Unite for Trans Youth Lives

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

Aug. 10, 2025, 1 p.m.

From hospitals cutting off gender-affirming care to federal rollbacks of emergency mental health services, transgender youth are being stripped of the right to exist, thrive, and access life-saving health care across the nation and even right here in Chicago. 🏳️‍⚧️ Illinois is a sanctuary state f... More

Solidarity Mourning Tent for Awda Hathaleen

Montrose Beach (Lawrence Ave & Simonds Drive), Chicago

Aug. 10, 2025, 3 p.m. - Aug. 10, 2025, 9 p.m.

In response to Umm al-Khair residents’ call for international solidarity with their hunger strike, Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago, IfNotNow Chicago, and other local friends of Awdah Hathaleen will be erecting a mourning tent on Sunday, August 10, from 3-9pm in the green space north of Montrose Beach... More

Art Under Occupation

Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago

Aug. 10, 2025, 6 p.m.

CPFF Special Short Films Event. Feature Film "Taqi" preceded by "Siri Miri" and "Shattered Memory." Get tickets while they last!... More

ICE Out of Chicago

Meet next to the driveway at the northwest corner of 101 W. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago

Aug. 11, 2025, 9 a.m. - Aug. 11, 2025, 10 a.m.

Every week DHS agents leave the ICE Field Office to terrorize and kidnap our loved ones and neighbors across Chicago. Join autonomous Chicagoans in a surge effort to signal that we will not stand by while they do this!... More

Rural Rising Revisited

On-line.

Aug. 11, 2025, 7 p.m.

The Struggle to be Counted - Voting Rights Are Under Attack. Learn the history. Hear the call. Get into good trouble. Stand up for democracy film & conversation on voting rights. Join us for an inspiring evening on August 11th at 7pm as we present a special screening of Mr. Portlock’s powerful... More

Ride for Palestine

Start at the Lincoln statue, 2045 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago -- end at La Ronda, 3400 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

Aug. 11, 2025, 9:30 p.m.

Bring food to grill, pit stop at Jewel Ride with us in solidarity and resistance! Bring your flags, keffiyehs, signs, and spirit—let’s take the streets together. 🇵🇸 FREE Palestinian flags for the first 17 bikes with flag poles! No pole? No problem—reuse a broomstick, branch, PVC pipe, or a... More

IMAN Youth Forum

IMAN, 2755 W. 63rd Street, Chicago

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

The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) presents community conversations, artistic expression and resistance.... More

Labor Rights Workshop (en espanol)

Arise Chicago, 1700 W. Hubbard Street, Chicago

Aug. 13, 2025, 6 p.m.

Now more than ever, we must learn about our rights as immigrant workers! Rights we don't know about, rights we lose Come and learn how to defend your rights as an immigrant worker: * Salary Increases * Stopping Workplace Harassment * Health and Safety at Work * No to Sexual Harassment *... More

“Whose Speech is Free?” – Public Square Conversation

Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

Aug. 14, 2025, 5:45 p.m. - Aug. 14, 2025, 9 p.m.

Lines keep being crossed in the suppression of speech. From our schools and workplaces, to our streets and cyberspaces, U.S. leaders have signaled that there is no limit to how intimidation, retribution and violence will be used to silence dissent. These tactics threaten to further hobble human and ... More

Back-2-School Summer Jam!

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

Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m. - Aug. 16, 2025, 3 p.m.

Save the date! You’re invited to the Chicago Teachers Union’s Back-to-School Summer Jam! This event will bring together students, parents, community organizations, educators, elected officials and others who want to make sure that returning students have all that they need to make sure the up... More

2nd Annual Heal on the Farm

Arab Chicago Farm, 24724 W. 104th Ave, Frankfort, IL

Aug. 16, 2025, 1 p.m. - Aug. 16, 2052, 8 p.m.

Games / food / animals / music / art workshops $15 per adult & $10 per child. TIME LISTED IS SIMPLY A PLACE-HOLDER. Register at the link below.... More

Labor Against the Trump Agenda

Casa Michoacan, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 1:30 p.m.

Panel discussion with local labor leaders!... More

Movie Night - 'The Encampments'

Nesh Mediterranean Grill, 110 S. Wells Street, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 6 p.m.

