Rally to Protest!

7500 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, IL In Front of The Chicago Bulk Mail Center Sign On Roosevelt Road (on the sidewalk in front of the Taco Bell)

Nov. 29, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 11:30 a.m.

Join us for a peaceful, non-violent rally uniting postal workers, retirees, healthcare advocates, and community members in defense of America’s public institutions. From the U.S. Postal Service to Medicare, essential services that belong to the people are under attack through privatization, negle... More

Love Songs for Palestine

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Nov. 29, 2025, 4 p.m.

A fundraiser for Prosthetics for Palestine featuring Journey Rhoades, Sana All, and Naked Lunch. $10-$20 donation. Masks required and provided.... More

Faith Through Action Collective

The Mecca Center, 16W560 91st St, Willowbrook, IL

Nov. 29, 2025, 4 p.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 6 p.m.

The program includes: Know Your Rights Workshop -- Led by Illinois Workers in Action, this session will equip us with essential knowledge on labor protections, immigrant rights, and how to advocate safely and effectively. Whistle Packing Community Effort -- In partnership with American Civic a... More

Ride for Palestine

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

Nov. 30, 2025, 11 a.m.

🚲🇵🇸 Ride for Palestine 🇵🇸🚲 We’re bringing Dabke to the streets as we ride together for Palestine! ✊🏽 📅 Saturday, Nov 30 📍 Meet: Daley Plaza, 11AM ⏰ Roll out: 11:30AM 🥯 End: Taste of New York Bagels 🚴🏾‍♀️ Pace: 8-10mph 🇵🇸 Free Palestinian flag for bikes with flag poles attached! �🇵🇸 N... More

Scrooge of the Year Award

Skylark, 2149 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Dec. 2, 2025, 4 p.m. - Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! Join Chicago JWJ for the 2025 Scrooge of the Year Awards! Know any corporations or CEOs who have been bad this year? Or perhaps know too many? Join us in a merry public shaming on December 2 at Skylark from 4-7. 🔗 to register at www.chicagojwj.org/event... More

Hands Off Cuba! Hands Off Venezuela!

Virtual

Dec. 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

A teach-in featuring: ++ Edwin Cristian García Vivas, a specialist in the North American Department of the Institute in Support of the Cuban People and member of research groups on Cuba-US relations at the Raúl Roa García Institute and the Center for International Policy Research. His work center... More

In the Twilight of the Christian West

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

Game Night for Good!

Our Mutual City Coffee Co., 3600 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Dec. 3, 2025, 9 p.m.

Drop in. Play games. Win prizes. Support your neighbors. Bring friends or come make new ones - we’ll introduce you to some of our favorite fast, fun tabletop games, while supporting a good cause. ✨ Play games, collect tickets and trade them in for goodies from local businesses ✨ All welcome, ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Dec. 3, 2025, 6 p.m.

- 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

Mandatory Reporting Harm Reduction

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

With an introduction from Erica Meiners, facilitated by Shannon Perez-Darby and special guest Shira Hassan, this workshop will explore the way that mandatory reporting is used to criminalize families and communities. Together we will discuss why mandatory reporting is not neutral, how mandatory repo... More

Open College Course: Community Wealth Building

Dec. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Dec. 4, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join this special virtual class on Community Wealth Building happening today, Tuesday Nov. 4, which has been opened up to the community as part of the Chicago Next System Teach-in! The session is offered by the great Stacey Sutton, Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago and Direct... More

'Better Together' Holiday Soiree

3020 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Featuring DJ - Food - Drinks, raffles & prizes, leadership awards, the best dress - stroll, and lots of fun & fellowship. Attire: dressy, red, black & gold. Get tickets here: https://givebutter.com/WR_BetterTogetherSoiree... More

Neighborhood Defense (Business Canvass) Training

Virtual

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

ICE raids are intensifying across the country and we are seeing that work sites and businesses are being targeted. Join us for a Zoom training on how to canvass your community to prepare people in case of an ICE raid! Organized power in numbers! Please register at the link below.... More

Exhibit B - A Literary Variety Show

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

Another incredible lineup joining us at Pilsen Community Books for an evening of readings and community!!! Artist Bios Temperance Aghamohammadi is an Acolyte of the Exquisite. A trans Iranian-American poet, medium, and critic, she is the author of BATTALION SHAPED GIRL (DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE, 20... More

JOY Is Resistance!

National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th Street, Chicago

Dec. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

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

Evolving Realities for Chicago’s Immigrant Communities

Nighthawk, 4744 N. Kimball Ave, Chicago (next to the "Kimball" Brown line station)

Dec. 6, 2025, 3 p.m. - Dec. 6, 2025, 5 p.m.

A conversation with immigration reporters about telling the complex stories of immigrant communities while they're under assault.... More

Coffee & Compassion Care Drive

Arwa Yemeni Coffee, 704 E Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

Dec. 6, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 6, 2025, 11 p.m.

