Evanston's 3rd Pro-Choice Rally and March

Raymond Park (1501 Hinman Ave), Evanston, IL The location is about 4 blocks from the "Davis" stop of the Purple Line el.

Sept. 21, 2024, noon

Evanston Voices for Choice, a coalition of organizations and individuals committed to Pro-Choice. Announcing the 3rd upcoming area-wide Pro-Choice March and Rally, scheduled to take place on Saturday September 21st, 2024. Location will be Raymond Park, 1501 Hinman Ave, Evanston. To join the coaliti... More

Imaginary Power, Real Horizons

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Sept. 20, 2024, 7 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books author event with Richard Gilman-Opalsky and Franklin Dmitryev.... More

Bread & Puppet: The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena, Chicago

Sept. 19, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 19, 2024, 9 p.m.

The legendary Bread and Puppet Theater comes to Chicago for a special production of "The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus," a brand new show in the tradition of the iconic Bread & Puppet Circuses that began at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont in 1970. The show will draw on traditiona... More

Stop the U.S. Backed Genocide of Gaza

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

Sept. 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

No votes for Genocide! End all U.S. aid to "Israel"! Arms Embargo Now!... More

We Won't Bury the Slain: A Day of Action for Police Accountability

Grace Church of Logan Square, 3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago

Sept. 18, 2024, 7 p.m.

A prayer vigil at Grace Church of Logan Square, 7 pm, Sept. 18th. Following the tragic shootings of Dexter Reed in Chicago and Sonya Massey in Springfield, the Community Renewal Society is organizing our “We Won’t Bury the Slain” Day of Action on September 18 in partnership with Urban Village Chu... More

Real-Life Skills for Formerly Incarcerated People

Chicago Torture Justice Center, 6337 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago

Sept. 18, 2024, 6 p.m. - Sept. 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

The Holistic and Liberatory Reentry Team of the Chicago Torture Justice Center presents Real-Life Skills with Precious Bonner, in partnership with the Bonner Foundation. The workshop provides information about financial literacy and other helpful skills for those entering back into society. The n... More

Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism & the Struggle for Liberation

Sept. 18, 2024, 10 a.m.

Join Haymarket Books and Visualizing Palestine for the launch of our book, Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and The Struggle for Liberation, at 10 am CST, Sept 18th. Book co-editors and Visualizing Palestine team members Aline Batarseh and Yosra El Gazzar will be in conversation ... More

Invisible Giants

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Sept. 17, 2024, 6:30 p.m. - Sept. 17, 2024, 8:30 p.m.

Catch a special advance screening of "Invisible Giant," an unreleased short documentary that powerfully underscores the significance of preserving and uplifting the often-overlooked histories of Black women. The film will be followed by a discussion about Black women's archives with authors Miam... More

Say No to Working for Genocide!

UIC Forum, 1213 S Halsted Street, Chicago

Sept. 17, 2024, 1 p.m. - Sept. 17, 2024, 3 p.m.

Join Students for Justice in Palestine in protesting corporate complicity! Stand against the University of Illinois at Chicago administration funding Caterpillar and other complicit companies in the genocide of the Palestinian people!... More

Discussion Group: The Trinity of Fundamentals

TBA

Sept. 16, 2024, 6 p.m. - Sept. 16, 2024, 8 p.m.

Join the Palestinian Youth Movement on Monday Sept 16 to discuss Wisam Rafeedie’s novel The Trinity of Fundamentals. Gather with us for important discussions, education, and community! Written in 1993 during Wisam’s time in Israeli prison and confiscated by prison guards, The Trinity of Fundament... More

Work Permits for ALL!

Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph, Chicago, with a march to Federal Plaza.

Sept. 16, 2024, noon

After a year long fight President Biden extended Parole in Place (PIP) for the undocumented married to US citizens. This left over 90% of the undocumented workers without protection from deportation and separation from families. The promises of Obama have been left unfulfilled. We call on preside... More

Running Down the Walls

Metropolitan Correctional Center, 71 W. Van Buren, Chicago

Sept. 15, 2024, 5 p.m.

In solidarity with political prisoners march & rally, 5k marathon, bike & run, bands & DJs. Free Palestine - Free Them All!... More

Not One Drop! - La Villita Does not Drink Starbucks Nor Genocide

Aqui Mi Tierra restaurant on Kedzie Ave and 25th Street, Chicago

Sept. 15, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

Starbucks is scheduled to open in Little Village Plaza (26th St @ the Arch) by the end of this month. Protest program, 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 15th at Aqui Mi Tierra restaurant on Kedzie Ave and 25th Street. Here is why you should support local business and commit to consuming NOT ONE DROP of... More

Justice For All Benefit

Shalimar Banquets, 280 W. North Avenue, Addison, IL

Sept. 14, 2024, 6 p.m. - Sept. 14, 2024, 9 p.m.

Help honor Her Excellency Dr. Naledi Pandor of South Africa who sued Israel for Genocide in the World Court. Dr. Pandor served as the South African Minister of International Relations, Minister of Education, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Home Affairs and a member of the South Afric... More

Treatment Not Trauma Summmit

Hyde Park Academy High School, 6220 S Stony Island Avenue, Chicago

Sept. 14, 2024, 10 a.m. - Sept. 14, 2024, 2:30 p.m.

Sessions include "Community Mental Health Needs (North, South, West)"; "Mental Health in Schools (Youth focused)"; "Storytelling to Build Power"; "Bystander Intervention & Peer Support"; and "Basic Gunshot First Aid Response."... More

At Work in the Ruins with Dougald Hine

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

Sept. 13, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 13, 2024, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is thrilled to welcome Dougald Hine to celebrate the launch of his new book, At Work in the Ruins: Finding our Place in the Time of Climate Crises and Other Emergencies. “Maybe it’s time to stop talking about climate change?” For two decades, the writer and social thinker D... More

At Work in the Ruins

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Sept. 13, 2024, 7 p.m.

Author event at Pilsen Community Books with Douglas Hine.... More

Artists Against Apartheid Panel

\Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Avenue, Chicago

Sept. 13, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join Saja Bilasan of @falasteenfavorites, Jasmine Williams of @againstapartheid.art, Roberto Ferreyra, and Adam Gottlieb of @songs4liberation for a panel on an artists’ role to use their craft in the struggle for a free Palestine and a world free of US imperialism.... More

Hey DePaul - We're BACK!

DePaul Lincoln Park campus, 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago - by the statue

Sept. 11, 2024, 4 p.m.

The new quarter for the 24/25 academic year has just begun for many university students. To those of us returning to DePaul, welcome back, and to those of us who are new, welcome! We must acknowledge that there is NO 24/25 academic school year in Gaza due to the ongoing genocide that our own univ... More

WHEN FREEDOM IS THE QUESTION, ABOLITION IS THE ANSWER with Bill Ayers and Eve L. Ewing

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

Sept. 10, 2024, 7 p.m. - Sept. 10, 2024, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Bill Ayers and Eve L. Ewing to the store for the launch of Bill's new book When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation. Blending history and political theory and weaving in examples from literature, socia... More