We Outside - BYP100's 13th Celebration!

39th & Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago

Aug. 8, 2026, 10 a.m. - Aug. 8, 2026, 2 p.m.

Y’all, can you believe it? BYP100 turned 13 this year! 🥳 That’s over a decade of building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens. Help us celebrate BYP100’s birthday by kicking it... More

Vessel to Voice Pop-Up Fundraiser for Amnesty Intn'l

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Aug. 8, 2026, 10 a.m. - Aug. 8, 2026, 3 p.m.

We are so excited to announce that we are having another art fundraiser event at Nabala Cafe on Saturday, August 8th! Funds will be donated to Amnesty International to help protect asylum seekers entering the United States. In a time where we are divided, we hope to continue uplifting communities an... More

Citizen Workshop

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Aug. 8, 2026, 10 a.m. - Aug. 8, 2026, 3 p.m.

Citizen Workshop August 8 10am-3pm 🦋 Citizen workshops are for eligible green card holders/legal permanent residents (age 18+) in the state of Illinois, to meet with legal representatives and receive N-400 application filing support. Taller Ciudadano 8 de Agosto, de 10AM - 3PM 🦋 Los talleres ... More

Join CAARPR at the Bud Billken Day Parade

Northwest corner of 55th & King Drive, Chicago

Aug. 8, 2026, 9 a.m. - Aug. 8, 2026, 3 p.m.

Join CAARPR at the 97th annual Bud Billiken parade to help advance the fight for police accountability in Chicago! We’ll be grilling hot dogs and talking with folks about the Referendum for Community Power Over Policing. Join us this Saturday, August 8 any time between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. one block we... More

The Roots of Palestine

Orland Park Prayer Center, 16530 104th Ave, Orland Park, IL

Aug. 8, 2026, 8:30 a.m.

Join us for a special Tanzeel x American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) collab event! Brother Tarek Khalil will be giving us a walk through Palestine’s history. You don’t want to miss it!... More

Black August Public Forum

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

Aug. 7, 2026, 6 p.m.

🔴⚫🟢 Join us for a forum introducing the history and living practice of Black August: where it comes from, what it demands of us, and what the Black Liberation struggle looks like today, from Attica to the present. 🥤Food and drinks provided. ✊🏾 Every August, we study, fast, train, and fight! We... More

Organizing 101 - When Local Leaders Won't Lead

Virtual

Aug. 7, 2026, 5 p.m.

Join us for our next organizing 101 on zoom August 7th Link: bit.ly/filing101 We will be discussing: 💥How to navigate different levels of local union leaders 💥How to file against your shop steward or BA 💥How to run and win your own shop steward election Fighting against the bosses ... More

We Must Stop ICE's Unchecked Deportations!

Virtual

Aug. 6, 2026, 7 p.m.

Stop ICE Deportations “Stand in Solidarity with Eva and Enes” August 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thurs, August 6th @7:00pm CDT – ZOOM Join Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action (NWSOFA) Indivisible this Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. CDT on Zoom for an urgent solidarity call. We are coming together ... More

Cuba Past & Present: Teach-In and Org Fair

Aug. 6, 2026, 5 p.m. - Aug. 6, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join Corriente Popular Damián García and Ceiba Collective at Eyewash Station in Chicago for a teach in and organization fair @ 5PM! Later, after the teach in, there will be a film screening and all throughout organizations will be tabling! See you there! Message corrientepopular.dg on Instagram f... More

Let's Get Uncensored

Aug. 6, 2026, noon

We’re so excited to have @sistersong_woc in Chicago this summer for their Let’s Talk About Sex Conference! We’re even more excited about the youth pre-conference and the scholarship opportunity for young folks to attend the conference for free! Chicago is the birth place of reproductive justice a... More

Black August

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

Aug. 5, 2026, 7 p.m. - Aug. 5, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join poets Kemi Alabi, I.S. Jones, and Meredith Nnoka for a reading and conversation in celebration of Black August, a 50-year tradition that began in U.S. prisons and jails to commemorate key events in the ongoing movement against incarceration. This event is free and open to the public. Kemi Al... More

Environmental Justice Orientation

4750 N. Sheridan Road, Ste 200, Chicago, or via zoom

Aug. 5, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Aug. 5, 2026, 8 p.m.

Ready to get involved in our Environmental Justice organizing work? Get caught up on our Make Polluters Pay campaign and learn how you can play a role in the coming months as this campaign ramps up! Our Environmental Justice orientation on August 5 will get you up to speed and get you ready to take ... More

Protecting Renters Ordinance Teach-In

On-line

Aug. 5, 2026, 6 p.m. - Aug. 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

The Protecting Renters Ordinance would be a major update for renters' rights in Chicago! We can make big things happen when we organize and stand up for our rights. Join us for a one-hour online teach-in on Wednesday, August 5 to learn what the Protect Renters Ordinance includes and why it's so impo... More

Monthly Rally at the Oak Lawn Police & Fire Commission Meeting

9446 Raymond Ave, Oak Lawn, IL

Aug. 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Join us for our monthly protest at the Oak Lawn Police & Fire Commission meeting, to demand #Justice4Murod Kurdi and his family. #StopPoliceCrimes #EndRacialProfiling... More

ProtestPalooza: A Community Arts Event

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Aug. 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Music, Dance, Poetry, Storytelling, & More! Hosted by Indivisible Edgewater Tuesday, August 4, 730 PM Haymarket House 800 W. Buena Ave Chicago, IL 60613 -Connect with other people organizing and taking action -Celebrate local artists -Support families affected by ICE raids Admissi... More

Cook County Jail Message Blast

Douglass Branch Library, 3353 W. 13th St, Chicago

Aug. 4, 2026, 6 p.m.

LACK AUGUST IS ALMOST UPON US!! Help us tap in with the revolutionary force that is the people locked in Cook County Jail!! We’ll be messaging inmates on GTL to help them organize and build prisoner power in Cook County AKA HELL ON EARTH! Tuesday August 4th @6:00 pm Douglass Branch Library 3353 w 13... More

Free Online Legal Clinic

On line

Aug. 4, 2026, 4 p.m. - Aug. 4, 2026, 5 p.m.

🧩 Do you have a legal question regarding an incarcerated loved one? Join our free virtual legal clinic to chat with an attorney about clemency, medical release, sentence credits and more! 🎟️ To participate, please register in advance here: illinoisprisonproject.or…... More

Pack the Court for Renwick Wells & Rickie Mason

Cook County Courthouse, 2650 S. California Ave, Courtroom 205, Chicago

Aug. 4, 2026, 9:30 a.m.

⚡️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) Caleb Charleston on Tuesday, August 4 (9:30am) • Rm 308 • IN PERSON ONLY (2) Renwick Wel... More

Don't Breed On Me: A Short History of Abortion

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

Aug. 3, 2026, 6 p.m. - Aug. 3, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Madeline Quasebarth and Meghan Daniel to the store for a discussion of Quasebarth's new book Don't Breed On Me: A Short History of Abortion. Don’t Breed on Me: A Short History of Abortion is a defiant, funny, and unflinching dive into the millennia-long story of abortion—a ... More

Hands Off the West Bank Emergency Protest

Israeli consulate in Chicago, 500 W. Madison St, Chicago

Aug. 3, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

STOP Israel's pogroms in the West Bank! STOP the blockade and occupations of Gaza and South Lebanon.!... More