Poets for Chicago

Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan St, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 7 p.m.

A Night of Art & Community Benefiting ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights). Featuring performances from some of Chicago’s most vital voices: ✨ Erika L. Sánchez ✨ Mark Turcotte ✨ Daniel Borzutzky ✨ Tara Betts ✨ Robyn Schiff ✨ Natasha Mijares ✨ Brenda Cárdenas ✨ Stefa... More

Know Your Rights Training

1016 W. Argyle St, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Dec. 11, 2025, 8 p.m.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Chinese Mutual Aid Association are putting on a KYR training this Thursday at 6:30PM. No RSVP necessary! Translation into Vietnamese available.... More

Stop Police Crimes

JLM Abundant Life Community Center, 2622 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Join us in demanding accountability and safety for the people of Chicago! We’re taking our voices to the Community Commission for Public Safety (CCPSA) to STOP POLICE CRIMES and hold CPD accountable. We’re mobilizing across Chicago to push for these critical demands for justice! OUR DEMANDS: ... More

The Climate & Ficscal Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment in IL

Dec. 11, 2025, 6 p.m.

oin 350 Chicago in welcoming the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois Coalition for a special webinar to discuss the Illinois State Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign. The climate crisis is unfolding more quickly than anticipated, with faster warming and more severe weather events, this means we have to t... More

Chicago Will Be in a DEEP FREEZE

Mayfair Presbyterian Church, 4358 W. Ainslie St, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 2 p.m. - Dec. 11, 2025, 5 p.m.

....this weekend. This puts our neighbors living outside at serious risk of hypothermia, frostbite, and even death, especially at night, when temps are lowest and warming centers are closed. We are working with Mayfair Presbyterian Church to provide an overnight warming center Saturday and Sun... More

Nick Fuentes Out of Berwyn!

Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Drive, Courtroom 102, Maywood, IL

Dec. 11, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

By court order, Nazi misogynist Nick Fuentes has to apologize in person to Marla for battery. Come support Marla and tell Fuentes he's not welcome in Berwyn. Show up at 8:15 am. Court is at 9 am in Courtroom 102.... More

Political Prisoners USA and more...

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th St Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join Pilsen Community Books as we welcome James Madigan and Jamie Wendt to the store for an event in celebration of Madigan's new book Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems and Wendt's Laughing in Yiddish. They'll be joined in conversation by poet Angelica Julia Dávila, author of Bilingual Bitch. ... More

Who's Your Jailer?

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, 8 p.m.

Community Teach-In! Join us for an evening with community leaders to talk about Burke's harms and how we can fight back against Cook County prosecutors. Eileen O'Neill Burke is the head of the State's Attorney's Office, in charge of Chicago's prosecutors. Since she was elected last year, Burke... More

Activists' Social Meet Up!

Skylark Lounge, 2149 S. Halsted, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, 9 p.m.

The Chicago Cuba Coalition invites you to join Chicago labor/social justice activists in the 2026 Building Relations with Cuban Labor May Day delegation. We are raising $ for travel scholarships. Venmo 630-915-0654 Contact 630-915-0654 IG @chicubacoalition... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

Dec. 10, 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

System Navigation

Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 10 a.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, noon

If you're struggling to help a loved one navigate the Illinois Dept. of Corrections or Prisoner Review board, you're not alone! IPP is partnering with our friends at the Chicago Public Library to host a FREE System Navigation Workshop, where we'll walk you through the processes for relief, including... More

Pack the Court for Deshanta Young

Cook County Courthouse, 2650 S. California Ave, Room 204, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 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 are available the morning of December 10th, please consider joining us at the courthouse at 26th and California in support of Hananiah & Deshanta. Deshanta Young, Room 204... More

Court Watch Training

South Loop location shared upon registration

Dec. 9, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 9, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us on Tuesday, December 9th for a court support training facilitated by Chicago Votes, followed by a discussion led by PNAP about how these skills can be applied to court support and community defense. Food provided and masks required. Agenda: 6:00 - 6:30: Eating + arrival 6:30 - 7:30: ... More

What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System

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

Dec. 8, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Kristin Collier and Will Harris to the store for an event in celebration of Collier's new book What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System, a powerful memoir of a woman plunged into fraudulent debt that explores America’s broken student loan system and... More

Spaces of Exception

Al Nahda Center, 8840 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Lawn, IL

Dec. 8, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

PAL will screen "Spaces of Exception," followed by a post-film discussion again on December 8th. This powerful documentary explores the parallels between Native American reservations and Palestinian refugee camps. Now more than ever, it’s crucial to understand the role American imperialism has playe... More

Protest Planning for Anniversary of Trump's Inauguration

Email [email protected] with your name and phone number for the meeting location

Dec. 8, 2025, 6 p.m.

On the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, we feel that it is important to have a united left protest against him and everything his administration represents. True unity can only come about when all wanting to organize an event have a voice in the decision-making process – time,... More

13th Annual National Vigil for All Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence

In person at First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights (FUMCAH) 1903 E. Euclid Ave. Arlington Hts, IL. Virtual option is available by registering at the link above.

Dec. 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2025, 8 p.m.

Please join us in-person at 6:30 pm CST (or on YouTube livestream at 7:00 pm CST) on Sunday, December 7th for the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation’s 13th Annual National Vigil for All Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence. This vigil is just one of the many nationwide vigils being held in Decem... More

Know Your Rights Workshop

Muslim Community Center, 4380 N. Elston Ave, Chicago

Dec. 7, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Immigration Enforcement Today: Trends, Community Impact, & Your Rights. Open to ALL in the community, PLUS refreshments will be served! To request a Know Your Rights workshop or any CAIR-Chicago speaker, visit: www.cairchicago.org/request-a-speaker... More

Carols for a Free Palestine

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

Dec. 7, 2025, 3 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Join us in December to sing Christmas carols with lyrics calling for justice in Palestine and for our immigrant neighbors in Chicagoland. We’ll be raising our voices with allies from Songs for Liberation, Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy, and other groups. One Sunday afternoon we’ll be ... More

Virtual Teach-in For IL Divestment

Virtual

Dec. 7, 2025, 2 p.m.

Join us for a virtual teach-in on Sunday, December 7 at 2pm CT to learn how the Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI) invests in companies supplying weapons, tear gas, and surveillance technology to Israel and ICE, and how we can push them to divest. RSVP HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/meetin... More