PAL is back with our movie series, this time highlighting the film “The Encampments.” A year and a half ago, the world witnessed the escalation of the movement for Palestine with the rise of the student solidarity encampments for Gaza all over the globe. Although the encampments were temporary, t... More

Brave Space Alliance Dignity Dash 5k

AIDS Garden, just south of Belmont Avenue and the lakefront, Chicago

Aug. 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

Running for our lives! The news is out — this August, Brave Space Alliance will be hosting our first ever Dignity Dash 5k! This event is more than a race... it's a movement. Our first ever charity 5K centers the lives and legacies of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and invite... More

Close the Broadview ICE Facility Campaign

Casa Michocan, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago

Aug. 17, 2025, noon

Teach-in. RSVP at the link below.... More

Film Screening - "Attica"

Sulzer Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Aug. 18, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

History of the US prison movement. Get involved and join us as we stand with the people facing the American nightmare! DM for details. #daretostruggle #chicagoprotest #jailkillercops #chicago #blackaugust #georgejackson #falconbowl #milwaukee #milwaukeehardcore... More

Chicago JWJ Fiesta de las Rosas

The Atria, 3146 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago

Aug. 21, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 21, 2025, 9 p.m.

Save the Date for Chicago Jobs with Justice's Fiesta de las Rosas 2025!! This year we'll be partying together at Atria and giving roses to some very worthy folks in the movement: ** Marcus Shepherd, Chicago Federation of Labor ** Nichole Foster, Colorado Jobs with Justice ** National Lawyers... More

Film: "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"

Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway in the church yard, Chicago

Aug. 22, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Film screening and discussion. The 2019 film follows the journey of Jimmie Fails as he attempts to reclaim his late grandfather's house, which was recently foreclosed. The film touches on the devastating effects of gentrification happening in San Francisco and across the country. Stay after t... More

Oud by Kariem

Hollywood Beach, Hollywood Ave & the lakefront, by the pier.

Aug. 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m. - Aug. 22, 2025, 10:30 p.m.

What’s better than classic Um Kulthum songs with live Oud by the lake? 🎶 Join us at Hollywood Beach on August 22nd, starting at 7:30 p.m., for a Um Kulthum sing-along night with our live oud play. It's a wonderful opportunity to get together and vibe in harmony. Don’t know the lyrics? We got y... More

Calling All Filipino Domestic Workers in Chicago!

HANA Center, 4300 N. California Ave, Chicago

Aug. 23, 2025, 11 a.m. - Aug. 23, 2025, 2 p.m.

Are you or your clients/employers being impacted by the Federal budget cuts to Medicaid? Do you want to meetand discuss your concerns with other Filipino Domestic Workers in Chicago? Join AFIRE at our upcoming community event centering domestic workers. “Domestic work is the work that makes a... More

5 Blocks - Tell ICE to Stop

Wrightwood Ave & Merrimac Ave parking lot (by the tennis court), Chicago

Aug. 23, 2025, noon - Aug. 23, 2025, 3 p.m.

ICE Melts With Resistance. Bring your signs and walk down W. Fullerton Ave and back. Make a point. Take a stand.... More

No Camps / No War / No 1984

TBD

Aug. 23, 2025, noon - Aug. 23, 2025, 2 p.m.

On August 23rd we will gather to demand an END to the concentration camps, END to the wars, and END to the march towards fascism. Silence serves the oppressor, so come get loud. We will release more details soon! Please note, we will be holding this event instead of an event on August... More

IRRPP State of Racial Justice in Chicago Report on Education

UIC Student Center East, room 301, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago

Aug. 26, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Aug. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) for the launch of the latest report in IRRPP’s State of Racial Justice in Chicagoland series focused on education. Register at the link below. Reception immediately following the event. Panelists include: Beatriz Diaz-Pollack ... More

Stop Cop Cities Everywhere

Aug. 26, 2025, 5 p.m. - Aug. 26, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Join organizers from struggles against cop cities and carceral infrastructures in Atlanta, GA, San Pablo, CA, Charlotte, NC, and New York City to learn about what organizers are doing locally and how you can resist a cop city that might be coming to your city. Following the publication of "No Cop Ci... More

The Cost of Being Undocumented

On line.

Aug. 27, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 27, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore will be hosting a Zoom Webinar with Alix Dick, Antero Garcia, and Erika L. Sánchez in collaboration with Borderless Magazine to discuss The Cost of Being Undocumented: One Woman's Reckoning with America's Inhumane Math. This is a virtual event hosted on Zoom Webi... More

Labor Day 2025!

Haymarket Monument, W. Randolph Street & N. Des Plaines Ave, Chicago

Sept. 1, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand strong, fighting for public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, shared prosperi... More

Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help

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

Sept. 3, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 3, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us in celebrating this long-awaited collection by Chicago author and agitator Jarrod Shanahan, who will appear in conversation with members of Lake Effect Collective. Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help (PM Press, 2025) collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Stree... More

The Calumet River and Its Toxic Islands Tour

8944 S. Commercial Ave., Chicago

Sept. 4, 2025, noon - Sept. 4, 2025, 3 p.m.

