Queer Self Defense Class

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

Nov. 24, 2025, 6 p.m.

Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.... More

Rapid Response Training

Bessie Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St, Chicago

Nov. 24, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Join Southside Together for a Rapid Response training to learn more about how we can keep ourselves and our neighbors safe from ICE and other federal agents who continue to threaten our communities! Sign up at bit.ly/southsiderr... More

Thanksgiving Meal Bags Distribution

3835 S. Washtenaw Ave, Chicago (pick up through the front parking lot of the school)

Nov. 25, 2025, 11 a.m.

Thanksgiving giveaway 🦃 We’ll be hosting a giveaway at Brighton Park Elementary this upcoming Tuesday. In this season of giving, we want to make sure to support our families in Brighton Park and ensure everyone has access to a Thanksgiving dinner. Meal bags will be distributed first come first... More

Report Back from Palestine

Beit Al Turaath, 10500 SW Highway, Chicago Ridge, IL

Nov. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.

Calling all community members! This summer, youth organizers from our community traveled to Palestine for a trip rooted in resistance and the Right to Return. After two long years of genocide, our duty as Palestinians to reclaim our own Right to Return has never been more clear. Join us on Tue... More

Ban Eminent Domain for CO2 Pipelines

Virtual

Nov. 25, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action's (NWSOFA) Climate & Enviromental Oct zoom “ban eminent domain for CO₂ pipelines” Tues, 11/25@7PM (CT) Join NWSOFA for a Climate Change meeting on Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00 PM CT (via Zoom). This month, the featured speaker is Kathleen Campbell, pre... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Nov. 26, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More

2025 Palestine Convention

Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive Tinley Park, IL

Nov. 27, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 8 p.m.

November 27 to 29, thousands will gather at our 18th Palestine Convention in Chicago, to not only discuss the ongoing genocide but also how we come out of it as a people, a movement, and a cause. ✌🏼 Our comprehensive program includes something for everyone. From young children to college students... More

Thanksgiving Healing Corner

Southwest corner of Wilson Ave & Sheridan Road, Chicago

Nov. 27, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 27, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Please join us for our annual Thanksgiving Healing Corner on the southwest corner of Wilson & Sheridan next to Uptown Baptist Church! Volunteer Thanksgiving morning with us in passing out food to the homeless and those living in poverty from the community. We will be serving pastries, bananas, and f... More

Peace Picnic

ICE Abduction Center, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Nov. 28, 2025, 8 a.m. - Nov. 28, 2025, noon

A community sit-in picnic. Black Friday. Feed your soul, not the system. All are welcome. How it works: Stand in solidarity with our neighbors by sitting down to a peaceful picnic, celebrating our Great American Melting Pot. Bring a blanket and breakfast for yourself. Tamales, coffee, hot choc... More

Black Out Black Friday!

Lake Shore Park, 808 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

Nov. 28, 2025, 11 a.m.

Mark you calendars to BLACK OUT BLACK FRIDAY! In the face of Trump’s criminal ICE raids and crippling economic cuts, we need our mass movements to take the streets and hit Trump’s billionaire supporters where it hurts. JOIN US! Where: Lake Shore Park, 808 N Lake Shore Drive When: Friday, Nove... More

Faith Over Fear

Broadview Detention Facility, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Nov. 28, 2025, 11 a.m. - Nov. 28, 2025, 1 p.m.

Tear down the walls. Demand freedom. Solidarity EVERY Friday. Faith leaders and the community gather to demand BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS for our immigrant siblings detained inside these walls -- often DENIED FOOD, WATER, SANITATION, AND SPIRITUAL CARE. This is a call to action and solidarity. Call G... More

Fur Free Friday 2025

Washington Square Park

Nov. 28, 2025, noon

Disappointed the Chicago fur ban didn't pass? Join us on November 28th as we hit the streets and call out some of the last remaining major fur hold-outs in the fashion world. What better day than on the busiest shopping day of the year? All materials provided. Everyone welcomed. Abolish the fur i... More

Rally to Protest!

