Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 16, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

Who Keeps Us Safe?

United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse Ave, Chicago

Feb. 16, 2026, 3:30 p.m. - Feb. 16, 2026, 5 p.m.

When ICE and CPD are terrorizing our communities, who keeps us safe? All North Side young people (ages 13-24) are welcome to attend this youth-led and organized event to talk about how we can build safety for young people, schools, and all community members. We're the heroes we're waiting for - GET ... More

Eyes On ICE - Eye-Wash Training

Center for Identity + Inclusion, Community Lounge, 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago

Feb. 16, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 16, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join us next Monday to learn what to do if you or someone around you has been pepper sprayed or tear gassed. Be prepared to respond to violence enacted against protesters!... More

Film For Freedom

Feb. 16, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

🚨🚨🚨JOIN US!!!!The Students for Justice in Palestine at UIC will be hosting it’s first get together of the semester!!!! Come and get involved with the student movement as we sit together for a film screening at Arab American Cultural Center on Monday Feb 16th @5:30 make sure to register here: linktr... More

ICIRR Know Your Rights Workshop / Taller de Conoce Tus Derechos

Virtual

Feb. 16, 2026, 6 p.m.

Learn how to protect yourself and your community during encounters with immigration or law enforcement. This workshop will cover our fundamental rights, how to assert them safely, and where to find trusted resources and support. [Interpretación en español disponible] Aprende cómo protegerte a ti... More

Social Strikes: How Can We Use the Power of the People to End MAGA Tyranny?

Virtual

Feb. 16, 2026, 6 p.m.

Authoritarianism grows step by step—unless we organize to stop it. Educators and communities nationwide are studying social strikes—a powerful tool used globally to resist repression, and recently demonstrated by workers in Minnesota. As we build toward May 1: A Day Without Workers, join CTU V... More

2026-02-16 Changing Heart & Minds Socialist Campaign School

Virtual

Feb. 16, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 16, 2026, 8 p.m.

Winning campaigns requires effective messaging. But how do you craft an effective message? In this training, comrades from PoliED will train participants in a messaging framework known as: Value, Problem, Solution. Through the training, participants will develop a foundation in strategic politica... More

All Out For Erika!

Cook County Courthouse, 2650 S. California Ave, Courtroom 402, Chicago

Feb. 17, 2026, 10 a.m.

Join us for court support on Tuesday, February 17th at 10am. Erika Ray is a grandmother, author, and teaching fellow — and a beloved PNAP student! She has been incarcerated for nearly 20 years under the theory of accountability. Join us and support Erika's day in court!... More

Pathways for Early Release

Garfield Park neigbhorhood, Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago

Feb. 17, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 17, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project on Tuesday, February 17th for a workshop with Stanley Howard and Janet Jackson. This is our second workshop with them and we’re so excited! A legal crash course of the IL court system by two former jailhouse lawyers. Stanley and Janet will run us throug... More

General Strikes, National Liberation & Our Strategy for Black Liberation

6353 S. Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago

Feb. 17, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join us on Tuesday February 17 for our Black History Month program to discuss General Strikes, National Liberation and our Strategy for Black Liberation! The national liberation movements of oppressed nations across the globe are revolutionary struggles that strike at the heart of U.S. Imperialis... More

Pretrial Fairness Community Court Watching!

Glen Ellyn Public Library, 400 Duane St, Glen Ellyn, IL

Feb. 17, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice for another community court watching. This March, we'll be watching pretrial hearings in DuPage County to monitor the end of money bond. Participants will receive training on how to record observations from these pretrial hearings. Register at: bi... More

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

Feb. 17, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 17, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Alice Yang to the store for an event in celebration of her new novel, "A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing," a dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the Cultural Revolution, and the present day to explore the effec... More

CPS High School Wide Walkout

The flag pole on your campus

Feb. 18, 2026, 2:05 p.m.

