Calling All Filipino Domestic Workers in Chicago!
Calling All Filipino Domestic Workers in Chicago!

HANA Center, 4300 N. California Ave, Chicago

Aug. 23, 2025, 11 a.m. - Aug. 23, 2025, 2 p.m.

Are you or your clients/employers being impacted by the Federal budget cuts to Medicaid? Do you want to meetand discuss your concerns with other Filipino Domestic Workers in Chicago? Join AFIRE at our upcoming community event centering domestic workers. “Domestic work is the work that makes a... More

No Camps / No War / No 1984
No Camps / No War / No 1984

TBD

Aug. 23, 2025, noon - Aug. 23, 2025, 2 p.m.

THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED.... More

5 Blocks - Tell ICE to Stop
5 Blocks - Tell ICE to Stop

Wrightwood Ave & Merrimac Ave parking lot (by the tennis court), Chicago

Aug. 23, 2025, noon - Aug. 23, 2025, 3 p.m.

ICE Melts With Resistance. Bring your signs and walk down W. Fullerton Ave and back. Make a point. Take a stand.... More

End U.S. Aid to Israel!
End U.S. Aid to Israel!

343 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago

Aug. 23, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

Stop the Genocide NOW march & rally.... More

Win the Housing You Deserve
Win the Housing You Deserve

Loyola Park Field House, Pine Room, 1230 W. Greenleaf Ave, Chicago

Aug. 24, 2025, 11 a.m. - Aug. 24, 2025, 1 p.m.

Increasing rents - leaking ceilings - broken elevators -- Enough is Enough! Know your rights training hosted by the Chicago Union of Tenants. Another session during the day on 8/24/2025 is also available (see Chicago Activism Hub listing for that day). Join the Chicago Union of Tenants: chiuni... More

Fundraiser for the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda!
Fundraiser for the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda!

La Villita Park, 2800 S. Sacramento Ave, Chicago

Aug. 24, 2025, 11 a.m. - Aug. 24, 2025, 3 p.m.

Join us for music, food, and fun as we raise money to support the resistance to the Trump agenda. This fundraiser will go towards buses for the Casa DuPage Workers Center to travel to Chicago for the upcoming Labor Day march. Attends at the fundraiser can join us in kickball or an art build! Trump c... More

Tenant Rights Press Conference & Rally
Tenant Rights Press Conference & Rally

6642 N. Clark St, Chicago

Aug. 24, 2025, 2 p.m.

¡Activas Presente! Imran Khan and ARK management are dodging the union while he begins a massive renovation project across their 4 buildings. The trouble is, he’s going charge several arms and legs to enjoy the improvements, which means that—if he’s successful—about 200 tenants are going to be price... More

Fighting Oligarchy Tour
Fighting Oligarchy Tour

University of Illinois at Chicago

Aug. 24, 2025, 3 p.m.

Chicago!!! Are you ready to fight the oligarchy with Senator Bernie Sanders?!? He’s bringing the Fighting Oligarchy to our city this Sunday, August 24th with special guests Rep. Delia Ramirez and state Senator Robert Peters! Not in Chicago? The tour is also making stops in Iowa, Wisconsin and Mic... More

Shai & Paint Fundraiser for Palestine
Shai & Paint Fundraiser for Palestine

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Aug. 24, 2025, 5 p.m.

Join us at Nabala Cafe at 5 pm until close for an evening of painting signs for upcoming protests opposing the U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza. We will be collecting donations for families and loved ones affeted and Prosthetics for Palestine. Shai pots will be 20% off. Cardboard will be provi... More

Pack the Court for Antonio Porter
Pack the Court for Antonio Porter

Cook County Court, 2650 S. California Ave, Courtroom 304, Chicago

Aug. 25, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

JOIN US to pack the courtroom for Antonio Porter! Antonio is currently serving a 71-year sentence for a 2002 shooting at a South Side school. Antonio has always maintained his innocence- the key witness, a teenager, claimed he was coerced by authorities to ID Antonio as the gunman, despite not match... More

Know Your Rights - What Rules Law Enforcement Has to Follow
Know Your Rights - What Rules Law Enforcement Has to Follow

Via zoom

Aug. 25, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 25, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for a training and discussion about hte relationship between law enforcement and gun violence. Learn about your constitutional rights at a protest or if you encounter ICE. Register at the link below.... More

Climates of Inequality Exhibition - Stories of Environmental Justice
Climates of Inequality Exhibition - Stories of Environmental Justice

18 Street Casa de Cultura, 2057 W. 18th Street, Chicago

Aug. 26, 2025, noon - Sept. 26, 2025, 6 p.m.

