- 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
Stories from Gaza
Virtual
Nov. 22, 2025, 11 a.m.
The Stories from Gaza Series is back for the month of November! 🇵🇸 We are honored to be hosting this month’s speaker— Akram Al Madhoon Join us for a conversation with Akram Al Madhoon, a Gaza Health Ministry official now directing clinics at Al Ahli Arab and Al-Shifa Hospitals after Israel des... More
Uptown-Sheridan Park Mutual Aid
Racine & Leland Avenues, Chicago (Uptown neigborhood)
Nov. 22, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, noon
We are hosting mutual aid pop ups in collaboration with other organizers in Chicago. Our first pop up is scheduled for Saturday November 22nd from 10am-12pm at the HAMOC Gift Shop located at Racine & Leland (Uptown). Food, clothing, winter gear, and masks will be available.. Come through! Take wh... More
Rally to Protest!
7500 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, IL In Front of The Chicago Bulk Mail Center Sign On Roosevelt Road (on the sidewalk in front of the Taco Bell)
Nov. 22, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Join us for a peaceful, non-violent rally uniting postal workers, retirees, healthcare advocates, and community members in defense of America’s public institutions. From the U.S. Postal Service to Medicare, essential services that belong to the people are under attack through privatization, negle... More
Melted ICE
Annoyance Theater, 851 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 21, 2025, 9 p.m.
A comedy fundraiser for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights. Featuring: Ethan Conley-Keck, Jon Schwolsky and Nona Lee. With ICE terrorizing our communities, the time to push back is now! Join us for a laugh while raising money for Rapid Response teams. 100% of proceeds will b... More
Protest Brandon Johnson's Tree-Lighting Ceremony
Millennium Park, Washington Blvd & Michigan Ave, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
🎄All We Want For Christmas Is Justice❗️ Stolen lives can't celebrate the holidays with their families, but killer cops can! This Friday, join us as we demand Mayor Brandon Johnson publicly say the names of these victims, fire the killer cops in CPD, and order for their immiediate arrest. #s... More
Teach-in On Escalating Militarization
Mama Africa's Marketplace, 2100 E. 71st Street, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
...and the Need for a Zone of Peace in Nuestra America. The U.S. empire, unable to accept the sovereignty, progress, and moral example of the Bolivarian Revolution, is escalating its aggressive attacks against Venezuela. This is by no means an isolated struggle — what started as aggression agains... More
Corbo's Corner
Chicago Torture Justice Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 5 p.m. - Nov. 21, 2025, 8 p.m.
We are hosting our monthly safe space for teens called Corbo’s Corner in honor of our member Corben Brown, who we lost too soon. 💜🕊️ We don’t publicly announce these events but during this time we need your help with donations. We’d appreciate if you can drop off can goods, dry food, winter cloth... More
Truth Behind the Mask
Women's Justice Institute, 2150 S. Canalport, Suite 4A-1, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 5 p.m.
What happens when a person comes home from prison and no one is ready — not even them? "The Truth Behind the Mask," a film by IPP Community Navigator JeiJei Webster, explores that question through the eyes of three system-impacted individuals -- with honesty, heart, and humor. It’s a reminder tha... More
Faith Over Fear
Broadview Detention Facility, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL
Nov. 21, 2025, 11 a.m. - Nov. 21, 2025, 1 p.m.
Tear down the walls. Demand freedom. Solidarity EVERY Friday. Call Governor Pritzker today and demand the shut down of Broadview - 312.814.2121 or 312.814.2122 Pope Leo insists that journalism is "not only an act of justice, but a duty of all those who long for a solid and participatory democ... More
Join Us to Say Bye Bye Bovino!
Jackson Blvd & Dearborn St, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 10 a.m.
📢 EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION! We continue to raise our voices in defense of our community. ICE and CBP are not welcome in Chicago. Join us TOMORROW, November 21, at 10 a.m., for the second People's Tribunal at Jackson & Dearborn (downtown Chicago). Our fight is here and now!! - 📢 ¡LLAMADO DE EMERGE... More
Standup Fundraiser for OCAD
Whiskey Girl Tavern, 6318 N. Clark St, Chicago
Nov. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.
Late Night Sapphics & A Mic of Their Own present a standup fundraising event benefiting Organized Communities Against Deportations. Join us November 20th at Whiskey Girl Tavern as we use queer comedy to fundraise for @ocadchicago ❤️ See local sapphic stand up next Thursday in effort to support... More
Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Nov. 20, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.
honored to welcome LaShawn Harris and Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland to the store for an event in celebration of Harris's new book Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City, the story of the life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed communi... More
Revolutionary Engineers
Nabala Cafe, 4660 N Broadway Ave, Chicago
Nov. 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Sepehr Vakil will be discussing his new book (co-authored with Mina Khanlarzadeh and Mahdi Ganjavi) on a group of Iranian engineering students in the years leading up to the 1979 revolution. Sepehr will be in conversation with the actor and stand-up comedian Rami Abushhab. Doors open at 6 pm, co... More
Mutual Aid Event
CUPPA Basement, 412 S. Peoria St, Chicago
Nov. 20, 2025, 5 p.m.
We are pleased to announce we will be hosting an arts and crafts/open mic event in collaboration with the Progressive Student Collision to support Chicagoans impacted by ICE activity. Any students, staff, faculty, and community members are welcome to join. We will have light refreshments, food, ven... More
One Struggle, Many Fronts
Loyola University Rogers Park Campus, Simpson Hall Multipurpose Room, 6333 N. Winthrop Ave, Chicago
Nov. 19, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Understanding Sudanese & Palestinian Resistance. Join us on Wednesday, Nov 19th for an educational session about the history of Sudan and the current genocide being inflicted by the RSF. Learn how Sudanese resistance is intertwined with the Palestinian liberation movement. We will be hosting a gu... More
ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training
On line
Nov. 19, 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
No War on Venezuela
Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn Ave, Chicago
Nov. 19, 2025, 6 p.m.
With the world's largest aircraft carrier now off the coast of Venezuela and Trump desperate to divert attention from his Epstein scandal, the threat to Venezuela is extremely high. Please come out to demand "No War on Venezuela!"... More
Film For Freedom
University of Illinois at Chicago, Academic and Residential Complex - Room TBD, Chicago
Nov. 19, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Featured film: "The Encampments" Free popcorn & beverages!... More
Film Screening of Strike '75
NOTE ROOM CHANGE: UIC College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB) Room 585, 909 S. Wolcott Ave, Chicago
Nov. 19, 2025, noon
50th Anniversary of Cook County Hospital Resident Doctors’ Strike lm Screening of Strike '75 by MediaBurn Panelists: Judy Hoffman-Film Director, Cook County House Staff Association, UIC Medical Residents Union, People’s Response Network, Ujimaa Medics, In October-November, 1975 over 600 Reside... More
Unexploded Ordinance: Catharina Coenen and Eiren Caffall
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Nov. 18, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 18, 2025, 8 p.m.
Pilsen Community Books is excited to welcome Catharina Coenen and Eiren Caffall to the store for an event in celebration of Coenen's new book Unexploded Ordnance, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. In imaginative prose that interrogates the past with a poet’s curiosity and... More