Southeast Solidarity Training

Edward E. Sadlowski Elementary School, 3930 E. 105th Street, Chicago

Oct. 29, 2025, 5 p.m. - Oct. 29, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

Bilingual ICIRR Migra Watch Training

On line

Oct. 29, 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

Centro Romero Annual Event

Firehouse Chicago, 1545 W. Rosemont Ave, Chicago

Oct. 29, 2025, 6 p.m.

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

The Nobel Peace Prize & Nuclear Legacies

DePaul University - Lincoln Park Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago

Oct. 29, 2025, 6 p.m.

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

El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe

Baffes Theatre, 2407 W. 111th St, Chicago

Oct. 29, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

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

The Revolution Will be LIVE

United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse Ave, Chicago

Oct. 29, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

The Book of Kin - On Absence, Love and Being There

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

Oct. 29, 2025, 7 p.m.

...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

Chicago Wants ICE Out!

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Ave, Chicago

Oct. 30, 2025, 6 p.m.

Organizing meeting.... More

Post-O22 Mass Meeting

Little Village Public Library, 2311 S. Kedzie Ave, Chicago

Oct. 30, 2025, 6 p.m.

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

Veterans' Citywide Call

Virtual

Oct. 30, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

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

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack

Oct. 30, 2025, 7 p.m. - Oct. 30, 2025, 9:30 p.m.

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

Divestment Teach-In

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Oct. 30, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

La Villita Halloween Parade

Arco de La Villita, 26th Street, Chicago

Oct. 31, 2025, 4 p.m. - Oct. 31, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

Ride for Palestine (Halloween Edition)

Daley plaza

Oct. 31, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 31, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

🚲🇵🇸 Ride for Palestine 🇵🇸🚲 We’re bringing Dabke to the streets as we ride together for Palestine! ✊🏽 📅 Friday, Oct 31 📍 Meet: Daley Plaza, 6PM ⏰ Roll out: 6:30PM 🍔 Stop: Firefly burgers 🎃 End: Belmont and Halsted 🚴🏾‍♀️ Pace: 8-10mph We will be ending our ride at the Boystown Haunted Ha... More

Celebrate the Day of the Dead at Casa Michoacán DuPage

Casa Michoacán DuPage, 900 E. Roosevelt Rd., West Chicago, IL

Oct. 31, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

ICE Out of Home Depot

Home Depot Store at Cicero & Armitage, 1919 N. Cicero Ave, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 1, 2025, 10 a.m.

Rally! Urgent Community Action! Protect our communities!... More

Know Your Rights & Prepare Your Power of Attorney

ABC Toon Town Educational Center, 1970 Army Trail Rd, Hanover Park, IL

Nov. 1, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 1, 2025, noon

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

People's Mass at the Detention Center in Broadview

Broadview Detention Center, 1930 Beach St, Broadview, IL

Nov. 1, 2025, 10 a.m.

RSVP at this link: bity.ly/Cspl-1101... More

No ICE! Only Hot Drinks!

A Cup of Joe Coffee House, 6806 W. Archer Ave, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 1, 2025, 2 p.m.

50% of hot drink sales goes to street vendors.... More

Migra Watch Training with PUÑO

Haymarket House

Nov. 1, 2025, noon - March 1, 2025, 3 p.m.

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

Rave Against ICE

ICE Detention Center, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Nov. 1, 2025, noon

Ravers! Headbangers! All Chicago fam! Fight hate by representing the joy and innocence we nurture in our communities. P.L.U.R. - PEACE allows us to create safe spaces. LOVE fuels our empathy for marginalized groups. UNITY amplifies our collective voice. RESPECT for all strengthens our commitment ... More

ICE Out of Chicago, ICE Out of Everywhere!

Kelly Park, 2725 W. 41st St, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 1 p.m.

Rally and march to support families detained by ICE.... More

Bye Bye, Burke

Cook County Courthouse, 2650 S. California Ave, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 1 p.m.

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

Community Altar Build for Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez

Emerson and Grand Streets, Franklin Park, IL

Nov. 1, 2025, 2 p.m.

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

Rise Together Dia de Muertos

Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Ave, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 5 p.m.

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

Arab American Family Services Spirit of Empowerment Gala

Chicago Marriott Oak Brook, 1401 W 22nd St, Oak Brook, IL

Nov. 1, 2025, 5 p.m.

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

Monster Mash The Fash

El Paseo Garden, El Paseo Garden, 944 West 21st St, Chicago

Nov. 1, 2025, 5 p.m. - Nov. 1, 2025, 9 p.m.

