Jay Besemer and Joe Hall at Pilsen Community Books

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

June 18, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 18, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Jay Besemer and Joe Hall to the store for a reading from their books On Being Half-Imaginary and Buffalo Free Rapid Transit. About On Being Half-Imaginary: An experimental, hybrid exploration of personal archives, memory, identity and time (travel), On Being Half-Imaginar... More

Bikes & E-Bikes in Chicago

June 18, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 18, 2026, 7:15 p.m.

Please join The Climate Reality Project’s Chicago Metro Chapter on Zoom at 6:00 PM on Thursday, June 18 for a presentation and discussion about biking led by chapter member Viktor Köves. Viktor is a life-long Chicagoan who has been biking in Chicago for over a decade, and started a photo and video i... More

Liberation Flick - 'Paris is Burning'

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

June 18, 2026, 6 p.m.

🏳️‍🌈 Join us to celebrate Pride Month with a documentary about ball culture’s Harlem roots and its legacy of Black and Brown LGBTQ resistance! 🥤 Food and refreshments available 🎥 This documentary showcases key figures in the New York ballroom scene in the late 1980s that committed themselves t... More

Powwow at the Lake 2026

5100 N. Simonds Dr, Chicago (just south of Foster Beach)

June 18, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 18, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

RESCHEDULED from 6/11 due to the weather. Relatives, we were so looking forward to gathering with you tonight, but the weather has other plans. Because of the threat of severe weather this evening, we are rescheduling Powwow at the Lake 2026 to next Thursday, June 18. We did not make this d... More

PNAP & Friends Happy Hour

Logan Square - RSVP for specific location

June 18, 2026, 4 p.m. - June 18, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join PNAP, @uplcchicago, and @injusticewatch on Thursday, June 18th celebrate the start of summer! ☀️ Enjoy the sunshine on the patio with us, catch up with friends, and make new connections. Alcoholic drinks, unlimited sodas, and small bites provided. 😋 Visit this link to RSVP! - https://give... More

Uniting to Support & Defend Migrants

Uptown neighborhood, Chicago - register to receive specific location info

June 17, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 17, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join A Just Chi and @tanggolmigrantechicago on 6/17 from 6-8pm for "Tanggol Migrante: Uniting to Defend and Support Migrants." The Tanggol Migrante Movement (TMM) started in February 2025 as an alliance of grassroots organizations brought together in response to the attacks on Filipino migrant co... More

Name Change Mobilization

Brave Space Alliance, 1515 E. 52nd St, 3rd fl, Chicago

June 17, 2026, 1 p.m. - June 17, 2026, 4 p.m.

Happy Pride Everyone! We remember and honor the origins of Pride as a protest, and we hold this truth all year long! Want to start the process of getting your name and/or gender marker changed during Pride Month?! Live in Cook County? We will be @transchicago on June 10, 2026 from 1pm-4pm and @brave... More

Quantum Facility & Environmental Justice Press Conference

City Hall, 119 W. Randolph St, Chicago

June 17, 2026, 9 a.m.

Join us at city hall for a press conference to demand that the city and state stop the harmful quantum facility and give residents the investment in the community we deserve! Unete a nosotros para demandar que la ciudad y el estado paren la construccion de la facilidad cuantica y que inviertan di... More

Black Metropolis Research Consortium 20th Anniversary Symposium on Black Chicago

1100 E. 57th St, Chicago

June 17, 2026, 8:30 a.m. - June 18, 2026, 5 p.m.

Have you seen the headline speakers for the BMRC Symposium on Black Chicago? Davarian Baldwin will offer the keynote speech, “Second City No More: How Black Chicago Moved to the Center of History,” Amani Morrison will launch her new book, "A Kitchenette to Fit Your Needs: Housing Chicago's Great... More

Armed by Design

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

June 16, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 9 p.m.

The recent book Armed by Design @commonnotions reflects on the intersection of graphic design and political solidarity work in revolutionary Cuba through the lens of the production of OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Based in Havana, OSPAAAL ... More

Protecting Renters Ordinance Online Teach-in

Online

June 16, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago has the potential to pass one of the biggest, most comprehensive pieces of legislation in decades to protect renters and reform housing rights! What is the Protecting Renters Ordinance (PRO)? What would it do (and not do), and how can we get involved in this fight for housing justice? Find o... More

5 Broken Cameras

Lake Street Church of Evanston, 1450 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL

June 16, 2026, 5:45 p.m.

A coalition of community, faith, human rights, and social justice organizations invites you to join us for an evening of film, learning, and conversation. At a time when so many of us are living alongside one another but rarely have opportunities to hear each other's stories, creating spaces for ... More

How to Build Strategic Campaigns

Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE), 8944 S Commercial Ave, Suite 1, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 5:30 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 8 p.m.

How to Move Community Issues Important to You. Doors open at 5:30pm. Training starts at 6pm FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED! RSVP here: bit.ly/Strategy06-2026... More

Freedom Portraits

The Salt Shed, 1357 N. Elston Ave, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 5 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

The South Side Community Art Center is excited to join @jfm_chi at Salt Shed on June 16. As part of this year’s celebration, SSCAC will present Freedom Portraits, a participatory activation inspired by Black memory, family photographs, and traditions of self-documentation. Get your portrait ta... More

ACTIVATE CAFFEINATE!

Mt. Prospect IL

June 16, 2026, 1:09 p.m. - June 16, 2026, 3 p.m.

Join Indivisible Elk Grove Township for Coffee, Conversation, and Community! This event takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from 1-3 pm. Meet like-minded pro-democracy activists and learn about opportunities to get involved. Expect surprise drop-ins from progressive local elected official... More

World Refugee Day 2026

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

June 16, 2026, noon - June 16, 2026, 1 p.m.

Join CAIR Chicago and our community partners in recognizing World Refugee Day 2026. This June, we honor the resilience, strength, and contributions of refugees who have enriched our communities and continue to build brighter futures for themselves and their families. June 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 ... More

Chicago Appleseed Spring Luncheon

Ivy Room, 12 E. Ohio St, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - June 16, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

Chicago Appleseed invites you to join our spring luncheon at the Ivy Room to uplift leaders in our community and celebrate our collective efforts for justice. We are proud to honor Robert Held, a lawyer and community activist whose viral videos and national media interviews have focused on protec... More

Community Benefits Agreement & Neighborhood Union Press Rally

E. 63rd Street & S. Harper Ave, Chicago

June 16, 2026, 10 a.m.

Join us Tuesday, 10am @ 63rd and Harper ! For a press rally against displacement in neighborhoods around the Obama center... More

The Road to Publication: Writing Hard Stories in Hard Times with Alison Kinney and Rachel León

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

June 15, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Rachel León and Alison Kinney to the store for an reading and conversation about their routes to publication, their perspectives as an editor and a writing teacher, and the difficulties of writing and publishing in times when everything is under attack at once. After the conver... More

Alison Kinney and Rachel León at Pilsen Community Books

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

June 15, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 15, 2026, 8 p.m.

Rachel León and Alison Kinney come to the store for a reading and conversation about writing stories of resistance, joy, and hope amidst an ongoing crisis in celebration of their new books How We See the Gray and United States of Rejection. About Rachel León's How We See the Gray: Foster care ... More