DURING 8TH PERIOD. GET YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR 8TH PERIOD THEN WALKOUT AT 2:05 THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND MEET AT THE FLAG POLE. (We made sure your absence will be excused!) ‼️WEAR SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS YOUR CULTURE. MAKE POSTERS AND BRING WATER. If you have 9th period you must return throu... More

Renee Good's Murder & Other Acts of Terror

CCSRPC Community Room, 5733 S. University Ave, Chicago

Feb. 18, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

A discussion on Robin D.G. Kelley’s Essay on Renee Good’s Murder. Join us for an intimate pre-reading discussion in advance of our Annual Public Lecture featuring Robin D. G. Kelley. This session will center on Kelley’s powerful essay reflecting on the Minneapolis uprisings following the murder o... More

Marronage, Migration, and Black Resistance: A Conversation on Black Histories and Policy

University of Chicago, The Keller Center Sky Suite, 1307 E. 60th St, Chicago

Feb. 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 18, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

This panel brings together Black Studies scholars whose work examines marronage*, slavery, and Black resistance across geographic, historical, and contemporary contexts. Drawing on archives from the 17th through 19th centuries in the United States and Caribbean, the panelists will explore histories ... More

Thea Riofrancos on Extraction

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Feb. 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join Thea Riofrancos and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, Extraction. Co-sponsored by Haymarket House and Pilsen Community Books.... More

We Got Us: Our Health, Our Rights, Our Future

Edith Abbott Hall, 969 E. 60th St, Chicago

Feb. 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 18, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join the University of Chicago's African American Alumni Committee of the Crown Family School Alumni Board as they explore the interconnected roles of health, justice, policy, politics, and community empowerment in shaping the health and well-being of historically marginalized and under-resourced co... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Chicago Freedom Movement

Ida Noyes Cloister Club, 1212 E. 59th St, Chicago

Feb. 19, 2026, 12:30 p.m. - Feb. 19, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

It’s been exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family moved to the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, with a sharp focus on a discriminatory and unaffordable housing crisis. A stellar panel of journalists, scholars, activists and stakeholders reflect on this legacy and whe... More

Lessons From Minnesota

Virtual

Feb. 19, 2026, 1 p.m.

We’re so inspired by the organized strength in Minnesota. From waging the first general strike in decades to building hyperlocal ICE defense networks, we can learn so much from the diversity of tactics that organizers in Minnesota are using to protect each other. It’s on us to take the Lessons from ... More

Artist Talk with Yohance Lacour

Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan St, Chicago

Feb. 19, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 19, 2026, 7 p.m.

Peabody Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist. This year, we’re launching the Podcast Lab, a new program for advanced media artists ages 18-25. Led by Peabody Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Yohance Lacour (You Didn’t See Nothin), the Podcast Lab is a 6-month program in which fo... More

60 Years of Housing Activism: MLK Jr. & the Chicago Freedom Movement

University of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, Cloister Club, 1212 E. 59th St, Chicago

Feb. 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

It’s been exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family moved to the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, with a sharp focus on a discriminatory and unaffordable housing crisis. A stellar panel of journalists, scholars, activists and stakeholders reflect on this legacy, and wh... More

The Spies Among Us

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Feb. 19, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 19, 2026, 9 p.m.

Haymarket Books is proud to present the next installment in our community film series: Films for a Changing World🎬Join us Thursday, February 19th for a screening of Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman’s 2025 documentary: The Spies Among Us. The film will be followed by a discussion led by... More

Beating Bovino - How Attorneys Secured a Victory in Bogus Murder for Hire Trial

Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn St, Chicago

Feb. 19, 2026, 6 p.m.

In October, the U.S. Attorney charged Juan Espinoza Martinez with a bogus charge of offering a bounty to kill Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino. The government circulated false information that Mr. Espinoza Martinez was a Latin King gang member who was offering up to $10,000.00 for Bovino's mur... More

Yalla Parkour Film Screening

Location provided upon RSVP.

Feb. 19, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join Climbers for Palestine Chicago for a film screening of @yallaparkourfilm on Thursday Feb 19th, 7 pm in Chicago. We’ll be selling some merch, raffling off some prizes and will have tea and desserts. Please donate generously as 100% of proceeds raised will support the families of the Gazan athlet... More

Citizenship: Notes On an American Myth by Daisy Hernández

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

Feb. 19, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 19, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore hosts Daisy Hernández to celebrate the release of Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth. For this event, Daisy will be joined in conversation by Sarah Schulman. This event will be held at the bookstore and is free to attend, but will also act as a fundraiser for Mid... More

Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 20, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 20, 2026, 2 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

