Heat The Ground Up with Starbucks Workers United

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join In These Times, Labor Notes, and Haymarket Books for a panel discussing how the historic Starbucks strikes were organized, how workers mobilized, and larger lessons learned.... More

Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries - Authors Conversation & Book Signing

Barbara's Bookstore in Macy's, Lower Level, 111 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60602

Feb. 27, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join the authors for conversation and book signing ABOUT THE BOOK: "Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries" offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former members of the League of Revoluti... More

Whistle Assembly Event

Martello's Pizza, 4124 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 8 p.m.

Organización Hijos de Migrantes... More

Youth Iftar for Gaza

Masjid al Huda, 1081 W. Irving Park Road, Schaumburg, IL

Feb. 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

The Schaumburg High School Muslim Student Alliance invites high school and college MSAs to unite and strengthen their bonds this Ramadan. Entrance fee: $15, with all funds to support families in Gaza. Special Guest Speaker: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, CAIR-Chicago Register here: https... More

Ride for Palestine

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

Ramadan Ride for Palestine They banned the flag to erase us. Fly it in defiance. The weather is too good to pass up! ☀️ Join us this Friday, Feb 27, for another community ride as we move for liberation and observe Ramadan together. 📅 DATE:Friday, February 27 📍 MEET: Daley Plaza @ 4:30 PM ... More

Black History Conference

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 1 p.m.

Creating Alternative Spaces: Education for Liberation Presented by the Chicago SNCC History Project 📍 DuSable Black History Museum 📅 Friday & Saturday | Feb 27–28 Join us for a powerful two-day gathering rooted in memory, resistance, and liberation. This conference centers 500 years of Black r... More

Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 2 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

SALT MELTS ICE Community Art Build!

2106 S. Kedzie Ave, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us for a community art build for the SALT MELTS ICE protest February 28th at the Broadview ICE facility. Help create salt-themed props, costumes, and snow plows! Limited supplies available. Bring supplies to share if able! Cardboard, paint, spray paint, duct tape, utility knives, hot glue... More

Celebrating 'A Black Queer History'

Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 9 p.m.

Alongside BSA and Center on Halsted, Queer Connections: Men of Color + Allies is hosting an intimate book launch celebrating the work of Darius Bost, award-winning scholar and co-author of a new book that centers Black queer voices across U.S. history. The evening will feature a panel interview ... More

Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr

Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St, Chicago

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

A profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy. Readers are rarely lukewarm on Naeem Murr’s work, which has been compared by critics to an astonishing array of greats: Margaret Atwood, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Flannery O... More

Open Veins of Latin America Book Club

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

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us as we discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." Let’s think together, share resources, and ask questions so that we can extend peoples’ struggles of the past to empower our present actions. REGISTER at bit.l... More

What It Takes to Win

Feb. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join the @ilchildcareforall for a virtual roundtable featuring leaders from New Mexico, New York, and DC 🌎✨ We’ll hear how they’ve won higher wages for child care providers and universal access to child care for all families, and the winning strategies we can use to build a system in Illinois tha... More

'Is This the Promised Land?'

Beermiscuous, 2812 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a screening of ‘Is This The Promised Land?’, which tells the story of the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement and the historic fight to desegregate the city. 🍕 Free food available for attendees! ✊🏾 In the 1960s, the Chicago Freedom Movement reshaped the city as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.... More

Food Autonomy in Chicago

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

Join SOUL and author Pancho McFarland in Roseland for a community conversation on food autonomy at Burst Into Books. We'll discuss his book and creating real strategies for food accessibility in our neighborhoods. Share a meal, your voice, and help build the solution. RSVP TODAY at bit.ly/faicfeb... More

When the State Comes Knocking

Ida Noyes Hall, Third floor theatre, 1212 E. 59th St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Immigration Raids and the Politics of Contemporary Enforcement in the Urban and Rural Midwest Please join us for an event on the politics and effects of immigration raids in Chicago and beyond, featuring Prof. William López (University of Michigan’s School of Public Health), author of the book Ra... More

The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers

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

Feb. 26, 2026, 5 p.m.

As we celebrate Black History Month, the CTU Foundation is honored to host author activists Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman at the CTU Center on Thursday, February 26 at 5 pm to share about their book, "Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries." ​Feb 26 at 5 pm Chicago Teacher... More

The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers

CTU Headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 5 p.m.

Join us as we honor the legacy of Black organizing in the Midwest through this timely book talk. Together authors, Jerome Scott, a Detroit labor organizer and member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and Walda Katz-Fishman, professor of sociology at Howard University, will discuss the... More

Rapid Response Training

UIC Lecture Center D5 (west of Halsted St & south of Harrison St on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus), Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 4 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Facilitated by PUÑO Join us: * To learn about ICE/CBP's latest tactics * To learn new strategies to defend our community * Even if you have attended a prior training... More

When Preparation Meets Opportunity

On line

Feb. 26, 2026, noon

In the criminal legal system, hearings determine whether a person comes home or stays incarcerated. In this month's virtual Lunch & Learn, we'll break down what real preparation looks like, how families and advocates can play a powerful role, and what decision makers are truly listening for. Partici... More

The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family by Dorothy Roberts

Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St, Chicago

Feb. 25, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore is thrilled to welcome back Dorothy Roberts for an event to celebrate her newest book, The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family. For this event, Dorothy will be joined in conversation by Eve L. Ewing. From Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing ... More