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
- 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
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
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 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
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
...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
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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
🚲🇵🇸 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
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
Rally! Urgent Community Action! Protect our communities!... 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
RSVP at this link: bity.ly/Cspl-1101... More
50% of hot drink sales goes to street vendors.... 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
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
Rally and march to support families detained by ICE.... 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 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 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
Spooky fundriser dance party. Dress warmly! Tickets sliding scale: tinyurl.com/mashthefash... More
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
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
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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A monthly multifaith gathering featuring sacred service, artistic expression, and uplifting reflections. Every first Friday of the month, new location every month.... 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
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
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
This year, unlike previous years, there will be a MARCH following the event's opening. Details TBA as they become available.... More
US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine, with Jeff Schuhrke, Sarah Lazare, and Nesreen Hasan.... 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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
- 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