Neighborhood Defense (Business Canvass) Training

Virtual

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

ICE raids are intensifying across the country and we are seeing that work sites and businesses are being targeted. Join us for a Zoom training on how to canvass your community to prepare people in case of an ICE raid! Organized power in numbers! Please register at the link below.... More

Exhibit B - A Literary Variety Show

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

Another incredible lineup joining us at Pilsen Community Books for an evening of readings and community!!! Artist Bios Temperance Aghamohammadi is an Acolyte of the Exquisite. A trans Iranian-American poet, medium, and critic, she is the author of BATTALION SHAPED GIRL (DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE, 20... More

When the Supreme Court Breaks the Rules

Virtual

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 4, 2025, 9 p.m.

Join NWSOFA-Indivisible this Thursday at 7:00 pm CT on Zoom for a timely and eye-opening presentation with Ed Spire, co-lead of our Restore Our Democracy team and a longtime advocate for protecting and strengthening American democracy. Ed will walk through how today’s Supreme Court has moved far bey... More

Rhythms of the Levant

Damen Hall multi-purpose room, Loyola University's Lakeshore Campus, 1110 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Join SJP Loyola for the last event of the semester, Thursday Dec 4th at 6:30pm in Damen Hall multi-purpose room for “Rhythms of The Levant”. Come learn how Palestinians use music, instruments, poetry, and dabke as a form of resistance. Dabke workshop to follow! Food and refreshments will be served. ... More

'Better Together' Holiday Soiree

3020 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Featuring DJ - Food - Drinks, raffles & prizes, leadership awards, the best dress - stroll, and lots of fun & fellowship. Attire: dressy, red, black & gold. Get tickets here: https://givebutter.com/WR_BetterTogetherSoiree... More

Open College Course: Community Wealth Building

Dec. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Dec. 4, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join this special virtual class on Community Wealth Building happening today, Tuesday Nov. 4, which has been opened up to the community as part of the Chicago Next System Teach-in! The session is offered by the great Stacey Sutton, Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago and Direct... More

Sharing Our Stories

Virtual

Dec. 3, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 3, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Our very own Sharing Our Stories (SOS) Group is hosting its 7th meeting dedicated to amplifying the voices of those affected by the harmful policies of the Trump administration. In this week’s session we will provide an update on our Sharing Our Stories Initiative. RSVP by going here: https://mo... More

Know Your Rights Workshop

Downtown Islamic Center, 231 S. State St, Unit 4, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Dec. 3, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Response to ICE. Join CAIR-Chicago and the Muslim Bar Association - Chicago on Wednesday, December 3rd at Downtown Islamic Center @dic.chicago for an important Know Your Rights Workshop — open to ALL in the community! Register here: bit.ly/kyrdic... More

Mandatory Reporting Harm Reduction

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

With an introduction from Erica Meiners, facilitated by Shannon Perez-Darby and special guest Shira Hassan, this workshop will explore the way that mandatory reporting is used to criminalize families and communities. Together we will discuss why mandatory reporting is not neutral, how mandatory repo... More

Blockades & Coercive Measures - Stop the War on Children

Virtual

Dec. 3, 2025, 6 p.m.

Speakers from Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. On the eve of the International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, Americas Without Sanctions/SanctionsKill will host a webinar on BLOCKADES AND COERCIVE MEASURES: STOP THE WAR ON CHILDREN! Co-moderated by Dr. Margaret Flowers, pedia... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Dec. 3, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More

Game Night for Good!

Our Mutual City Coffee Co., 3600 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Dec. 3, 2025, 9 p.m.

Drop in. Play games. Win prizes. Support your neighbors. Bring friends or come make new ones - we’ll introduce you to some of our favorite fast, fun tabletop games, while supporting a good cause. ✨ Play games, collect tickets and trade them in for goodies from local businesses ✨ All welcome, ... More

#Justice4Murod Monthly Rally!

9446 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn, IL

Dec. 3, 2025, 5 p.m.

Join AAAN, USPCN, CARPRR and others to protest the Oak Lawn Police and Fire Commission board meeting and demand Justice for Murod and his family. #Justice4Murod #Justice4Hadi #StopPoliceCrimes #EndRacialProfiling #ChargeRacistOakLawnCops... More

Tax the Rich Holiday Rally

900 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 4 p.m.

Join our holiday rally on the Magnificent Mile to stand up and fight back against continued disinvestment of our neighborhoods. 🎄 ✨ 🎄 ✨ 🎄 ✨ 🎄 ✨ 🎄 ✨ 🎄 Days before City Council votes on the Protecting Chicago Budget, we will rally outside the office of Billionaire Michael Sacks to demand that ri... More

In the Twilight of the Christian West

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Mac Loftin and Alejandra Oliva to the store for an event in celebration of Dr. Loftin's new book In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance. As far-right authoritarianism resurges under the banner of preserving Western civilization, Mac Loftin ... More

Hands Off Cuba! Hands Off Venezuela!

Virtual

Dec. 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

A teach-in featuring: ++ Edwin Cristian García Vivas, a specialist in the North American Department of the Institute in Support of the Cuban People and member of research groups on Cuba-US relations at the Raúl Roa García Institute and the Center for International Policy Research. His work center... More

Treatment Not Trauma

Virtual

Dec. 2, 2025, 6 p.m.

Phonebank to defend our wins! The city budget has a huge impact on our communities. As the City Council moves toward a final vote on next year’s budget, we need to make sure our leaders hear a clear message from us: fund Treatment Not Trauma — and do it by taxing wealthy corporations, not by maki... More

Scrooge of the Year Award

Skylark, 2149 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Dec. 2, 2025, 4 p.m. - Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! Join Chicago JWJ for the 2025 Scrooge of the Year Awards! Know any corporations or CEOs who have been bad this year? Or perhaps know too many? Join us in a merry public shaming on December 2 at Skylark from 4-7. 🔗 to register at www.chicagojwj.org/event... More

Spaces of Exception

Casa De Cultura, 2057 W. 18th St, Chicago

Dec. 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Join PAL and @latinxsforpalestinechi on December 1st for a screening of Spaces of Exception, followed by a post-film discussion. This powerful documentary explores the parallels between Native American reservations and Palestinian refugee camps. Now more than ever, it’s crucial to understand the... More

Mass Meeting

Chinatown Library, 2100 S. Wentworth Ave, Chicago

Dec. 1, 2025, 6 p.m.

Bovino's gone but imperialism isn't. What are you going to do about it?... More