🌟 Join Us for a Night of Coffee, Community & Compassion! 🌟 We’re bringing warmth, kindness, and purpose together at the Coffee & Compassion Care Drive at @arwayemenicoffee ! Come sip delicious Yemeni coffee while making a meaningful impact. Bring donations, help assemble care packages, and sta... More

13th Annual National Vigil for All Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence

In person at First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights (FUMCAH) 1903 E. Euclid Ave. Arlington Hts, IL. Virtual option is available by registering at the link above.

Dec. 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2025, 8 p.m.

Please join us in-person at 6:30 pm CST (or on YouTube livestream at 7:00 pm CST) on Sunday, December 7th for the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation’s 13th Annual National Vigil for All Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence. This vigil is just one of the many nationwide vigils being held in Decem... More

What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Dec. 8, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

Court Watch Training

South Loop location shared upon registration

Dec. 9, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 9, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us on Tuesday, December 9th for a court support training facilitated by Chicago Votes, followed by a discussion led by PNAP about how these skills can be applied to court support and community defense. Food provided and masks required. Agenda: 6:00 - 6:30: Eating + arrival 6:30 - 7:30: ... More

Who's Your Jailer?

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m.

- 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

Poets for Chicago

Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan St, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 7 p.m.

A Night of Art & Community Benefiting ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights). Featuring performances from some of Chicago’s most vital voices: ✨ Erika L. Sánchez ✨ Mark Turcotte ✨ Daniel Borzutzky ✨ Tara Betts ✨ Robyn Schiff ✨ Natasha Mijares ✨ Brenda Cárdenas ✨ Stefa... More

Rooted in Resistance

1727 S. Indiana, Suite 602A, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2025, 5 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for Rooted in Resistance: Chicago Free School Open House on Friday, December 12th from 5–8pm as we celebrate community, connection, and our new home! 🌱✨ Meet CFS staff + youth leaders, explore creative activation stations, and learn how you can support the work of building liberated futur... More

We Love Chicago Winter Festival

Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2025, 10 p.m.

WE L❄️VE CHICAGO!!! (Winter Edition) Come spend a Friday evening in December listening to music, watching hilarious comedians, and buying art by local artists (and getting your portrait done? 👀). Food in collaboration with @streetvendorsofchicago All proceeds go to @icirr_il and @immigrantjustice... More

Stop Enbridge Oil Pipeline 5

Unity Center, 3339 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2025, 4 p.m. - Dec. 13, 2025, 8 p.m.

Want to learn about what we can do to protect the Great Lakes and support frontline water protectors? Join us December 15th for a teach-in about the Line 5 movement with food and music! Feel free to stay updated about the event here: https://bit.ly/47OB6va... More

Rat-Mass on ICE

Johnny's Icehouse West, 2550 W Madison St, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2025, 8 p.m.

Save the date and get excited! For the first time ever, join Rat Mass ON ICE at Johnny’s Icehouse - West! 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, because fuck ICE! Ticket link and more coming soon!... More

Second Sunday Salon to Benefit ICIRR

The Print Shop Live, 833 N. Albany Ave, Ste C, Chicago

Dec. 14, 2025, 5 p.m.

Second Sunday Salon 12.14.25 5pm a special fundraiser for Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights featuring MUSIC • Fareed Haque WORDS • Ivan Ramos DANCE • Cirqua Rivera Dance Theatre SILENT AUCTION including ART MUSIC & WORDS of course . . . Suggested Donation is $50 ~all proce... More

Cuba May Day 2026 Brigade Interest Meeting

Virtual

Dec. 14, 2025, 6 p.m.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the official organizing of the 2026 XIX May Day Brigade! Join the May Day Brigade organizing committee will have a virtual informational meeting on December 14th for those interested in traveling to Cuba on our next work Brigade. This year is especially ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Dec. 17, 2025, 6 p.m.

- 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

Loud & Lit Up!

Illinois Youth Center Chicago, 136 N Western Ave, Chicago

Dec. 19, 2025, 5:30 a.m.

Get ready to get LOUD & LIT UP ✨🔥🎄 Youth should be home for the holidays, not locked in cages. Join us as we rally to end youth incarceration and show our love, noise, and solidarity for young people inside. 📍 LOUD & LIT UP!! Friday, December 19 🕠 5:30 PM — IYC Chicago (136 N Western Ave) ... More

Demand that Illinois Divests From Genocide!

160 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago

Dec. 19, 2025, 8 a.m.

Protest outside the Illinois State Board of Investment quarterly meeting. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME AND LOCATION ARE PLACEHOLDERS ONLY. The Board announces their meeting time and place 48 hours in advance. Please check here on December 17th for updated information. Join the Illinois Divest fr... More