American Muslims for Palestine (Chicago Chapter) presents a special 5-week teach-in series titled “Understanding the Roots of Israeli Apartheid & its Present Regime,” live on Zoom with our education coordinator Tarek Khalil, where each session will have a particular focus. Register here: https:/... More
Challenging a corporation threatening our safety and basic rights. The CAPA Climate Group invites you to an event on a topic impacting everyone: resisting corporations whose unchecked power threaten our safety and basic rights. Join us on May 6th for a presentation by organizers from Corporat... More
✊🏾 Are you ready to fight back against war, ICE, and the affordability crisis? Then come to a PSL Interest Meeting this week and plug into organizing that’s building real working class power! Meet others, learn what we’re about, and find your place in the struggle for liberation. Trump and his... More
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 #StopPoliceCrimes #EndRacialProfiling #ChargeRacistOakLawnCops #FireRacistOakLawnCops... More
Important community meeting. ~ En espanol abajo ~ ON May 6th the City of Chicago - Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will be hosting an open house to discuss their “Pilsen Industrial Corridor” study. ⚠️ Join us on Wednesday, May 6th, 5:30pm at Dvorak Park for this IMPORTANT communit... More
Black womanhood deserves to be seen, heard, and celebrated — every month. Come out to our April Black Girl Talk as we pour into each other, hold space, and strengthen community with the broader Black campus family. You don’t want to miss this 🤎... More
Announcing our programming for the 11th anniversary of Reparations WON! Connecting our past, present, and future, the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation is proud to announce this year’s anniversary events. This year is not only a commemoration; it is a declaration that justice continues... More
Are you trying to navigate the IL Dept. or Corrections or the Prisoner Review Board? You're not alone! IPP Community Navigators will be at the Harold Washington Library 7th Floor with lots of resources to help your incarcerated loved one. Can't make it on the 6th? Come to the next session on W... More
Join AFIRE for Asian American Action Day, where we will join members of the PAVE Coalition to make our voices heard and advocate for the PAVE agenda. Keep reading to learn more! Register at bit.ly/AAADay2026 by April 29th *** On May 6th, 2026, the Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment Coalition and Asian Am... More
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Chicago turned out big on May 1st! ✊🏽But this is just the beginning. TODAY: Learn about the growing May Day Strong network and how you can plug in to the long term organizing we need and be part of what comes next. This moment requires all of us. Tune in to hear from IFT and CTU President, ... More
Working Girls Press is celebrating the launch of our latest book I Hate My Job at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago! We can't wait to celebrate this latest book launch with you all at the amazing Pilsen Community Books. It's completely free to attend, or you can purchase a VIP ticket for some exclus... More
Victories, lessons and visions for a liberated future. JOIN US to learn about how the student movement for Palestine is resisting repression by the Trump administration and complicit universities — and how faculty, staff, and movement lawyers have been joining and defending them. Last year, Pa... More
Tuesday, May 5th located at the Bolingbrook High School from 9:00 - 10:30 AM. The food pantry is located is 365 Raider Way Bolingbrook, IL. No ID is required to attend! We hope to see you there on Tuesday! #Community #FoodPantry DESPENSA DE COMIDA: Martes, 5 de mayo, ubicada en Bolingbrook High S... More
Register at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeToqDs0CxyoXYrN_u4tyVJ3hN6pSNg0WPS8-lw7Ok62XpcHw/viewform Happy #independentbookstoreday to those who celebrate! Please visit Justin at @restoriedbookshop (he has donuts this morning!) and Tim + Jordan at @threeavenuesbookshop and ... More
Pilsen Community Books welcomes Palestinian author, Palestine Chronicle editor, Ramzy Baroud to the store on May 3rd. His latest book, "Before the Flood," is a social, political, and historical context of the current Israeli-Palestinian War told through the stories of the author’s family and vill... More
Join GSUS Illinois for May Day Fest, a family-friendly event dedicated to celebrating labor organizing and mutual aid! 💐 Schedule: 4 pm - Event begins. Gazebo Activities: 4:15 pm - Teach-in: Street medic training 5:15 pm - Teach-in (TBD) 6:15 pm - Teach-in (TBD) Garden Activities: 5 pm... More
Join members of Chicago Union of Tenants' West Side Branch for an introduction to tenants' collective fight against crises created by landlords.... More
This conversation brings Meida McNeal’s Fifth City Revisited into dialogue with author David Stovall’s newly released Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago. As the two creators discuss the connections between both works, audience members will bear witness t... More
We are united as working writers. We labor at writing, often without pay, and many of us labor at other jobs. This poetry reading focuses on labor and labor organizing—organizing that is inclusive of issues such as race, gender, and national origin in the workplace and larger community—which is nece... More