Spooky fundriser dance party. Dress warmly! Tickets sliding scale: tinyurl.com/mashthefash... More

Cafe Pop Up for a Cause

My Modern Oasis, 2418 W. North Ave, Chicago

Nov. 2, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 2, 2025, noon

Join us for a special cafe pop up on November 2nd, from 9 am to 12 pm at My Modern Oasis. In collaboration with coffee at KC's, the Fat Pan, and ceramicists from The Pottery Studio (Chicago, IL), we're coming together to support our city's street vendors, many of whom are in urgent need right now. W... More

Green Corn Festival

American Indian Center, 3401 W. Ainslie St, Chicago and The Farm, 4815 N. Sacramento Ave, Chicago

Nov. 2, 2025, 1 p.m. - Nov. 2, 2025, 6 p.m.

The American Indian Center and Global Gardens Chicago are excited to invite you to our Green Corn Festival on Sunday, November 2nd from 1-6pm. Events will take place at the farm at 4815 N Sacramento as well as the AIC at 3401 W Ainslie St,. The Green Corn Festival is a historic indigenous festival t... More

Rapid Response Training

Casa Michoacán, 1638 S. Blue Island, Chicago

Nov. 2, 2025, 4 p.m.

Campaign to close the Broadview ICE facility. Hosted by CAARPR Immigrant Rights Committee. Masks are required and will be provided.... More

Everything Grows in Jidoo's Garden: Jenan Matari and Sahar Mustafah

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th ST, Chicago, IL 60608

Nov. 2, 2025, 5 p.m.

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

Judaism After Genocide

Virtual and in person at Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark St, Chicago

Nov. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

Rabbi Brant Rosen in Conversation with Peter Beinart Register at the link below. Bramble Arts Loft is located on Clark Street with signage above the entrance for ease of locating. Once you arrive, enter through the Clark Street entrance using either the stairwell to the second floor, or via t... More

Building a Path to Liberation

University of Illinois at Chicago, Lecture Center B, Latino Cultural Center, south of Harrison Street, west of Halsted St, Chicago

Nov. 3, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 3, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for a warm evening of community and reflection as we come together to discuss the current ceasefire and what it means for the movement toward Palestinian liberation 🕊️🇵🇸🌿 RSVP REQUIRED! Message @sjpuic on Instagram. 🍴Food & Drinks will be provided.... More

No War on Venezuela! / ¡No a la guerra contra Venezuela!

Kluczynski Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn Ave, Chicago

Nov. 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

- En espanol abajo - A Call For a United Emergency Protest While Trump continues his war on Chicago, we cannot ignore his killing of dozens of people in small boats off of the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia and his threats of bigger and broader aggression in Latin America. His claims a... More

How to End Family Policing

Virtual

Nov. 4, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 4, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe. Based on decades of experience, organizing, and research, How to End Family Policing... More

Exhibit B - A Literary Variety Show

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

Nov. 4, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

Tenants Respond to Government Shutdown

Virtual

Nov. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

The only way out is through, and the only way through is together. Join TUF for two calls that will combine political education and practical direction for tenant unionists everywhere. Links in bio. TENANTS RESPOND TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOV 5 @ 3 PT / 4 MT / 5 CT / 6 ET The federal government ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Nov. 5, 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

Premiere of Partners: How Starbucks Workers Started a Labor Revolution

Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, 8th fl, Chicago

Nov. 5, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join the Independent Labor Club (ILC), Chicago Workers Solidarity Network (CWSN), Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and Working Films at Film Row Cinema for a FREE premiere screening of Partners: How Starbucks Workers Started a Labor Revolution on Wednesday, November 5 at 6 p.m. Following the film, th... More

We Are Internationalists!

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Avenue, Chicago

Nov. 5, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 5, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

Read This When Things Fall Apart

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

Nov. 5, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 5, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

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

Tenant Unions & Community Defense

Virtual

Nov. 6, 2025, 6 p.m.

ICE is terrorizing communities across the country, targeting neighborhoods and entire buildings known to house tenants. Join TUF for a workshop on the role of tenants unions and how we can protect our neighbors. We will be joined by organizers leading community defense work in Kansas City, Los Angel... More

Pilsen Migra Watch Training Sign-Up

Gads Hill, 1919 W. Cullerton Ave, Chicago

Nov. 6, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 6, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

ASE Annual Fundraiser & Celebration

Galleria Guichard, 436 E. 47th St, Chicago

Nov. 6, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 6, 2025, 8 p.m.