An exhibit featuring stories of environmental justice, collective resistance, and community solutions to create a more just future. 12 Noon - 6 pm Wednesdays and Thursdays For questions, contact [email protected] Exhibit funded by the Humanities Action Lab, The Andrew W. Mellon Found... More

IRRPP State of Racial Justice in Chicago Report on Education
IRRPP State of Racial Justice in Chicago Report on Education

UIC Student Center East, room 301, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago

Aug. 26, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Aug. 26, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) for the launch of the latest report in IRRPP’s State of Racial Justice in Chicagoland series focused on education. Register at the link below. Reception immediately following the event. Panelists include: Beatriz Diaz-Pollack ... More

Stop Cop Cities Everywhere
Stop Cop Cities Everywhere

Aug. 26, 2025, 5 p.m. - Aug. 26, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Join organizers from struggles against cop cities and carceral infrastructures in Atlanta, GA, San Pablo, CA, Charlotte, NC, and New York City to learn about what organizers are doing locally and how you can resist a cop city that might be coming to your city. Following the publication of "No Cop Ci... More

El Salvador Delegation Reportback
El Salvador Delegation Reportback

Centro Romero, 6216 N. Clark St. Chicago

Aug. 26, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join us to hear from delegates who traveled to El Salvador from June 23 to 29, invited by the Network of Deported Migrants on a delegation organized by the SHARE Foundation and Centro Romero. Delegates will share what they learned from: * the testimonies of deported immigrants about the shock ... More

Free Empowerment Self-Defense Class
Free Empowerment Self-Defense Class

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

Aug. 26, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Aug. 26, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

This Women’s Equality Day, claim your power with a free two-hour Empowerment Self Defense workshop offered at Women & Children First by Thousand Waves Martial Arts And Self-Defense Center, Chicago's feminist self-defense group. You’ll practice boundary-setting, confident communication, and power... More

Labor Rights Workshop (in Spanish)
Labor Rights Workshop (in Spanish)

Arise Chicago, 1700 W. Hubbard St, Ste 2E, Chicago

Aug. 27, 2025, 6 p.m.

- En Espanol abajo - Join us and learn how to exercise your rights at work. Together we can end labor abuse! A right you don't know about is a right you don't have. +++++ Taller de derechos laborales Acompanenos y aprenda como ejercer sus derechoes en el trabajo Juntos podemos a... More

The Future of Revolutionary Nationalism
The Future of Revolutionary Nationalism

St. Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Place, Chicago

Aug. 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Aug. 27, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Join us August 27th at 6:30pm at St. Sabina Church for an engaging night of food, culture and political education focused on New Afrikan, Puerto Rican, and Palestinian revolutionary nationalist struggles. Panelists will discuss the historical basis for revolutionary nationalism and the steps we c... More

The Cost of Being Undocumented
The Cost of Being Undocumented

On line.

Aug. 27, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 27, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore will be hosting a Zoom Webinar with Alix Dick, Antero Garcia, and Erika L. Sánchez in collaboration with Borderless Magazine to discuss The Cost of Being Undocumented: One Woman's Reckoning with America's Inhumane Math. This is a virtual event hosted on Zoom Webi... More

Students Stand Up to Trump!
Students Stand Up to Trump!

UIC Quad (south of Harrison St, west of Halsted St), Chicago

Aug. 28, 2025, noon

Defend and fund the cultural centers! No deportations! Join us on Thursday, August 28th at 12PM to kick off the semester with a Students Stand Up to Trump Rally! This rally is part of a larger day of action being held by @nationalsds in a country wide effort to show that students will cont... More

Families Left Behind - The Ripple Effects of Incarceration
Families Left Behind - The Ripple Effects of Incarceration

On-line.

Aug. 28, 2025, noon

When someone is incarcerated, their sentence extends far beyond prison walls—impacting children, partners, parents, and entire communities. In this Lunch & Learn, we’ll explore the costs of incarceration for families, examine how incarceration affects loved ones, and how to keep families whole, both... More

Birthday Celebration to Benefit Long-Time Activist Carlos Arango
Birthday Celebration to Benefit Long-Time Activist Carlos Arango

La Casa de Samuel, 2834 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

Aug. 28, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 28, 2025, 8 p.m.

