Protect Our People - Virtual De-Escalation Training

Virtual

Oct. 25, 2025, noon

Learn bystander intervention basics by assessing risk, recruiting help, and employing verbal de-escalation tactics. Signing up with a group of 3-5 people to practice together is encouraged! RSVP: tinyurl.com/protect-our-people... More

Rapid Response Training

Casa Michoacán, 1638 S. Blue Island, Chicago

Oct. 25, 2025, noon

Campaign to close the Broadview ICE facility. Hosted by CAARPR Immigrant Rights Committee. Masks are required and will be provided.... More

Preparing for Revolution: 2025 Marxist School

Oct. 25, 2025, 9 a.m. - Oct. 26, 2025, 5 p.m.

Chicago school topics: ++ What Capitalism Is and Why It Can’t Be Reformed—Niklas Albin Svensson, member of the International Secretariat of the RCI ++ Where Is America Going? ++ Communism and the Black Struggle ++ Fascism: What It Is and How To Fight It ++ Germany 1918–1923: Socialism or Barbar... More

Prison Banned Books Week - One Night Book Club

Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St Chicago, IL

Oct. 24, 2025, 7 p.m. - Oct. 24, 2025, 9 p.m.

Come out for a one-night book club where we’ll read from IDOC-banned book “Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women” by Victoria Law, and hear from currently & formerly incarcerated community members on their experiences with- and resistance to- censorship and repression behind ba... More

Socialist Sing Along

lastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago

Oct. 24, 2025, 7 p.m. - Oct. 24, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

oin us for a "Socialist Sing-Along!" on Friday, Oct. 24, from 7 PM to midnight. Enjoy professionally emceed karaoke until 11 PM, then stick around for a live sing-along of historic labor songs. Adult beverages will be available for purchase (21+), and a Polaroid photo booth will be on site for $5. ... More

The Mass Movement Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Ave, Chicago

Oct. 24, 2025, 6 p.m.

🔥 CHICAGO FIGHTS BACK! 🔥 As Trump’s mass deportation machine intensifies its war on our city through “Operation Midway Blitz,” the people of Chicago are standing up — from South Shore to Little Village, from the airports to the schools. Join us for an organizing meeting to review this week’s deve... More

Resilience Arts Festival

TBA

Oct. 24, 2025, noon - Oct. 26, 2025, 6 p.m.

Time noted below is simply a place-holder. Check in closer to the date for specific time. The first-ever Resilience Festival highlights the human experience of people impacted by the criminal legal system, told by award-winning artists who have lived it. From survivors of torture and Death Row to... More

ICE OUT of NWI!

Gary/Chicago Airport, 6001 Airport Road, Gary, IN (accessible via the South Shore Metra train)

Oct. 24, 2025, 10 a.m. - Oct. 24, 2025, noon

There is a direct connection between NWI and Chicago ICE raids and it’s facilitated by the Gary/Chicago International Airport. Join us to demand that the contract between Gary/Chicago International Airport and ICE end immediately. ICE out of NWI, and everywhere.... More

Flower Communion at Broadview

Lexington and Beach Streets, Broadview, IL

Oct. 24, 2025, 8 a.m.

In solidarity with those detained, we will ather at the Broadview ICE Facility to offer a uniquely Unitarian Universalist tradition celebrating the beauty of diversity and community in times of struggle. Bring goggles, safety respirator or mask, flowers (if possible), and a friend.... More

No More Deportations

1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Oct. 24, 2025, 7 a.m. - Oct. 24, 2025, 11 a.m.

Shut down the Broadview ICE facility Bring a buddy, respirators, & goggles.... More

North Shore Says NO!

Church Street, Glenview & Pratt Ave overpasses of the Edens Expressway

Oct. 24, 2025, 7 a.m. - Oct. 24, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

In solidarity with our immigrant friends and neighbors vs. ICE. Weekly banner drops at the Church Street and Glenview Edens Expressway overpasses. Church St Overpass - 7-9a and 3:30-5:30p Glenview Overpass - 3:30-5:30p Pratt Overpass - 3:30-5:30p Please RSVP at the link below.... More

SEX BEYOND “YES”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone with Quill R Kukla and Ray Briggs

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

Oct. 23, 2025, 7 p.m. - Oct. 23, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Quill Kukla and Ray Briggs to the store for an event in celebration of Kukla's new book SEX BEYOND “YES”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone, an honest, humanistic reimagining of what it means to have pleasurable, ethical, and respectful sex. Every discussion of sexual ethics ... More

Medical BDS

On-line.

Oct. 23, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Oct. 23, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Medical Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: A Workshop for Boycotting Israeli Pharmaceuticals Representatives from the Boycott Teva USA campaign will lead a workshop on the role of Israeli pharmaceutical manufacturing in medical apartheid and genocide in Palestine, focusing on the medication manufac... More

Veterans' Citywide Call

Virtual

Oct. 23, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Building a United Veterans response to the attacks on our community and the VA. Threats of NG deployments, ICE raids, and attacks on worker rights at the VA are real—and it’s not enough to meet just once. About Face Midwest is now holding a reoccurring citywide veterans call every Thursday thi... More

Melt ICE

800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Oct. 23, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 23, 2025, 8 p.m.

You’re invited to #MeltICE under the big top! Join us for "A Wicked Good Time with Beyond Legal Aid" — our 11th anniversary fundraiser — on October 23 at @haymarkethouse. This isn't just a celebration. It's a call to action. Now more than ever, we must protect Chicago communities and resist th... More

When Politics Fail: Conscience As Resistance

Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 Knox Ave, Chicago

Oct. 23, 2025, 6 p.m.

The Chicago Area Peace Action fall benefit. Cruel assaults upon our communities are being deliberately and strategically rolled out. Join us as we examine the vital power of acting on conscience in times of political turmoil. CAPA will host a panel featuring individuals whose principled activism... More

Resisting Federal Occupation

On-line.

Oct. 22, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join NAARPR for a virtual panel discussion on Resisting Federal Occupation! Hear from organizers on the ground in LA, DC, Chicago, Milwaukee, and New Orleans on how they're pushing back against Trump! Register at bit.ly/fedsoutnaarpr Or watch live on our Facebook page, facebook.com/naarpr... More

The Billionaire Power Grab and How To Fight Back

Virtual

Oct. 22, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Billionaires are taking control of our government and coming after our jobs, families, communities, and essential services at an alarming rate. That is why organized people across the country are coming together to take them on and win back our futures. Come to this webinar for a peek into the tech ... More

Let's Co-Prosper 2025

Narrow Bridge Arts Club, 6028 S. Champlain Avenue, Chicago

Oct. 22, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 22, 2025, 11 p.m.

In times when the concept of prospering feels more complex than ever, we believe in the power of community to redefine it. At Public Media Institute, prospering means “co-prospering”—thriving together through shared effort and mutual support. It’s through this collective spirit that we bring you Lum... More

National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality

Dunbar Park, 300 E. 31st Street, Chicago

Oct. 22, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

National Day of Protest! Stand with impacted families and people under the gun of police brutality, speaking out and demanding justice, an end to police brutality, and that killer cops be jailed and thrown in prison! Save the date and come through. Make a plan to be there in the streets on O22 in... More