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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protestor Health and Safety Workshop

Mama Africa's Marketplace, 2100 E. 71st Street, Chicago

Sept. 19, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 19, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Join us this month for a collaborative community defense workshop series provided by Black Alliance for Peace, Displaced Alliance for Pan-Afrikan Socialist, and Ujimaa Medics🤝🏾✊🏾 Skill up! Join UMedics to talk about some collective care practices for when our people decide it is time to take to t... More

ICE Out!

Culver's, 250 N. Bolingbrook Road, Bolingbrook, IL

Sept. 19, 2025, 5 p.m. - Sept. 19, 2025, 6 p.m.

Stop discriminating against our Hispanic community. Peaceful protest.... More

Junta Del Centro De Trabajadores Casa DuPage

311 S. Naperville Road, Ste C, Wheaton, IL

Sept. 19, 2025, 5 p.m. - Sept. 19, 2025, 7 p.m.

No puede haber lucha sin coordinación— acompáñanos este viernes! Reporte, West Chicago, entrenamiento de la patrulla popular y más #patrullapopularcasadupage Agenda 1. Cristobal Cavazos / Reporte de lucha 2. Gaby Hernandez Chico - La Lucha en West Chicago y pasos palente 3. Angel Cruz - todos ... More

A Peaceful Protest v. ICE

Fiesta Market, 160 N. Bolingbrook Drive, Bolingbrook, IL

Sept. 19, 2025, 5 p.m.

This is a peaceful gathering organized by residents of Bolingbrook who demand a stop to the presence of ICE in our city. Organized communities = safer communities.... More

ISBI Divest From Genocide!

160 N LaSalle St, Chicago

Sept. 19, 2025, noon

The Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI) has dodged the people it allegedly represents and POSTPONED the meeting. In place of our protest, there will be a PRESS CONFERENCE at 12 noon demanding: – That the ISBI divest state worker pension funds from corporations profiting from and are comp... More

Shut Down the Broadview ICE Facility!

1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Sept. 19, 2025, 7 a.m.

Protestors were brutalized by ICE here last week, shoved, shot with “less than lethal” munitions, etc. #chicagoprotest Bring a buddy, N95s, goggles, and noise makers. Join us 7-9 am and 6 pm onwards Chinga la Migra / Stop Deportations / Defend Communities / Fight Fascism / Free Them All... More

North Shore Says No! to ICE!!

Various.

Sept. 19, 2025, 7 a.m. - Sept. 19, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago Area Peace Action is endorsing North Shore Says NO!, a group of local activists that will show their RESISTANCE via visibility events on I-94 overpasses. We want to make clear that ICE and uninvited National Guard troops are NOT welcome in our communities. Join us in this act of Radical Soli... More

Beyond Limits - Stories of 3rd Trimester Abortion Care

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

Sept. 18, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 18, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore is excited to welcome Dr. Shelley Sella for an event to celebrate the release of "Beyond Limits: Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care." For this event, Dr. Sella will be joined in conversation by Sarah Schulman. This event is co-sponsored by Midwest Access Coalit... More

Reject Bigotry & Division! Defend Trans Youth!

1750 S. Roselle Road, Palatine, IL

Sept. 18, 2025, 7 p.m.

Trans students in Township High School District 211 are under attack by bigots. Come out to defend the rights of trans kids to be safe and supported at school. Pack the board meeting!... More

Family preparedness Plan Workshop / Talleres de Planificacion Familiar

On-line

Sept. 18, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En espanol abajo - On-line workshops available in your choice of Spanish or English on Sept. 11, 18 & 25. Please register at the link below. ++++ Talleres en línea disponibles en español o inglés los días 11, 18 y 25 de septiembre. Inscríbase en el enlace de abajo.... More