A night to honor the life, work and legacy of Carlos' leadership. Schedule: 6 PM - Registration 6:30 PM - Dinner, program, and entertainment Suggested donation: $50 For more information about the benefit, please call 872-529-7084 More about Carlos, as Google translated from the August ... More

Chicago Buses to the People's Conference for Palestine
Chicago Buses to the People's Conference for Palestine

Chicago buses to Detroit conference.

Aug. 29, 2025, 8 a.m. - Sept. 1, 2025, 3 p.m.

Purchase your roundtrip bus ticket from Chicago to Detroit to attend the 2nd annual People’s Conference for Palestine. With Gaza as our compass, people from across North America will convene for three days to continue building and strengthening the mass movement for Palestinian liberation. Bus Ti... More

Stand Up for Science Great Lakes Teach-in
Stand Up for Science Great Lakes Teach-in

On line, and in-person at the Chicago Public Library - Lincoln Park Branch, 1150 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago

Aug. 30, 2025, noon

This Teach In will focus on how federal funding supports a healthy Lake Michigan, and what’s at stake if that support is cut. Our featured speakers include Dr. Rachel Poretsky, a microbial ecologist, and Dr. Aaron Packman, an environmental engineer. They will share how their federally funded researc... More

If This Is Justice
If This Is Justice

Chicago Athletic Association, 12 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago

Aug. 30, 2025, noon - Aug. 30, 2025, 2:30 p.m.

Decades of Denial: Understanding Illinois' C-Numbers and the Impact of Long Prison Sentences In 1978 Illinois transitioned away from parole and left nearly 22,000 previously-sentenced inmates without a set release date. These prisoners, known as C-Numbers, depend on the Prisoner Review Board for ... More

Solidarity Sidewalk Sale
Solidarity Sidewalk Sale

Direct message on instagram @bloodfruitlib for the address.

Aug. 30, 2025, noon

Sidewalk Sale, Potluck, and Movie Night Sidewalk sale— noon Potluck/Cook out — starting at 3pm Movie night— 7:30 pm Accepting donations for the sale now until Aug. 29: Bring clothes, home goods, books, plants, jewelry, art, etc. Bring a dish to share and some pocket $$ Money raised... More

Rally & March at the Broadview ICE Facility!
Rally & March at the Broadview ICE Facility!

1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Aug. 31, 2025, noon

Close the Broadview ICE Facility! Join us on Sunday, August 31st at 12pm for a march and rally at the ICE Facility in Broadview! We will be gathering to let ICE know that wherever they operate, there will be opposition to their criminal organization. Deranged figures like Kristi Noem and Donald ... More

Sentiments of Solidarity
Sentiments of Solidarity

1 S 6th Ave, St. Charles, IL

Aug. 31, 2025, 1 p.m. - Aug. 31, 2025, 4 p.m.

Letters for Liberation ✨ Join us for an afternoon of community, compassion, and collective action. Together, we’ll be writing letters to uplift and stand in solidarity with those impacted by injustice. Your words can bring hope, strength, and connection. This is more than just a gathering — it... More

David Rovics' Ministry of Culture / Scott Free @ Nabala Cafe
David Rovics' Ministry of Culture / Scott Free @ Nabala Cafe

Aug. 31, 2025, 7 p.m. - Aug. 31, 2025, 10 p.m.

David Rovics, internationally touring musician long blacklisted by Zionists for his pro-Palestinian art and activism, joins local queer music celeb Scott Free in a memorable night at Nabala Cafe. Show time is 7 pm.... More

EDUCATE TO LIBERATE: THE ADVOCATES’ BOOK CLUB
EDUCATE TO LIBERATE: THE ADVOCATES’ BOOK CLUB

Virtual

Sept. 1, 2025, midnight

Educate to Liberate is Advocates 4 Justice’s virtual book club, created for those who believe knowledge is a vital tool in the fight for justice. Every 5 weeks, we gather online to explore eye-opening books that challenge dominant narratives, expose systemic injustice, and elevate marginalized voice... More

Labor Day 2025!
Labor Day 2025!

Haymarket Monument, W. Randolph Street & N. Des Plaines Ave, Chicago

Sept. 1, 2025, 11 a.m.

