Birth Emergency Skills Workshop

Chicago South Side Birth Center, 8301 S. Shore Drive, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2024, 5 p.m. - Dec. 13, 2024, 8 p.m.

We are so excited to partner with Ujimaa Medics to offer our second Birth Emergency Skills Workshop! This workshop is curated to help folx to provide unplanned but intentional support to birthing people experiencing spontaneous labor in unconventional situations. Please note this workshop doe... More

Intn'l Human Rights Day Art Build & Social

Cafe Del Sol, 53 S. Randall Road, North Aurora, IL

Dec. 12, 2024, 7 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2024, 9 p.m.

"No one is free until we are all free."... More

Tatreez Workshop

Gold Coast Cafe, 754 N. Clark Street, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening of creativity and community at our Tatreez Workshop on December 12th at 6:30pm at Gold Coast Cafe. Materials will be provided for a sliding scale of $20-$40. General audience suggested donation: $10. All donations will go to support the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance.... More

LOUD & LIT UP!

136 N Western Ave, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Free the Youth! Abolition Now! Let’s get LOUD AND LIT UP for incarcerated youth! Each year, we gather outside of IYC Chicago and Cook County JTDC to make some noise, show solidarity & support for our youth inside, and keep the pressure up to close all of IL’s youth prisons. Join us online or in pers... More

End Qualified Immunity

Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

Please join us in solidarity when BLACK LIVES are under attack with RACIST OFFICERS are emboldened to murder us and participates of HATE GROUPS. Demand COPA Invesigate 9 Chicago Police Officers members of HATE GROUP: OATH KEEPERS. The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability w... More

Arab Youth Volunteer Meeting

PACC Office, 6450 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, IL

Dec. 11, 2024, 7 p.m.

Calling on all Palestinian and Arab youth in the Chicagoland area to join the Palestinian Youth Movement for our next volunteer meeting next Wednesday, December 11 from 7-9pm at the PACC office! As the brutal attacks and ongoing genocide against our people in Palestine and Lebanon persist, it is ... More

Palestinian Poet & Writer Mosab Abu Toha in Conversation with Chicago Activists

Co-Prosperity Chicago, 3219 S. Morgan Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 6 p.m.

Roundtable Series With the Hoodoisie presents Eman Abdelhadi and Ricardo Gamboa, in collaboration with Pilsen Community Books. Doors open at 6 pm. Masks recommended and provided at the door .... More

'The Hills' film screening

Hegewisch Library, 3048 E. 130th Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

On Chicago's Southeast Side, where the steel mills once operated, sits an abandoned toxic slog hill that's been harming people, wildlife, and waterways for decades. "The Hills" highlights the powerful return of nature despite toxic environmental concerns and connects legacy pollution to current envi... More

Heater Build for Our Homeless Neighbors

PO Box Collective, 6900 N. Glenwood, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 5 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2024, 7 p.m.

Join Heater Bloc Chicago and Food Not Bombs to make safe tent heaters for our unhoused neighbors!... More

Surviving the Long Wars

Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago

Dec. 8, 2024, 3 p.m. - Dec. 8, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

Book release and exhibition closing. The Surviving The Long Wars organizing committee is excited to announce the release of Surviving the Long Wars: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire with the Chicago-based publisher BRIDGE Books. We will be hosting a book release in conjunction with the c... More

Resiliant Roots: Fundraiser for People With Disabilities in Palestine

Lorena's Banquet, 543 W. Lake Street, Addison, IL

Dec. 8, 2024, noon - Dec. 8, 2024, 6 p.m.

Join the American Civic and Humanitarian Coalition (ACHC) for Resilient Roots, a fundraiser dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities in Palestine. This event features a day filled with engaging activities, including arts and crafts, henna and face painting, live speakers, performances, ... More

Youth in Occupied Palestine: Before & Since 10/7

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

Dec. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.

Featuring Dr. Saida Affouneh, PhD from the West Bank. Dr. Affouneh is the Dean of Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, and the founder and diretor of the E-Learning Center at An-Najah National University. She pioneered the initiative to teach Palestinians in Gaza online after October 7, in con... More

Emergency Reproductive Health Response

Dec. 7, 2024, 3 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.

n the United States, we are facing a reproductive health emergency as politicians pass restrictive and deadly laws that will result in death, illness, and oppression of people whose bodies can get pregnant and/or give birth. But this reproductive emergency is in no way limited to the US; everywhere ... More

How Can Healthcare Workers Advocate for Gaza?

Unity Center, 3339 S. Halsted, Chicago

Dec. 7, 2024, 2 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 4 p.m.

A Community Discussion with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa... More

UNRWA Fundraising Luncheon!

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks, 541 W North Ave, Villa Park, IL

Dec. 7, 2024, 1:30 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

From Gaza to Beirut, we're in this together. Join USRWA's relief efforts in Gaza and Lebanon, featuring remarks from Palestinian journalist Amjad Shabat, a recent evacuee from Gaza.... More

'Buy Our Stuff' Food Not Bombs Fundraiser

PO Box Collective, 6900 N. Glenwood Avenue (Rogers Park neighborhood), Chicago

Dec. 7, 2024, 1 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.

Join Food Not Bombs to help them give free food to those of our neighbors who need it.... More

LVEJO Tabling at Patagonia

Patagonia, 1115 W. Fulton Market, Chicago

Dec. 7, 2024, noon - Dec. 7, 2024, 2 p.m.

Come meet Little Village Environmental Justice Organization's (LVEJO) development team and learn more about the organization.... More

Art of Defiance: An Interactive Resistance Exhibition

National Louis University, 18 S. Michigan Ave, Gage Building, 4th floor lounge, Chicago

Dec. 7, 2024, 10 a.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 5 p.m.

Global artist and film makers confronting oppression and oppression with in the lens of the Gaza genocide. Community art / VR Gaza tour / Food / Live music / Community mural. A song circle led by Songs for Liberation begins at 2 pm.The Phoenix of Gaza XR.... More

Film Screening: The Murder of Fred Hampton: Honoring the Life of a Revolutionary

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

Dec. 6, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join us to honor the revolutionary socialist and Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton! We’ll be screening the 1971 documentary film entitled, ‘The Murder of Fred Hampton.’ Chairman Fred Hampton was an exemplary revolutionary. He embodied what it means to live for the people ... More

From Gaza to Beirut, We're In This Together

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Dec. 6, 2024, 6 p.m. - Dec. 6, 2024, 9 p.m.

Meet members of the UNRWA USA staff for an inspiring evening supporting urgent ssistance in Gaza and Lebanon. Featuring a performance by local Arab music ensemble, Sumoud Collective.... More