ACTIVATE CAFFEINATE!

Mt. Prospect IL

June 16, 2026, 1:09 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 3 p.m.

Join Indivisible Elk Grove Township for Coffee, Conversation, and Community! This event takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from 1-3 pm. Meet like-minded pro-democracy activists and learn about opportunities to get involved. Expect surprise drop-ins from progressive local elected official... More

World Refugee Day 2026

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

June 16, 2026, noon - June 16, 2026, 1 p.m.

Join CAIR Chicago and our community partners in recognizing World Refugee Day 2026. This June, we honor the resilience, strength, and contributions of refugees who have enriched our communities and continue to build brighter futures for themselves and their families. June 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 ... More

Chicago Appleseed Spring Luncheon

Ivy Room, 12 E. Ohio St, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - June 16, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Chicago Appleseed invites you to join our spring luncheon at the Ivy Room to uplift leaders in our community and celebrate our collective efforts for justice. We are proud to honor Robert Held, a lawyer and community activist whose viral videos and national media interviews have focused on protec... More

Community Benefits Agreement & Neighborhood Union Press Rally

E. 63rd Street & S. Harper Ave, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 10 a.m.

Join us Tuesday, 10am @ 63rd and Harper ! For a press rally against displacement in neighborhoods around the Obama center... More

Alison Kinney and Rachel León at Pilsen Community Books

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

June 15, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Rachel León and Alison Kinney come to the store for a reading and conversation about writing stories of resistance, joy, and hope amidst an ongoing crisis in celebration of their new books How We See the Gray and United States of Rejection. About Rachel León's How We See the Gray: Foster care ... More

The Road to Publication: Writing Hard Stories in Hard Times with Alison Kinney and Rachel León

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

June 15, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Rachel León and Alison Kinney to the store for an reading and conversation about their routes to publication, their perspectives as an editor and a writing teacher, and the difficulties of writing and publishing in times when everything is under attack at once. After the conver... More

Freedom Forum For Michael 'Dise Johnson

6337 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago IL

June 15, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Freedom Forum For Michael 'Dise Johnson and all imprisoned survivors of Chicago police torture, with Mother Mary L. Johnson and Friends. Monday, June 15, 6 pm - 8 pm Chicago Torture Justice Center 6337 S Woodlawn Av, Chicago ~ Join us for dinner at 6 pm ~ RSVP for VIRTUAL access via Zoom:... More

Freedom Forum for Michael 'Dise' Johnson

Online and in-person at Chicago Torture Justice Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago

June 15, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Announcement! This event is now hybrid! Join us online via zoom or at the Chicago Torture Justice Center 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago You can RSVP for zoom access here- tinyurl.com/freedomforum615 Storytime: As many of you know, Mary L. Johnson (who is now 93) is one of the most amazi... More

Get Socialism on the Ballot!

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

June 15, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 9 p.m.

Voter Affidavit Blitz. Did you sign the petition for Byron Sigcho-López for Congress (IL-4)? The Democratic Party’s political machine is challenging your signature to silence your voice in November. We won’t be silenced! Join us this Monday and Tuesday, 6:00–9:00 PM, at the Chicago Liberation Cen... More

Dinners for Survivance from Iran

Marz Community Brewing, 3630 Iron Street, Chicago

June 15, 2026, 5:30 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 9 p.m.

Artist Hesam Salehbeig will prepare an Iranian meal for the second gathering of COMMUNITY KITCHEN DINNERS. “Iranian cuisine, much like Persian carpet weaving, is fundamentally a folk art shaped within the homes of ordinary people and carried through generations by women across cities and villages... More

Town Hall on Trade & Tariffs

South Chicago neighborhood - RSVP for specific neighborhood

June 15, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Elites on both sides of the aisle have supported disastrous free trade deals. We’re coming to a Chicago to talk to working people about building a bold, working-class trade agenda for the future. Join us on June 15th with @repchuygarcia, @repdeliaramirez, @repjackson, and former US Trade Represen... More

In These Times Labor Notes After Party

2040 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

June 14, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 1 a.m.

Independent media deserves a party. Come hang out with In These Times for a night of writers, organizers, comedy, music and dancing in Chicago. We’ll be joined by Hamilton Nolan, Kim Kelly, Max Alvarez and Alex Press, with comedy from Adam Burke and Lucia Whalen and a dance party with Tromblau &... More

For a Fighting Labor Movement - A Militant Critique of Labor Notes

Chicago - location & zoom link provided upon registration

June 14, 2026, 5 p.m.

🚨CALLING ALL LABOR MILITANTS🚨 This May Day, Teamsters Mobilize was very excited to announce that we are working in coalition with several other union organizations to host an event the weekend of the Labor Notes conference in Chicago: "A Militant Critique of Labor Notes: For a Fighting Workers Mo... More

Second Sunday Pride Salon

Colvin House, 5940 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago

June 14, 2026, 5 p.m. - June 14, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join us as we celebrate PRIDE with a variety of Chicagoland LGBTQ artists and allies: Performances, exhibition, good friends and conversation and a rainbow of food & drink, all in the parlor of the historic Chicago Landmark, *COLVIN HOUSE. MUSIC • Jazz Lady ROBIN WATSON PHOTOGRAPHY • CHUCK KRAMER ... More

Neighborhood Defense Discussion & Art Build

Hazroom, 1706 S. Halsted St, Chicago

June 14, 2026, 3 p.m. - June 14, 2026, 5 p.m.

Join us this Sunday, June 14th, between 3 and 5pm at @hazroom for a community discussion and art build in support of neighborhood defense across Chicago! We will be discussing the ongoing Take Back the Lounge campaign, as well as our efforts building a Neighborhood Defense Unit in Little Village. Al... More

The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

June 14, 2026, 2 p.m. - June 14, 2026, 3 p.m.

The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity with Sarah Schulman and Rabbi Brant Rosen Tzedek Chicago is proud to present acclaimed novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer and AIDS historian Sarah Schulman for a book reading and conversation featuring her recent book, "The Fantasy and Neces... More

Flag Day Reclaim Our Democracy

Register for location

June 14, 2026, 2 p.m. - June 14, 2026, 4 p.m.

WE THE PEOPLE reclaim Flag Day as our own. With America’s 250th anniversary on the horizon, we face a critical decision about our national identity. Will we permit our future to be shaped by division and abuse of power? Or will we instead write a new chapter, defined by solidarity, where diverse com... More

Report Back From The Philippines

Register for location or link for on-line participation

June 14, 2026, noon - June 14, 2026, 4 p.m.

Join us for a reportback from our members’ recent trips to the Philippines! Come learn about the lives of farmers and fisherfolk, their struggle for a better future, and how their issues are interlinked with ours in the US. How is the Philippines, a country with metropolitan centers and rich natural... More

Summer of Solidarity

June 14, 2026, noon - June 14, 2026, 7 p.m.

☀️🌍 SUMMER OF SOLIDARITY 🌍☀️ Join us for an intentional day of community, connection, and collective care at the Revolution Room + Market! Come meet local organizations, connect with comrades, support small businesses, and stand in solidarity with communities across the globe. ❤️✊🏽 📍 1919 Waln... More

A Body Made Home

RSVP for location

June 14, 2026, noon - June 14, 2026, 3 p.m.

They Black Trans Love. A reading/signing + writing workshop hosted by Chicago Freedom School presented by Kai Marshall Green. Light lunch provided. RSVP at bit.ly/TheyBlackTransLove... More