The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand strong, fighting for public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, shared prosperi... More

Reading Group - Full Spectrum Resistance
Reading Group - Full Spectrum Resistance

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

Sept. 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Sept. 1, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Join us for our NEW PYM Chicago book club session, where we will be reading “Full Spectrum Resistance.” Full Spectrum Resistance by Aric McBay is a powerful toolkit for liberation movements. Emphasizing a range of popular tactics, the book outlines how movements grow and sustain themselves throug... More

Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help
Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help

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

Sept. 3, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 3, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us in celebrating this long-awaited collection by Chicago author and agitator Jarrod Shanahan, who will appear in conversation with members of Lake Effect Collective. Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help (PM Press, 2025) collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles—Occupy Wall Stree... More

The Calumet River and Its Toxic Islands Tour
The Calumet River and Its Toxic Islands Tour

8944 S. Commercial Ave., Chicago

Sept. 4, 2025, noon - Sept. 4, 2025, 3 p.m.

The Alliance of the Southeast invites you to take part in an Environmental Justice Tour. It's a chance to see, smell, and feel the environmental realities faced by Southeast Side residents every day along the Calumet River. * Discover the community’s strength and resilience * Learn about ongoing e... More

Jobs With Justice Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Training
Jobs With Justice Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Training

TBA

Sept. 4, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Sept. 4, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Did you know that September is suicide awareness month?? Our team is hosting their second training on Mental Health and suicide prevention in the workplace. It is happening on Thursday, September 4th from 5:30PM to 8:00PM. This training is all about addressing the real-life impacts our jobs can h... More

Marxism and Tenant Organization
Marxism and Tenant Organization

3403 W. Grand Ave, Chicago

Sept. 4, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

The tenant struggle is expanding rapidly and ACTA can’t keep up! We are looking for dedicated and curious individuals who are searching for a serious organization they can call home and continue to build with us. If this sounds like you, join us on September 4th to hear our case for why YOU should b... More

Chicago Labor Day Parade & Eddie Fest
Chicago Labor Day Parade & Eddie Fest

Chicago's Pullman neighborhood (specific starting point and route TBA).

Sept. 6, 2025, 11 a.m.

Many details still to be announced. The time indicated here is ONLY a placeholder. Go to the link below for full details as they become available.... More

'This is Hell!' Listener Appreciation Party
'This is Hell!' Listener Appreciation Party

Cary's Lounge, 2251 W. Devon Ave, Chicago

Sept. 6, 2025, 3 p.m.

Celebrating 29 years of completely listener supported This is Hell! by showing our appreciation for you with music, art, food, and a fun raffle full of show-related prizes, including signed books by recent guests -- and all this with absolutely no cover. The best part, however, is great conversat... More

Dykes @ the Point!
Dykes @ the Point!

Promontary Point, Hyde Park neighborhood at the lakefront, Chicago

Sept. 6, 2025, 5 p.m. - Sept. 6, 2025, 9 p.m.

New date!... More

Arts in Solidarity
Arts in Solidarity

Alahambra Palace Restaurant, 1240 W. Randolph St, Chicago

Sept. 7, 2025, 5 p.m. - Sept. 7, 2025, 9 p.m.

A Benefit Concert for Immigrant Legal Defense. We are producing this LIVE cultural event for the purpose of raising money and raising consciousness to support legal defense for immigrants. As you know, deportations, scare tactics, raids, and other extra-legal measures have affected our friend... More

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation
Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

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

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

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Eileen Flanagan to the store for an event in celebration of her new book, "Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation." As heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods become ever more deadly, it has become apparent that w... More

South Works CBA & Policy Town Hall
South Works CBA & Policy Town Hall

Salud Center, 3039 E. 91st Street, Chicago (near 91st Street and Houston Ave)

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

Join neighbors and friends to a South Works CBA (Community Benefits Agreement) and Policy Town Hall Topics of discussion: * Community Benefits Agreement and Policy demands for the South Works development. * Organize with local residents in preparation for expected ground-breaking at South W... More

Book Talk: The Life, Education, and Legacy of Karen Lewis
Book Talk: The Life, Education, and Legacy of Karen Lewis

University of Illinois at Chicago, Cardinal Room, Student Center East, 750 S Halsted St, Chicago

Sept. 10, 2025, 4 p.m. - Sept. 10, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Join the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and the Social Justice Initiative (SJI) for the UIC book launch of "I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education" by Karen Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. In this book, Dr. Todd-Breland writes about the legacy and transformat... More

The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Libertion
The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Libertion

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

Sept. 10, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 10, 2025, 8 p.m.