7500 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, IL In Front of The Chicago Bulk Mail Center Sign On Roosevelt Road (on the sidewalk in front of the Taco Bell)

Nov. 29, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 29, 2025, 11:30 a.m.

Join us for a peaceful, non-violent rally uniting postal workers, retirees, healthcare advocates, and community members in defense of America’s public institutions. From the U.S. Postal Service to Medicare, essential services that belong to the people are under attack through privatization, negle... More

Scrooge of the Year Award

Skylark, 2149 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Dec. 2, 2025, 4 p.m. - Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! Join Chicago JWJ for the 2025 Scrooge of the Year Awards! Know any corporations or CEOs who have been bad this year? Or perhaps know too many? Join us in a merry public shaming on December 2 at Skylark from 4-7. 🔗 to register at www.chicagojwj.org/event... More

In the Twilight of the Christian West

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

Dec. 2, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Mac Loftin and Alejandra Oliva to the store for an event in celebration of Dr. Loftin's new book In the Twilight of the Christian West: A Theology of Mourning and Resistance. As far-right authoritarianism resurges under the banner of preserving Western civilization, Mac Loftin ... More

Game Night for Good!

Our Mutual City Coffee Co., 3600 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Dec. 3, 2025, 9 p.m.

Drop in. Play games. Win prizes. Support your neighbors. Bring friends or come make new ones - we’ll introduce you to some of our favorite fast, fun tabletop games, while supporting a good cause. ✨ Play games, collect tickets and trade them in for goodies from local businesses ✨ All welcome, ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Dec. 3, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More

Mandatory Reporting Harm Reduction

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Dec. 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

With an introduction from Erica Meiners, facilitated by Shannon Perez-Darby and special guest Shira Hassan, this workshop will explore the way that mandatory reporting is used to criminalize families and communities. Together we will discuss why mandatory reporting is not neutral, how mandatory repo... More

Open College Course: Community Wealth Building

Dec. 4, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Dec. 4, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join this special virtual class on Community Wealth Building happening today, Tuesday Nov. 4, which has been opened up to the community as part of the Chicago Next System Teach-in! The session is offered by the great Stacey Sutton, Associate Professor at University of Illinois Chicago and Direct... More

'Better Together' Holiday Soiree

3020 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Dec. 4, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Featuring DJ - Food - Drinks, raffles & prizes, leadership awards, the best dress - stroll, and lots of fun & fellowship. Attire: dressy, red, black & gold. Get tickets here: https://givebutter.com/WR_BetterTogetherSoiree... More

Exhibit B - A Literary Variety Show

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

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

Another incredible lineup joining us at Pilsen Community Books for an evening of readings and community!!! Artist Bios Temperance Aghamohammadi is an Acolyte of the Exquisite. A trans Iranian-American poet, medium, and critic, she is the author of BATTALION SHAPED GIRL (DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE, 20... More

Neighborhood Defense (Business Canvass) Training

Virtual

Dec. 4, 2025, 7 p.m.

ICE raids are intensifying across the country and we are seeing that work sites and businesses are being targeted. Join us for a Zoom training on how to canvass your community to prepare people in case of an ICE raid! Organized power in numbers! Please register at the link below.... More

JOY Is Resistance!

National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th Street, Chicago

Dec. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE for the OCAD annual fundraiser! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME LISTED IS SIMPLY A PLACE-HOLDER. That and other details will be updated closer to the event. In the meantime, please see this important note from OCAD: Calling all artists! We’re looking for musicians, poets, comedians... More

Evolving Realities for Chicago’s Immigrant Communities

Nighthawk, 4744 N. Kimball Ave, Chicago (next to the "Kimball" Brown line station)

Dec. 6, 2025, 3 p.m. - Dec. 6, 2025, 5 p.m.