You're invited to ASE's Annual Fundraiser and Celebration on Nov. 6! Celebrate & support 15 years of justice. Support local campaigns led by southeast side residents. To purchase tickets, visit: bit.ly/ASEfundraiser2025 For info. on sponsorships or more info. on our organization, please vis... More

The Tragedy of True Crime

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 6, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

A Conversation About How Prison Harms with John J. Lennon Join us for a conversation with John J. Lennon about his new book The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us with Ben Austen. The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the liv... More

Faith Over Fear

1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Nov. 7, 2025, 11 a.m. - Nov. 7, 2025, 1 p.m.

A monthly multifaith gathering featuring sacred service, artistic expression, and uplifting reflections. Every first Friday of the month, new location every month.... More

Unidad Y Resistencia! Immigration Justice Summit

Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute 2800 S. Western Ave., Chicago

Nov. 8, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 8, 2025, 3 p.m.

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

Pilsen Migra Watch Training Sign-Up

Gads Hill, 1919 W. Cullerton Ave, Chicago

Nov. 8, 2025, 1 p.m. - Nov. 8, 2025, 3 p.m.

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

Lit & Luz Keynote Address

Pueblo Unido Gallery at Centro Romero, 6212 N. Clark St, Chicago

Nov. 9, 2025, 2 p.m.

- 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

Radical Caregivers Abolitionist Playdate

Horner Park Nature Play Space (near California Ave. & Belle Plaine), Chicago

Nov. 9, 2025, 4 p.m. - Nov. 9, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join other caregivers interested in cultivating a future focused on dismantling systemic inequalities and building collective capacity for change. This will be our last play date of this kind until spring. We’ll meet ONE MORE TIME in Horner. Upcoming events for the winter season, coming soon! ... More

Queer Self Defense Class

Grace Church of Logan Square, 3325 W. Wrightwood Ave, Chicago

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

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.... More

Veterans Day Unity March for Peace, Justice, & Healing

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wacker Drive & the Chicago River (24 E. Wacker Drive on the River Walk)

Nov. 11, 2025, 11 a.m.

This year, unlike previous years, there will be a MARCH following the event's opening. Details TBA as they become available.... More

No Neutrals Here

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 11, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine, with Jeff Schuhrke, Sarah Lazare, and Nesreen Hasan.... More

System Navigation With Illinois Prison Project

Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St, Chicago

Nov. 12, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 12, 2025, noon

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

Who's Your Jailer?

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago (wheelchair accessible)

Nov. 12, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 12, 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

On line

Nov. 12, 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

Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing

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

Nov. 12, 2025, 7 p.m.

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

Solidarity and Internationalism, Then and Now

Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Street, Chicago

Nov. 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Nov. 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Crossroads Foundation's James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund annual event. Prexy Nesbitt in conversation with Sarah Schulman.... More

Bob Schwartz Rest in Power Memorial Gathering

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 13, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 13, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

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

Build the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda....

Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Avenue, Chicago

Nov. 14, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 16, 2025, 5 p.m.

...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

All Hands Party for Community Involvement

The Print Shop, 833 North Albany Ave., Suite C, Chicago

Nov. 14, 2025, 4 p.m. - Nov. 14, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

North Collaborative Citizenship Workshop

HANA Center, 4300 N. California Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago

Nov. 15, 2025, 9 a.m.

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

Traffic Stops Know Your Rights Event!

Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W Madison St, Chicago

Nov. 15, 2025, 2 p.m. - Nov. 15, 2025, 4 p.m.

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

Tareq Baconi in Conversation With Bill Ayers

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 16, 2025, 5 p.m. - Nov. 16, 2025, 6 p.m.

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

Movie Night + Letter Writing Fundraiser for Casey Goonan

Email: [email protected] for the location

Nov. 16, 2025, 5 p.m. - Nov. 16, 2025, 8 p.m.

Chicago!!! Movie night and fundraiser for political prisoner Casey Goonan! Casey Goonan is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza and response to the repressive actions against the pro-Palestine st... More

Friends-Giving to Support OCAD

Theatre Y, 3611 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 17, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

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

Unexploded Ordinance: Catharina Coenen and Eiren Caffall

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

Nov. 18, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 18, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Nov. 19, 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

Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City

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

Nov. 20, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

Art for Gaza Fundraiser

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

Nov. 23, 2025, 3 p.m. - Nov. 23, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

Queer Self Defense Class

Grace Church of Logan Square, 3325 W. Wrightwood Ave, Chicago

Nov. 24, 2025, 6 p.m.

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Nov. 26, 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

2025 Palestine Convention

Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive Tinley Park, IL

Nov. 27, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

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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