We're honored to welcome Ricardo Levins Morales to the store for an event in celebration of his new book The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Libertion, a collection of political medicines gathered and gleaned from six decades of trickster art and activism, the long history of peoples' mo... More

Abolition, Racial Capitalism & More
Abolition, Racial Capitalism & More

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Sept. 11, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Haymarket Presents Ruth Wilson Gilmore in conversation with Barbara Ransby on abolition, racial capitalism, and more. Link in bio for in-person and virtual tickets. Ruth Wilson Gilmore is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on racism, racial capitalism, and abolition. As she says, “abolition ... More

Chicago Run 4 Peace 2025
Chicago Run 4 Peace 2025

10499 W 153rd St, Orland Park, IL

Sept. 14, 2025, 8 a.m.

Team Palestine for Palestine Children's Relief Fund Presents: Holy Buckets Run 4 Peace – 5K & 1-Mile Walk New Location. Same Powerful Purpose. Get ready to lace up your sneakers and run for something bigger than yourself! Team Palestine for PCRF is thrilled to host our signature event, the Holy ... More

El Salvador Delegation Reportback
El Salvador Delegation Reportback

Via zoom.

Sept. 18, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join us to hear from delegates who travelled to El Salvador from June 23 to 29, invited by the Network of Deported Migrants on a delegation organized by the SHARE Foundation and Centro Romero. Delegates will share what they learned from: * the testimonies of deported immigrants about the shock... More

Beyond Limits - Stories of 3rd Trimester Abortion Care
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

Fady Joudah and Eman Abdelhadi
Fady Joudah and Eman Abdelhadi

Sept. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 20, 2025, 7 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Fady Joudah and Eman Abdehadi to the store for an event in celebration of Joudah's collection [...], an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians. Fady Joudah’s powerful sixth collection of poems opens... More

Celebrating 25 Years of Strength - Resilience - Resistance
Celebrating 25 Years of Strength - Resilience - Resistance

TBA

Sept. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.

25th anniversary will be a powerful moment to honor the courage and power of our day laborers and household workers. Save the date! September 25, 2025. Details coming soon. Celebrando 25 años de fuerza, comunidad y resiliencia Nuestro 25 aniversario será un momento especial para honrar el... More

Algarabía
Algarabía

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

Sept. 26, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 26, 2025, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books is honored to welcome Roque Raquel Salas Rivera and Noa Micaela Fields to the store for a reading and conversation in celebration of Salas Rivera's Algarabía, a Puerto Rican trans epic that blends poetic play and speculative fiction. Algarabía follows Cenex, a trans being w... More

Walk for Gaza
Walk for Gaza

TBA

Sept. 27, 2025, 10 a.m.

18 miles for 18 years of blockade. Details to come. TIME LISTED IS ONLY A PLACE-HOLDER. ACTUAL TIME TO FOLLOW.... More

About Face: The History of GI Resistance
About Face: The History of GI Resistance

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

Sept. 27, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 27, 2025, 7 p.m.

Join us as we welcome Arti Walker-Peddakotla and Aaron Hughes in conversation with Bill Ayers as they discuss the long history of GIs rebelling against US militarism and fascism. Viewed through an abolitionist framework, this discussion will highlight the legacy and revolutionary power of GI resista... More

AFSC Chicago 90th Anniversary Celebration
AFSC Chicago 90th Anniversary Celebration

Chicago Teachers Union Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago

Sept. 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Save the date! Registration coming soon.... More

Working Bikes 26th Anniversary
Working Bikes 26th Anniversary

Working Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 4 p.m. - Oct. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. We've spent the last 26 years reducing waste, lessening pollution, improving health with the most reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation option ava... More

Working Bikes 26th Anniversary!
Working Bikes 26th Anniversary!

Working Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 4 p.m. - Oct. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.

Working Bikes gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. We've spent the last 26 years reducing waste, lessening pollution, improving health with the most reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation option ava... More

REVOLUTION(S) With Tom Morello
REVOLUTION(S) With Tom Morello

Goodman's Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St, Chicago

Oct. 4, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 9, 2025, 11 p.m.