A conversation with immigration reporters about telling the complex stories of immigrant communities while they're under assault.... More

What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System

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

Dec. 8, 2025, 7 p.m. - Dec. 8, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Kristin Collier and Will Harris to the store for an event in celebration of Collier's new book What Debt Demands: Family, Betrayal, and Precarity in a Broken System, a powerful memoir of a woman plunged into fraudulent debt that explores America’s broken student loan system and... More

Court Watch Training

South Loop location shared upon registration

Dec. 9, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 9, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us on Tuesday, December 9th for a court support training facilitated by Chicago Votes, followed by a discussion led by PNAP about how these skills can be applied to court support and community defense. Food provided and masks required. Agenda: 6:00 - 6:30: Eating + arrival 6:30 - 7:30: ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More

Who's Your Jailer?

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2025, 8 p.m.

Community Teach-In! Join us for an evening with community leaders to talk about Burke's harms and how we can fight back against Cook County prosecutors. Eileen O'Neill Burke is the head of the State's Attorney's Office, in charge of Chicago's prosecutors. Since she was elected last year, Burke... More

Poets for Chicago

Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan St, Chicago

Dec. 11, 2025, 7 p.m.

A Night of Art & Community Benefiting ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights). Featuring performances from some of Chicago’s most vital voices: ✨ Erika L. Sánchez ✨ Mark Turcotte ✨ Daniel Borzutzky ✨ Tara Betts ✨ Robyn Schiff ✨ Natasha Mijares ✨ Brenda Cárdenas ✨ Stefa... More

Rooted in Resistance

1727 S. Indiana, Suite 602A, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2025, 5 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for Rooted in Resistance: Chicago Free School Open House on Friday, December 12th from 5–8pm as we celebrate community, connection, and our new home! 🌱✨ Meet CFS staff + youth leaders, explore creative activation stations, and learn how you can support the work of building liberated futur... More

We Love Chicago Winter Festival

Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2025, 6 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2025, 10 p.m.

WE L❄️VE CHICAGO!!! (Winter Edition) Come spend a Friday evening in December listening to music, watching hilarious comedians, and buying art by local artists (and getting your portrait done? 👀). Food in collaboration with @streetvendorsofchicago All proceeds go to @icirr_il and @immigrantjustice... More

Stop Enbridge Oil Pipeline 5

Unity Center, 3339 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2025, 4 p.m. - Dec. 13, 2025, 8 p.m.

Want to learn about what we can do to protect the Great Lakes and support frontline water protectors? Join us December 15th for a teach-in about the Line 5 movement with food and music! Feel free to stay updated about the event here: https://bit.ly/47OB6va... More

Rat-Mass on ICE

Johnny's Icehouse West, 2550 W Madison St, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2025, 8 p.m.

Save the date and get excited! For the first time ever, join Rat Mass ON ICE at Johnny’s Icehouse - West! 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, because fuck ICE! Ticket link and more coming soon!... More

Second Sunday Salon to Benefit ICIRR

The Print Shop Live, 833 N. Albany Ave, Ste C, Chicago

Dec. 14, 2025, 5 p.m.

Second Sunday Salon 12.14.25 5pm a special fundraiser for Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights featuring MUSIC • Fareed Haque WORDS • Ivan Ramos DANCE • Cirqua Rivera Dance Theatre SILENT AUCTION including ART MUSIC & WORDS of course . . . Suggested Donation is $50 ~all proce... More

Cuba May Day 2026 Brigade Interest Meeting

Virtual

Dec. 14, 2025, 6 p.m.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the official organizing of the 2026 XIX May Day Brigade! Join the May Day Brigade organizing committee will have a virtual informational meeting on December 14th for those interested in traveling to Cuba on our next work Brigade. This year is especially ... More

ICIRR Bilingual Migra Watch Training

On line

Dec. 17, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights' Know Your Rights + Migra Watch Training. This training aims to equip participants with ways to exercise our rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement actions. Register at the link below. Entrenami... More

Loud & Lit Up!

Illinois Youth Center Chicago, 136 N Western Ave, Chicago

Dec. 19, 2025, 5:30 a.m.

Get ready to get LOUD & LIT UP ✨🔥🎄 Youth should be home for the holidays, not locked in cages. Join us as we rally to end youth incarceration and show our love, noise, and solidarity for young people inside. 📍 LOUD & LIT UP!! Friday, December 19 🕠 5:30 PM — IYC Chicago (136 N Western Ave) ... More