- ICIRR (for immigration-related arrests and ICE sightings): 855-435-7693
- NLG Hotline (if you are arrested at a protest or for political activity): 872-465-4244
- Cook County Public Defender hotline (if you are arrested in Chicago or any other city or town in Cook County): 844-817-4448
- First Defense Legal Aid Hotline (to report police, federal law enforcement, or national guard misconduct): 800-529-7374
Liberation Open Mic
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 6400 S. Kimbark Ave, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - June 26, 2026, 10 p.m.
💥 Join us at our first South Side Liberation Open Mic! 🗣️ Calling all local South Side artists, orators, and radicals! We are hosting a liberation mic for a night filled with revolutionary jams from local artists. ✨ We will have a few slots sign-up slots open for other performers interested i... More
Colectivo El Pozo Fundraiser
Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 7 p.m.
🇨🇺 Join us for an evening where art becomes action. Together, we’ll raise our voices—through song and verse—to raise funds for medical aid for children with cancer in Cuba. The U.S. continues its attack on Cuba, placing sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned oil company. Their restrictions on Cuba have ... More
Liberation Flick - 'The Spook Who Sat by the Door'
Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 7 p.m.
🍿Join us for a screening and discussion of the classic Chicago film, ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door!’ ✊🏿The 1973 film based on Sam Greenlee’s novel follows a Black revolutionary who learns critical lessons while fighting for Black liberation. 💭We’ll host a discussion afterwards to dig into the... More
Radical Book Buzz with Library Freedom Project and Library Futures
Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - June 26, 2026, 8 p.m.
Library workers, join us for an evening with radical publishers! We'll hear about new releases, chat about libraries and the publishing ecosystem, and party together! Featuring Haymarket, Seven Stories, Akashic, The New Press, One Signal, Scribe, Feminist Press and others. Snacks and drinks will ... More
CFIST & IRWC Fundraiser
Casa Michoacan, 1639 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 26, 2026, 10 p.m.
Join us for a night of dancing, drinks, live DJ sets and to learn more about the work of our Immigrant Rights Working Committee and Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture! ➡️Get your tickets today at bit.ly/CFISTxIRWCfundraiser... More
Ride For Palestine
Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 6 p.m.
Pedal for peace, justice, and collective liberation. 🇵🇸🌱 Every voice and every action matters in the fight for a fairer world. We ride to demand an end to genocide, apartheid, and settler colonialism. True liberation means freeing our communities, protecting our animals, and healing our planet fr... More
Oil Workers USW7-1 Solidarity Rally
BP’s Chicago Headquarters, 30 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago
June 26, 2026, 11 a.m. - June 26, 2026, 1 p.m.
SOLIDARITY ALERT: Join USW 7-1 as they call on BP to end the lockout and do right by the hundreds of union workers and families affected, we hope to see you there!... More
NEU June Meeting
Edgewater Public Library, 6000 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago
June 25, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 26, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
📚 Join NEU for our June Library Meeting! Connect with neighbors, talk urbanism & community, and hear what events we have planned this summer☀️ 📍 Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library 🍻 Drinks & food at Moody's pub after! 🎉Let us know you'll be joining via our Partiful (link in bio)! #N... More
End CPD & ICE Collaboration
Benito Juarez High School, 1450 W. Cermak Road, Chicago
June 25, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
JOIN US at the next CCPSA meeting on Thursday, June 25th at Benito Juarez to demand an END TO CPD-ICE COLLABORATION! 💥 This meeting welcomes two new commissioners, Angelique Guzman and Anjanette Young. We'll be showing up in force, alongside @pilsenpuno, district councilors, @tanggolmigrantechica... More
From Slag to Sanctuary Environmental Justice Tour
8944 S. Commercial Ave, Chicago
June 25, 2026, noon - June 25, 2026, 4 p.m.
Ever wondered what "environmental justice" looks like in action? Join the Alliance of the SouthEast for an immersive bus tour. DATES: May 28 | June 25 | July 23 TIME: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM START: 8944 S Commercial Ave, Suite 1 LUNCH PROVIDED! Register here: https://forms.gle/rsfR38cNa5Xj9mNj9 W... More
100th Street River Access Project
98th & Houston, Chicago
June 25, 2026, 11 a.m. - June 25, 2026, 1 p.m.
