversation with Sarah Schulman.... More
March 24, 1939 - Sept. 20, 2025 Socialist, gay liberationist, militant unionist, atheist See below for details of the 11/13/2025 gathering. On September 13th we lost our dear friend and partner in struggle, Bob Schwartz. This is a remembrance of his political legacy put together by people you... More
...and Win Community Control of the Police! Today, we see the need to build an even stronger unity against the racist and reactionary agenda of Donald Trump and everything he represents. We call on all branches of NAARPR, our affiliate organizations and all sections of the people’s movement to jo... More
Join us for this FREE fun family-friendly event. Meet your neighbors & local trusted community organizations. Learn how YOU too can make a difference. DJ & LIVE MUSIC FOOD & DRINK FUN ACTIVITIES MAKE NEW FRIENDS LEARN WAYS TO GET INVOLVED DONATE STUFF SHARE RESOURCES We are excited that ... More
Citizenship Workshops are back in session! Citizenship Workshops are low cost opportunities for eligible green card holders to meet with legal representatives and take the next step in completing their citizenship journey. Upcoming Citizenship Workshops will be held in October and November. We recom... More
Chicago, we need to talk. From ICE raids to police violence, our communities continue to face harm during encounters that should never turn deadly. It’s time to know our rights — and to organize for real change. Getting stopped shouldn't cost us our dignity or our lives. Join us for a communit... More
Pilsen Community Books and Haymarket House welcome Tareq Baconi for a conversation with Bill Ayers about his new book Fire in Every Direction, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home. Both a love story and ... More
Featuring live performances from The Garden. All proceeds after expenses go to Organized Communities Against Deportations. A collaboration with @thegarden_chi x @nextdoordinners All profits (all ticket sales minus event costs) from the event will be going to @ocadchicago to support their mutua... More
Pilsen Community Books is excited to welcome Catharina Coenen and Eiren Caffall to the store for an event in celebration of Coenen's new book Unexploded Ordnance, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. In imaginative prose that interrogates the past with a poet’s curiosity and... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
honored to welcome LaShawn Harris and Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland to the store for an event in celebration of Harris's new book Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City, the story of the life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed communi... More
Pilsen Community Books invites you to join us for Art for Gaza, a community art sale and event featuring ceramics, prints, zines, textiles, and more by local artists, plus live music. This event is both a celebration of creative resistance and a fundraiser. All proceeds will go directly to a family ... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
November 27 to 29, thousands will gather at our 18th Palestine Convention in Chicago, to not only discuss the ongoing genocide but also how we come out of it as a people, a movement, and a cause. ✌🏼 Our comprehensive program includes something for everyone. From young children to college students... More
Join us as we welcome Mac Loftin and Alejandra Oliva to the store for an event in celebration of Dr. Loftin's new book In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance. As far-right authoritarianism resurges under the banner of preserving Western civilization, Mac Loftin ... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
SAVE THE DATE for the OCAD annual fundraiser! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME LISTED IS SIMPLY A PLACE-HOLDER. That and other details will be updated closer to the event. In the meantime, please see this important note from OCAD: Calling all artists! We’re looking for musicians, poets, comedians... More
Join us as we welcome Kristin Collier and Will Harris to the store for an event in celebration of Collier's new book What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System, a powerful memoir of a woman plunged into fraudulent debt that explores America’s broken student loan system and... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More
- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More