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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Eminent Domain For CO2 Pipelines

Virtual

Feb. 25, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join us for an important and engaging evening as we dive into critical updates shaping Illinois’ environmental future. 🧑‍🔬 Featured Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Campbell Dr. Campbell, President of Citizens Against Heartland Greenwashing Projects, will share vital insights on Illinois Senate Bill 2842... More

People Power 40th Anniversary

Philippine Consulate in Chicago, 122 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago

Feb. 25, 2026, 6 p.m.

In 1986, the Filipino people and their allies rose up and ousted the dictator Marcos Sr., ending his 20 year dictatorship of the country. This uprising is known as the People Power Revolution. 40 years later, the dictator’s son, Marcos Jr., is president of the Philippines, and we continue the legacy... More

No New Prisons Illinois Campaign Teach-In

5733 S University Ave 1st floor conference room, Chicago, & on Zoom

Feb. 25, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join the No New Prisons Illinois teach-in with abolition & carceralities study group! Register here: tinyurl.com/nnpfeb25 Join organizers from the No New Prisons IL campaign to learn about: 1. The plan to spend $900 million+ in IL taxes to construct new state prisons 2. The rhetoric of “t... More

Her Strength, Their Struggle

Loyola University, Regis Multipurpose Room, 6340 N. Winthrop St, Chicago

Feb. 25, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

Honoring Palestinian women. SJP Loyola x Deen Al-Ikhwaat invite you to Her Strength, Their Struggle, an evening honoring Palestinian women and their resilience. ✨ Noon-o-Kabab and Abu Sauce will be provided. Please arrive on time to ensure you don’t miss any part of the program, including dinn... More

Protest Frerich's Renewal of $15M in Israel Bonds

555 W. Monroe St, Chicago

Feb. 25, 2026, 4 p.m.

Join us for a protest and week of action after @iltreasurer renewed $15 million in Israel Bonds, sending millions of our taxpayer dollars to the genocidal apartheid regime of Israel as it continues to violate ceasefire agreements and commit crimes against the Palestinian people on a daily basis! ... More

We Are Each Other's Liberation

Online

Feb. 25, 2026, 4 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities. Join editors and contributors of We Are Each Other's Liberation, a major anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Asian feminists. A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Fem... More