The Alliance of the Southeast invites you to take part in an Environmental Justice Tour. It's a chance to see, smell, and feel the environmental realities faced by Southeast Side residents every day along the Calumet River. * Discover the community’s strength and resilience * Learn about ongoing e... More

Chicago Labor Day Parade & Eddie Fest

Chicago's Pullman neighborhood (specific starting point and route TBA).

Sept. 6, 2025, 11 a.m.

Many details still to be announced. The time indicated here is ONLY a placeholder. Go to the link below for full details as they become available.... More

Arts in Solidarity

Alahambra Palace Restaurant, 1240 W. Randolph St, Chicago

Sept. 7, 2025, 5 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2025, 9 p.m.

A Benefit Concert for Immigrant Legal Defense. We are producing this LIVE cultural event for the purpose of raising money and raising consciousness to support legal defense for immigrants. As you know, deportations, scare tactics, raids, and other extra-legal measures have affected our friend... More

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

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

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

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book, "Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation." As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that w... More

Book Talk: The Life, Education, and Legacy of Karen Lewis

University of Illinois at Chicago, Cardinal Room, Student Center East, 750 S Halsted St, Chicago

Sept. 10, 2025, 4 p.m. - Sept. 10, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and the Social Justice Initiative (SJI) for the UIC book launch of "I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education" by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. In this book, Dr. Todd-Breland writes about the legacy and transformat... More

Chicago Run 4 Peace 2025

10499 W 153rd St, Orland Park, IL

Sept. 14, 2025, 8 a.m.

Team Palestine for Palestine Children's Relief Fund Presents: Holy Buckets Run 4 Peace – 5K & 1-Mile Walk New Location. Same Powerful Purpose. Get ready to lace up your sneakers and run for something bigger than yourself! Team Palestine for PCRF is thrilled to host our signature event, the Holy ... More

Celebrating 25 Years of Strength - Resilience - Resistance

TBA

Sept. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.

25th anniversary will be a powerful moment to honor the courage and power of our day laborers and household workers. Save the date! September 25, 2025. Details coming soon. Celebrando 25 años de fuerza, comunidad y resiliencia Nuestro 25 aniversario será un momento especial para honrar el... More

Walk for Gaza

TBA

Sept. 27, 2025, 10 a.m.

18 miles for 18 years of blockade. Details to come. TIME LISTED IS ONLY A PLACE-HOLDER. ACTUAL TIME TO FOLLOW.... More

About Face: The History of GI Resistance

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

Sept. 27, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 27, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes in conversation with Bill Ayers as they discuss the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism and fascism. Viewed through an abolitionist framework, this discussion will highlight the legacy and revolutionary power of GI resista... More

AFSC Chicago 90th Anniversary Celebration

Chicago Teachers Union Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Sept. 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Save the date! Registration coming soon.... More

Working Bikes 26th Anniversary!

Working Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 4 p.m. - Oct. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. We've spent the last 26 years reducing waste, lessening pollution, improving health with the most reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation option ava... More

Working Bikes 26th Anniversary

Working Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 4 p.m. - Oct. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. We've spent the last 26 years reducing waste, lessening pollution, improving health with the most reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation option ava... More

REVOLUTION(S) With Tom Morello

Goodman's Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 9, 2025, 11 p.m.

Put your hands on the wheel of history. When soldier and aspiring musician Hampton Weems comes home from Afghanistan, he finds the South Side of Chicago is also occupied territory -- and e's accidentally joined the resistance. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave a... More

CAIR-Chicago's 2025 Annual Banquet

Drury Lane, 17W275 Butterfield Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Oct. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

Join us at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace for CAIR-Chicago’s 21st Annual Banquet! This year, we celebrate the strength of our movement — past, present, and future, Insha'Allah. Don't miss: * Inspiring speakers * Community networking & vendor tables * Banquet dinner * A renewed call to acti... More

5th Annual Illinois Prison Project Gala

Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Street & Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Oct. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 10, 2025, 11 p.m.

Each year, the IPP Gala brings together leaders in the movement to end mass incarceration in Illinois and beyond. Together, we’ll honor outstanding community leaders and organizations who have demonstrated their commitment to justice. IPP supporters are invited to purchase individual tickets, tab... 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

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

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

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.

Bring your family to the largest gathering for Palestine in the U.S. during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago. Save The Date: November 27-29, 2025 at the Tinley Park Convention Center Our teams are working tirelessly to bring you yet another successful event featuring renowned speakers from arou... More

Free2Move Brake Light Repair Event

O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3310 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2026, 10 a.m. - Aug. 16, 2026, 2 p.m.

Brake Light Out? We’ve Got You Covered! Join us for the Free2Move Brake Light Repair Event and avoid unnecessary stops. Don't get pulled over. Get powered up. * Free brake light repairs * Community safety resources Register at the link below.... More