Yesterday, in Albany Park, ICE agents crashed their car into a bystanders vehicle to corner and brutalize a man they were chasing. Join us to demand that ICE get out of our communities and be dismantled as an institution! ICE agents continue to terrorize our neighborhoods and agent activity has b... More
Today #wewalkforher like we do every year in solidarity with @kocommunity to highlight the need to protect Black girls and build better systems of violence prevention and finding and supporting missing Black Women and Children! Join us if you want to join this fight! #chicago... More
June marks 3 years since the Oak Lawn, IL, police allowed a white driver, Leanne Cusack, to leave the scene of the car accident in which she killed Arab American Murod Kurdi! Join AAAN, USPCN, CAARPR, SS4P & others to support the Kurdi family at this important protest demanding justice for Murod ... More
Since May 1, the U.S. government has announced even more sanctions, sent the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz to the Caribbean, threatened direct military action against Cuba, and issued an outrageously fraudulent indictment against Cuban leader Raul Castro—all further attacks on Cuban sovereignty. Jo... More
- In English Below - ¿Tiene preguntas sobre DACA o DALE? Únase a nosotros para una sesión informativa gratuita con el equipo de @chiworkerscollaborative y uno de sus abogados de inmigración para aprender sobre lo que puede hacer y los recursos en la ciudad de Chicago. Navegar por nuestro entorno ... More
(En Español Siguiendo) The Stop Poisoning Pilsen campaign will be having a press conference on June 3rd at 7:30 am in front of the Sims metal shredder (Paulina and Blue Island). We will be speaking against the upcoming Illinois EPA (IEPA) Sims permit, why it is unjust for Sims to continue operati... More
Free on-line legal clinic. You can ask our legal team questions about pathways out of prison and other resources. You are NOT alone! Register at illinoisprisonproject.org/resources... More
Court support is an invaluable way to show the judge the strength of our communities, and our dedication to the cause. If you're available, please consider joining us for court support next week for: (1) Pierre James on June 2nd (11am) • Room 306 Zoom ID: 928 9663 2736 • Password: 813 107 (2)... More
Led by The Women’s Center’s Managing Director of Public History and Doctoral Candidate, Hannah Simmons. Take a literal walk through some of Northwestern’s rich feminist history with Hannah, who will also share with you pre-recorded interviews with NU faculty and archival audio of changemakers fro... More
Artist Linda Abdullah is collaborating with Cedars Palestine Kitchen to share recipes from her homeland Palestine. Food recipes in Palestine are often passed down through generations of women in the family. Each region in Palestine will prepare the same dish in their own distinct way, which adds the... More
Join local alders and community members for our annual Progress Pride flag raising event in Logan Square on Monday, June 1 at noon!... More
Join us on Sunday, May 31st at 4pm on Zoom for a teach-in on the connections between the fight of the wrongfully convicted and immigrants, the history of police crimes in Chicago, and how the Community Power Over Policing (CPOP) Referendum can help us hold the police accountable for their atrocities... More
Pilsen Community Books invites you to join us for Art for Gaza, a community art sale and fundraiser featuring ceramics, prints, zines, textiles, and more by local artists, plus live music. All proceeds will go directly to a family in Gaza to help pay for their food, water, and other essential needs,... More
Zine club!!! Join us at the free store the last Sunday of the month at 2 pm. All supplies provided, but feel free to bring a work in progress if you have one! 3000 W Lawrence Ave.... More
Join housing and transportation advocates to be trained on essential tools for bringing your community vision to life! On Sunday May 10th we’ll be learning the building blocks of community organizing which you’ll be able to put into practice immediately. On May 31st we’re learning how to build a str... More
Let's celebrate the hard work of all of our fundraisers and teams who have been mobilizing their communities to directly fund abortions and travel. RSVP at fund.nnaf.org/caf26... More
We’re very excited to share that we’ll be celebrating with @advancingjusticechicago this May for Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! Advancing Justice | Chicago is a nonprofit based in Chicago whose mission is to build power through collective advocacy and organizing to achie... More
Join Pilsen Community Books as we welcome J.W. Mason to the store for a discussion of his new book Against Money, a powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention. Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card at the grocery store, in looming student-lo... More
Join us for a Liberation Forum about the Pan-African revival that’s taking place in the Sahel region in celebration of African Liberation Day! 🥤Food and refreshments available 🌍 Each year African Liberation Day is commemorated across the world on May 25 to reaffirm commitment to the total libe... More
Join us for a panel discussion featuring editors and writers from the new radical magazine Heatwave. The editors will provide an introduction to the project and share information on coming issues currently in the works. The panel will additionally feature three contributors to Heatwave issue 2. Saul... More