Put your hands on the wheel of history. When soldier and aspiring musician Hampton Weems comes home from Afghanistan, he finds the South Side of Chicago is also occupied territory -- and e's accidentally joined the resistance. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave a... More

CAIR-Chicago's 2025 Annual Banquet
CAIR-Chicago's 2025 Annual Banquet

Drury Lane, 17W275 Butterfield Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Oct. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.

Join us at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace for CAIR-Chicago’s 21st Annual Banquet! This year, we celebrate the strength of our movement — past, present, and future, Insha'Allah. Don't miss: * Inspiring speakers * Community networking & vendor tables * Banquet dinner * A renewed call to acti... More

2025-10-08 Free Narcan Training
2025-10-08 Free Narcan Training

Call & Response Books, 1390 E. Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago

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

Narcan is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opoid overdose. Join us in learning how to administer this life saving drug. Materials provided. Suggested donation, $5-$10.... More

5th Annual Illinois Prison Project Gala
5th Annual Illinois Prison Project Gala

Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Street & Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Oct. 10, 2025, 6 p.m. - Oct. 10, 2025, 11 p.m.

Each year, the IPP Gala brings together leaders in the movement to end mass incarceration in Illinois and beyond. Together, we’ll honor outstanding community leaders and organizations who have demonstrated their commitment to justice. IPP supporters are invited to purchase individual tickets, tab... More

Immigration Justice Summit! - POSTPONED
Immigration Justice Summit! - POSTPONED

Arturo Velasquez Center, 2800 S. Western Ave, Chicago

Oct. 18, 2025, 10 a.m. - Oct. 18, 2025, 3 p.m.

THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED (Español abajo) You are invited to participate in an Immigration Justice Summit ¡Unidad y Resistencia! The Consejo de Resistencia, organizers of the Chicago May Day 2025 march, is calling on labor, social justice, clergy, students, elected officials, and civic orga... More

Let’s Co-Prosper 2025
Let’s Co-Prosper 2025

Narrow Bridge Arts Club, 6028 S Champlain Ave, Chicago

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

Save the date for Let’s Co-Prosper 2025 Tickets are available now at the link below. 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... More

When Politics Fail: Conscience As Resistance
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

Resilience Arts Festival
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

We Are Internationalists!
We Are Internationalists!

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Avenue, Chicago

Nov. 5, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 5, 2025, 8 p.m.

Prexy Nesbitt and the Fight For African Liberation. Book launch with author Martha Bioni featuring a roundtable convo with Prexy and fellow Chicago antiapartheid activists at Haymarket House!... More

Read This When Things Fall Apart
Read This When Things Fall Apart

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

Nov. 5, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 5, 2025, 8:30 p.m.

Book launch with launch celebration with Kelly Hayes, Eman Abdelhadi and Atena O. Danner. Join Pilsen Community Books for the launch of Hayes's new book Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns wil... More

Solidarity and Internationalism, Then and Now
Solidarity and Internationalism, Then and Now

Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Street, Chicago

Nov. 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Nov. 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Crossroads Foundation's James Thindwa Grassroots Organizing Fund annual event. Prexy Nesbitt in conversation with Sarah Schulman.... More

Build the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda....
Build the Movement to Defeat Trump's Agenda....

Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, 1901 W. Carroll Avenue, Chicago

Nov. 14, 2025, 9 a.m. - Nov. 16, 2025, 5 p.m.

...and Win Community Control of the Police! Today, we see the need to build an even stronger unity against the racist and reactionary agenda of Donald Trump and everything he represents. We call on all branches of NAARPR, our affiliate organizations and all sections of the people’s movement to jo... More

Tareq Baconi in Conversation With Bill Ayers
Tareq Baconi in Conversation With Bill Ayers

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Nov. 16, 2025, 5 p.m. - Nov. 16, 2025, 6 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books and Haymarket House welcome Tareq Baconi for a conversation with Bill Ayers about his new book Fire in Every Direction, a memoir of political and queer awakening, of impossible love amidst generations of displacement, and what it means to return home. Both a love story and ... More

Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City

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

Nov. 20, 2025, 7 p.m. - Nov. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.

honored to welcome LaShawn Harris and Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland to the store for an event in celebration of Harris's new book Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City, the story of the life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed communi... More

2025 Palestine Convention
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.

Bring your family to the largest gathering for Palestine in the U.S. during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago. Save The Date: November 27-29, 2025 at the Tinley Park Convention Center Our teams are working tirelessly to bring you yet another successful event featuring renowned speakers from arou... More