Hi everyone! 👋🏼 We are still working on a new date for the community picnic, but in the mean time we hope you will join us for a resource fair 📋 along the river 🌊 📅 June 25th 🕑 11am-1pm 📍 Meet at 98th and Houston at 11am and we will walk over to the site together 🚶🏽♂️🚶🏽♀️... More
Liberation Flick - United in Anger, A History of ACT-UP
Beermiscuous, 2812 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
June 24, 2026, 6 p.m.
🏳️🌈 This Pride Month, join us as we honor LGBTQ resistance with a documentary on the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s—which emerged one of history’s most profound grassroots public health movements. 🥤 Refreshments provided 🎥 ‘United in Anger: A History of ACT UP’ details how ACT UP (the AIDS Co... More
¡Viva la Huelga! Planning Meeting
Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago
June 24, 2026, 6 p.m.
¡Viva la Huelga! We want to directly invite anyone who has protested at Broadview since last summer and anyone whose had loved ones kidnapped by ICE in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs to attend this planning meeting. June 24th 6 pm at Sulzer Library. We are hoping that this planning meeting ... More
Pride Month Forum - Hidden Histories of LGBTQ Liberation
Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago
June 24, 2026, 6 p.m.
✊🏿 LGBTQ struggle didn’t start at Stonewall—and the fight for liberation continues! 🏳️🌈 This Pride month, join us for an educational forum on the Hidden Histories of LGBTQ Liberation! We’ll dive deep into the stories they didn’t teach us in school—from the revolutionary legacy of the Street Tran... More
Our Streets, Our Voices Community Meeting
Semillias de Justicia Garden, 2727 S. Troy, Chicago
June 24, 2026, 5 p.m. - June 24, 2026, 7 p.m.
Are you concerned about traffic safety? Does your home or block flood after heavy rain? Are you worried about how air pollution affects your health and the health of your loved ones? Although they seem to be different problems, they are all connected to the decisions made about our streets and ou... More
People's Town Hall: Byron v. the Billionaires
Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Ave, Chicago
June 23, 2026, 7 p.m.
The Democratic Party machine is trying to deny 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez access to the ballot for the November midterms. After Chuy García rigged the succession to hand his seat to his own chief of staff, Patty García, Byron went out and collected over 17,000 signatures — 15 times what’s... More
Birds Against Borders
5100 N. Francisco Ave, Chicago
June 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Join Skunk Cabbage Books and Chicago BIPOC Birders for a fundraiser bird walk celebrating migration! All proceeds will be split between Midwest Immigration Bond Fund and Albany Park Mutual Aid. This walk is open to all and beginning birders are encouraged to join! We will have some binoculars to sha... More
How to Run a Skills Training
On-line. Register for info.
June 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - June 23, 2026, 8 p.m.
Did you know that the CDSA has a bountiful library of organizing trainings? Would you like to learn how to equip comrades with the gift of knowledge? Wow, do we have a training for you! Join the PoliEd committee for a virtual session to learn how to facilitate skills trainings for your branches, ... More
Housing Justice Mass Meeting
ICA Building, 4750 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago
June 23, 2026, 6 p.m. - June 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Our campaigns for Housing Justice are heating up this summer - learn about the Protecting Renters Ordinance, new fights for funding for affordable housing, and how you can get involved. Join us on Tuesday, June 23 at 6pm for our Housing Justice Mass Meeting, in person at the ICA Building. Everyone i... More
When Reform Stalls: Insights On Arrest Diversion Implementation In Illinois
Virtual
June 23, 2026, noon - June 23, 2026, 1 p.m.
The 2021 Pretrial Fairness Act required all Illinois police officers to issue a citation at the site of arrest for certain low-level crimes instead of bringing a person into custody, a reform commonly known as “citation in lieu of arrest.” However, new research raises doubts about how fully this ref... More