Sun Day Solar Fest!

610 W. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL

Sept. 21, 2025, noon - Sept. 21, 2025, 3 p.m.

Chicago Solar Fest will embrace the power of the sun to inspire, motivate, and educate today to ensure a sustainable tomorrow for all who inhabit the Earth. Join us for an afternoon at beautiful Montrose Park to celebrate and learn about how you can make clean, affordable solar a part of your lif... More

“Nuclear Roulette: 80 Years on the Brink” At LSC

Lake Street Church, 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL

Sept. 21, 2025, 11:45 a.m. - Sept. 21, 2025, 1 p.m.

This year marks 80 years since the U.S. government’s horrific detonations of atomic bombs on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Since then, the U.S. has raced onward to develop even more lethal weapons, and gambled at the roulette table of global annihilation. John Lawlor... More

Wadee Day in Illinois

Van Horn Woods East, 17200 West Frontage Road, Plainfield, IL

Sept. 21, 2025, 10 a.m.

Join us on Sept 21, 2025 at Van Horn Woods East Playground at 10 AM for Wadee Day in Illinois, as we honor the life of 6-year-old Wadee AlFayoumi and stand against hate and dehumanization. On this International Day of Peace, we gather for remembrance, education, and action.... More

Ride for Palestine

1820 N. Clark Street, Chicago

Sept. 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

Start: 1820 N Clark 📍 End: Palestinian brunch spot 🚴🏾‍♀️Pace: 10-12mph Ride with us in solidarity and resistance!� Bring your flags, keffiyehs, signs, and spirit—let’s take the streets together. 🇵🇸 FREE Palestinian flags for the first 17 bikes with flag poles!� No pole? No problem—reuse a... More

Rogers Park Free Store Night!

6525 N. Clark St, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 10 p.m.

Come get cleaning supplies, diapers and more.... More

Monster Mosh Benefit Show for Chicago Community Jail Support

PWYC Color Club, 4146 N. Elston, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.

MONSTER MOSH: MULTI GENRE CREATURE MADNESS, the jail support benefit show with scary bands and scary drag, is THIS SATURDAY. get ur tix now or it’s PWYC/NOTAFLOF at the door. come scary 🦔... More

Saturdays for Silverio

Corner of Grand Ave & Emerson in Fraklin Park, IL.

Sept. 20, 2025, 6 p.m.

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. ICE lies. People die. Join us in an art build to honor Silverio's legacy and take a stand against La Migra and all racist police. Bring boards, banners, paint or use ours to speak your mind. Sanctuary in Franklin Park. Close Broadview. ICE out of IL. ACAB.... More

Fady Joudah and Eman Abdelhadi

Sept. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Fady Joudah and Eman Abdehadi to the store for an event in celebration of Joudah's collection [...], an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians. Fady Joudah’s powerful sixth collection of poems opens... More

Seeding AFIRE: Connecting Immigration, Labor, & Citizenship

HANA Center, 4300 N California Ave, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.

Immigration is at the top of mind for many in our Filipinx/a/o communities. If you're looking for a place to ground, grow your understanding of how we got here, and learn ways to fight back, join us for our upcoming Seeding AFIRE (Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment) sessions ... More

Gaza Needs Us Now!

Water Tower Park, Michigan & Chicago Avenues, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

Protest & march.... More

Say Gay Plays

NEIU Carruthers Center, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 2 p.m.

About Face Theater and Silk Road Cultural Center are thrilled to present the Midwest Premiere of Say Gay Plays!🌈🎉 The initiative was started by Voyage Theatre in New York - and we’re too happy to carry on the legacy of this rebellious and innovative project. Stay tuned for more information abo... More

Interfaith Prayer March to the Great Lakes Naval Base

Register at link to learn starting location.

Sept. 20, 2025, 1 p.m.

Denounce Ice. Denounce militarization. 1 PM - Gather in North Chicago (register for the address) 2 PM - March 3 PM - Arive & Pray, Great Lakes Naval Station, 901 MLK Drive, North Chicago Register at the link below.... More

Back to School Beyond JROTC

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn St, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 1 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 4 p.m.

Join us on Saturday, September 20th for Beyond JROTC: a back to school event! RSVP at the link below. Responding to a push from the current administration to increase military recruitment of students, we’ll be discussing and exploring the current state of recruitment efforts in CPS, how to Opt Ou... More

Community Conversation About Mental Health

New Deliverance Church, 11200 S. State Street, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 12:15 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 2:30 p.m.

Our community’s strength starts with our wellbeing. Join us this Saturday. Let’s break the stigma and build healthier, stronger communities.... More

Community Celebration

Salud Center, 3039 E 91st St, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, noon

Celebrating a Southeast Side Environmental Justice Victory! Come celebrate our big win-The Army Corps of Engineers withdrew its proposal for a 25-foot high expansion of a toxic landfill on the north end of Calumet Park (a.k.a. the Confined Disposal Facilility)! This is a big victory for the south... More

Seeding AFIRE: Connecting Immigration, Labor, & Citizenship

HANA Center, 4300 N California Ave, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 11 a.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 2 p.m.

Immigration is at the top of mind for many in our Filipinx/a/o communities. If you're looking for a place to ground, grow your understanding of how we got here, and learn ways to fight back, join us for our upcoming Seeding AFIRE (Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment) sessions ... More

Banner Parade for Women in Trades!

Starts at E. 23rd St and S. Indiana Ave, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, noon

Join us to cheer on nearly 6,000 tradeswomen from around the country during the Tradeswomen Build Nations Banner Parade!! Let’s show them a Chicago-Style welcome on Saturday, Sept 20. Bring your family and friends! Let's show the attendees of the Trades Women Build Nations a Chicago-style welcome... More

Do You Have an Incarcerated Loved One?

On-line.

Sept. 20, 2025, 9 a.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 10 a.m.

You're Not Alone! Attend our next free virtual legal clinic with Illinois Prison Project legal staff. Bring your questions about clemency, medical release, parole, and other pathways to release. To learn more and RSVP, please visit illinoisprisonproject.org/resources... More

Stick Together Chicago!!

Sept. 20, 2025, 9 a.m. - Sept. 21, 2025, 2:30 p.m.

A weekend of Irish stick fighting & community defense training!! Autumn Equinox: September 20th & 21st! 🥳 Mask up 😷 and come get beginner-friendly hands-on learnin in a traditional means of bashing back against landlords and other colonizers, with a myriad of fun and practical (ahem) applications... More

Live Music - Irish Stick Fighting - Political Education

Little Red Nest, 5458 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago

Sept. 19, 2025, 6:40 p.m.

We’re excited to welcome stick fighting instructor Cuán McCann from @bmorebata in style with All Ireland Champions @jimmykeane on the accordion and @clarseach on the harp. Also joining us will be @breakingthefirewall for a teach-in about ongoing resistance to a U.S-backed mining project in the Sperr... More