The People's Community Marketplace

601 S. California Ave, Chicago

Feb. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 8 p.m.

Brionna’s Boutique x Equity & Transformation, @eatorgchicago are bringing back The People’s Community Marketplace 🛍️✨ If you’re looking to: ✨🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 Network with entrepreneurs 💰📈 Make money doing what you love 🎶🖤 Build connections & have a good time 📣🛍️ Promote your business, brand, or servic... More

The Black History They Didn't Teach You in School

Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St, Aurora, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, 3 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join us this Saturday, February 28, in Aurora for a Black History Month discussion on Black revolutionaries they didn't teach you about in school. The organizers, fighters, and visionaries who shaped the course of liberation movements here and across the globe. From Black Reconstruction to the f... More

Free Health Clinic

1530 W. 21st St, Chicago

Feb. 28, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.

Sign up by visiting the link below for a completely free appointment to see a doctor Feb 28 at our next Medical Clinic! https://form.jotform.com/260475017322046 ¡Regístrese escaneando el código QR o visitando el enlace en nuestra biografía para obtener una cita completamente gratuita para ver... More

SALT MELTS ICE

Broadview ICE Abduction Center, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, noon

ICE out of Chicago! No more hate! ABOLISH ICE NOW! Bring your finest Mortons Salt and Snow Plow costumes and the biggest salt shaker you can find! No costume? No problem! Join us for community art builds! Details via Instagram @burrowdjs... More

Family Literacy Day

Bellwood Public Library, 600 Bohland Ave, Bellwood, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, 11 a.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, noon

We are excited to announce our partnership with the Bellwood library to host a literacy workshop! We will give a quick presentation going over the importance of reading and writing our own stories followed by a zine creation workshop. call the library to register (708 547-7393) :)... More

CTU & Movement Allies Rapid Response Training

Location near the Blue Line - exact location shared upon registration

Feb. 28, 2026, 9 a.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 3 p.m.

When our communities are under attack, we organize. ✊🏾 Join the Chicago Teachers Union and movement allies for a Rapid Response Training to protect our city and defend our rights. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9WYUsSaBO_8DB1YwVGbNPjxFckXPb4bpvyURlBzGXs7a4Pw/viewform... More

Heat The Ground Up with Starbucks Workers United

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join In These Times, Labor Notes, and Haymarket Books for a panel discussing how the historic Starbucks strikes were organized, how workers mobilized, and larger lessons learned.... More

Whistle Assembly Event

Martello's Pizza, 4124 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 8 p.m.

Organización Hijos de Migrantes... More

Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries - Authors Conversation & Book Signing

Barbara's Bookstore in Macy's, Lower Level, 111 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60602

Feb. 27, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join the authors for conversation and book signing ABOUT THE BOOK: "Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries" offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former members of the League of Revoluti... More

Ride for Palestine

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

Ramadan Ride for Palestine They banned the flag to erase us. Fly it in defiance. The weather is too good to pass up! ☀️ Join us this Friday, Feb 27, for another community ride as we move for liberation and observe Ramadan together. 📅 DATE:Friday, February 27 📍 MEET: Daley Plaza @ 4:30 PM ... More

Youth Iftar for Gaza

Masjid al Huda, 1081 W. Irving Park Road, Schaumburg, IL

Feb. 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

The Schaumburg High School Muslim Student Alliance invites high school and college MSAs to unite and strengthen their bonds this Ramadan. Entrance fee: $15, with all funds to support families in Gaza. Special Guest Speaker: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, CAIR-Chicago Register here: https... More

Black History Conference

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 1 p.m.

Creating Alternative Spaces: Education for Liberation Presented by the Chicago SNCC History Project 📍 DuSable Black History Museum 📅 Friday & Saturday | Feb 27–28 Join us for a powerful two-day gathering rooted in memory, resistance, and liberation. This conference centers 500 years of Black r... More

Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 2 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

SALT MELTS ICE Community Art Build!

2106 S. Kedzie Ave, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us for a community art build for the SALT MELTS ICE protest February 28th at the Broadview ICE facility. Help create salt-themed props, costumes, and snow plows! Limited supplies available. Bring supplies to share if able! Cardboard, paint, spray paint, duct tape, utility knives, hot glue... More

Celebrating 'A Black Queer History'

Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 9 p.m.

Alongside BSA and Center on Halsted, Queer Connections: Men of Color + Allies is hosting an intimate book launch celebrating the work of Darius Bost, award-winning scholar and co-author of a new book that centers Black queer voices across U.S. history. The evening will feature a panel interview ... More

Open Veins of Latin America Book Club

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

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us as we discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." Let’s think together, share resources, and ask questions so that we can extend peoples’ struggles of the past to empower our present actions. REGISTER at bit.l... More

Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr

Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

A profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy. Readers are rarely lukewarm on Naeem Murr’s work, which has been compared by critics to an astonishing array of greats: Margaret Atwood, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Flannery O... More

What It Takes to Win

Feb. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join the @ilchildcareforall for a virtual roundtable featuring leaders from New Mexico, New York, and DC 🌎✨ We’ll hear how they’ve won higher wages for child care providers and universal access to child care for all families, and the winning strategies we can use to build a system in Illinois tha... More

'Is This the Promised Land?'

Beermiscuous, 2812 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a screening of ‘Is This The Promised Land?’, which tells the story of the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement and the historic fight to desegregate the city. 🍕 Free food available for attendees! ✊🏾 In the 1960s, the Chicago Freedom Movement reshaped the city as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.... More

Food Autonomy in Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join SOUL and author Pancho McFarland in Roseland for a community conversation on food autonomy at Burst Into Books. We'll discuss his book and creating real strategies for food accessibility in our neighborhoods. Share a meal, your voice, and help build the solution. RSVP TODAY at bit.ly/faicfeb... More