Stop Gun Violence Together, From Illinois to the Nation

Virtual

March 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 26, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join us Thursday at 7:00 PM CDT for our Zoom Gun Violence Prevention meeting. We’ll be joined by Maria Peterson, who will discuss the outcomes of the Primary election and what they mean as we look ahead to the Midterm elections in November. Let us know you will be attending by RSVPing here -- htt... More

Exhibit B Presents Noa Micaela Fields, Daisy Hernández, Sahar Mustafah and Raghav Rao

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

March 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Exhibit B back to the store for the latest installment of their reading series featuring Noa Micaela Fields, Daisy Hernández, Sahar Mustafah and Raghav Rao. Noa Micaela Fields is an echodeviant enjambment queen (translation: trans poet with hearing aids) in search ... More

Compassionate Release Workshop

Location in the loop. Register to get the address.

March 26, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join PNAP on Thursday, March 26th for a workshop on the Joe Coleman Act of Illinois. Facilitated by Chicago Medical Legal Collaborative with panelists from Illinois Prison Project and Medical Justice Alliance, we’ll discuss medical release, the eligibility criteria, and navigating the application... More

End CPD and ICE Collabortion!

George Washington High School, 3535 E. 114th St, Chicago

March 26, 2026, 6 p.m.

JOIN US in demanding accountability and safety for the people of Chicago! We're taking our voices to the Community Commission for Public Safety (CCPSA) to STOP POLICE CRIMES and hold CPD accountable, calling for an END TO CPD-ICE COLLABORATION! We're mobilizing across Chicago to push for these cr... More

Freedom Dreaming in Dark Times

5733 S. University Ave, Chicago

March 26, 2026, 5 p.m.

Join us for part two of our conversation series, where we discuss an essay by historian and scholar Robin D. G. Kelley. The essay explores the historical roots and political meaning of Black–Palestinian solidarity. Challenging the idea that solidarity is based solely on shared identity or analog... More

The Chicago Charity Con Crawl

Various

March 26, 2026, 9 a.m. - March 29, 2026, 9 p.m.

EDITOR'S NOTE: PLEASE NOTE THAT TIMES LISTED ARE ONLY PLACE-HOLDERS. We’re thrilled to announce that our Chicago Charity Con Crawl (C4) will be raising money for @ocadchicago and their mutual aid efforts! Ticket sales, special magic items for use in games, and a percentage of merchandise sales al... More

Red Ant Dream

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

March 25, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 25, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join Revolutionary Marxist Study Group-Chicago in viewing and discussing Sanjay Kak's 2013 documentary Red Ant Dream! This documentary is about the people's movement and the ongoing revolutionary war in India. This film captures part of this, highlighting the struggle of Adivasis (the indigenous peo... More

Research Bites With Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD

Virtual

March 25, 2026, noon

As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers is building an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His team works with leaders in the city's t... More

Data Centers in Illinois

Virtual

March 24, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 24, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join us Tuesday, March 24th at 7:00 PM CDT for our next NWSOFA-Indivisible Climate and Environmental Team Zoom meeting, featuring a special presentation by Sally Burgess from Sierra Club Illinois. Sally will lead an in-depth discussion about the rapid growth of data centers in Illinois—how they w... More

Films For a Changing World Presents 'Flying Lessons'

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

March 24, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 24, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join us Tuesday, March 24th at 6 PM for a screening of Elizabeth Nichols’ 2024 documentary, Flying Lessons🎥When their Lower East Side building comes under siege by a predatory landlord, a young filmmaker and an aging punk artist forge an unlikely friendship. As the two women collaborate on a portrai... More

Chicago Jobs With Justice Information Session

Virtual

March 24, 2026, 5 p.m.

Hello Hello!! Over the last couple of months we have gotten the opportunity to meet so many new wonderful folks and engage in meaningful conversations. We decided to kick off a virtual teach-in about our organization. Its aim to introduce new members, volunteers, or maybe you heard of us before but ... More

Steven Salaita on Scholasticide & More!

Virtual

March 24, 2026, 11 a.m.

Dr. Steven Salaita will discuss, as he put it, "scholasticide and the (pitiful) condition of higher education today. I'm sure the conversation will make its way to the current war as well." On the next episode of "Breaking Culture Live," available on Tuesday at 11 am CST at https://www.youtube.cm... More

Power to the People

Onward Neighborhood House, 5413 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago

March 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - March 23, 2026, 8 p.m.

Please join the ACLU of Illinois and Onward Neighborhood House on Monday, March 23 from 6:30-8 PM in Belmont Cragin for a community town hall on what the ACLU, Onward House, and our partners are doing in response to the federal abuse of power from the Trump administration and what role you can play ... More

Immigrant Detention and Mass Incarceration from the U.S. to El Salvador

Virtual

March 23, 2026, 6 p.m.

Please join us for a VIRTUAL conversation about the resistance to the suspension of due process under the ongoing “State of Exception” in El Salvador and the parallels to the immigrant rights movement here under Trump. ¡Cese la Represión! Immigrants Detention and Mass Incarceration from the U.S. ... More

What I Wish I Would Have Said

Virtual

March 23, 2026, 5 p.m. - March 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join “What I Wish I Would Have Said” PART 4: Mon, Mar 23 @5pm CT ZOOM.. NWSOFA-Vision Forward 2.0 Learning Lab Series Vision Forward 2.0 is a coordinated set of programs designed to help volunteers, community members, and pro‑democracy conversational activists communicate with clarity, calm, and ... More

The Irish Radical's Calendar

Little Red Nest, 5456 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago

March 22, 2026, 4 p.m. - March 22, 2026, 8 p.m.

As if everything wasn’t already happening everywhere all at once, it also happens to be St. Patrick’s Day Season. If like us, dissociating into a pint of green beer to distract yourself from the horrors isn’t cutting it anymore, we’ve put together a calendar of values aligned programming for the mon... More

Chicago Irish For Palestine Monthly Meeting

5458 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago

March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.

While St. Patrick’s day is just one weekend, the work of Palestinian liberation is year round. If you are looking to get involved or even just come check out what we’re about, we’ll be at the @littlerednestchicago on Sunday the 22nd at 4pm. Stay after for tunes with @strikethegayharp at 6pm. Masks r... More

ECPS & the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing

Virtual

March 22, 2026, 3 p.m.

⚡️Get trained for the struggles ahead! The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is hosting a series of trainings to help strengthen the support and understanding among our various areas of work. This weekend we are holding the following trainings: (1) ECPS & THE REFERENDUM FOR... More

The Klezmer Project

March 22, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Jewish Museum Chicago & JVP Chicago’s Education Committee present a screening of The Klezmer Project. RSVP here for location: https://crm.jvpchicago.org/dashboard/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn3VJYU2lYZYm5vrKXJAHkC8N-4kafWui_H3_pyMihLNAUgI3brO8dLHraUyw_aem_69kjsVp... More

Waves of Resistance & Resilience

UIC Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott Ave, Chicago

March 22, 2026, 1 p.m. - March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.

Hi Affinity Friends! In addition to March being Women's History Month, it's Affinity Burning Bowl Month! Burning Bowl's theme this year is "Waves of Resistance & Resilience." Considering the unrelenting political violence and upheaval across our nation, resistance is often viewed in political... More