Understanding Bad Bunny

Goodspeed Hall, Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, 1010 E. 59th St, Chicago

Feb. 20, 2026, noon - Feb. 20, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

A conversation with Jessica S. Baker, Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, and Danielle Roper. Please come join us to enjoy and learn more about Bad Bunny’s music. This event will feature three faculty from the Division of the Arts & Humanities who are experts on Afro-Caribbean music and performance, Puerto Rican ... More

Resisting Trump's Billionaire Agenda

Virtual

Feb. 20, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join this incredible panel to learn more about how we build a stronger movement to defeat authoritarianism and build a better world for Black, brown and working class children everywhere. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/m_hM0xAcQEi35Wdn2fEtHA#/registration... More

Knitting For Mutual Aid

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

Feb. 20, 2026, 7 p.m.

Donations for 19th District Mutual Aid Migrant Support. Join us for a knitting night for migrant mutual aid on Friday, February 20th! Even if you don't knit, support the cafe and donate high needs items: underwear, sweatpants, long sleeved shirts, toothpaste, shampoo, and pads. Knitted/donated it... More

Freedom February

Jane Addams Hull House, 800 S. Halsted St, Chicago

Feb. 21, 2026, 11 a.m. - Feb. 21, 2026, 3 p.m.

Pull up! Freedom February is a call to action: to defend Black History, liberate Black futures, and fight for the freedom of all. This is a mass call for Black community members, organizers, and UIC students to join us through liberatory discussions, teachings, and Black joy. RSVP Required: ht... More

AFIRE Mabuhay! Meeting

Please register to receive the address

Feb. 21, 2026, 11:30 a.m. - Feb. 21, 2026, 2 p.m.

It's kind of hard to believe it's been a year with this administration, but their presence serves as a constant reminder: we have a lot of work ahead of us and we're looking to build change that lasts. Haven't engaged us yet? Here’s an opportunity for you! First member meeting of 2026 on Saturday... More

Know Your Rights Canvass

Location provide upon registration.

Feb. 21, 2026, noon - Feb. 21, 2026, 3 p.m.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice and ONE Northside invite you to join the Northside Lakefront Rapid Response Team on Saturday, 2/21 from 12:00 to 3:00 pm to talk with our neighbors in Edgewater about their rights and what to do if they encounter immigration enforcement. Additional information will ... More

We Bear Witness Together

Pilsen Arts & Community House, 1637 W. 18th St, Chicago

Feb. 21, 2026, 4:30 p.m. - Feb. 21, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Join us on Feb 21st as we uplift local Chicago artists, center Gaza’s reality, and build solidarity through art, storytelling, and community. We Bear Witness, Together is an event you don’t want to miss. We are grateful to our sponsors @calebw_art @impact_supply and @alhubforum for standing with u... More

Globalfest 2026

Fairlie, 339 N Bell Ave, Chicago

Feb. 21, 2026, 6 p.m.

The ultimate fair trade party and Chicago Fair Trade’s 20th Anniversary! Here’s what’s in store this year: 🍹 Open bar with plentiful libations 🌮 Taco bar and tasty fusion appetizers 🎧 Tunes by DJ Jamie Hayes to keep the dance floor alive 🎁 Stellar silent auction where you can out-bid the co... More

Donuts and Dissent - Whistle Packing Event

70 E Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60602

Feb. 22, 2026, noon - Feb. 22, 2026, 4 p.m.

We will be gathering on Sunday, February 22nd to enjoy donuts and coffee from local Chicago businesses that have been affected by ICE activity and make whistle packs with the popular "Know Your Rights" zine enclosed. ICE is still active in Illinois and we want to make sure our community members are ... More

Protest postcards!

Schaumburg library

Feb. 22, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 22, 2026, 3:30 p.m.

We're making postcards to send our Representatives to protest ice violence and tell them how we want them to act.... More

Everything for Everyone: A Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

Feb. 22, 2026, 3 p.m.

Our next book club is on February 22nd! 📚 Join us for a discussion on "Everything for Everyone", co-authored by Chicago's own Eman Abdhelhadi. ❤️ Copies of the book are available in store at Pilsen Community Books!... More

Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 23, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 23, 2026, 2 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

Our Struggles Are Connected

Ingersoll Park, Downtown Rockford, 315 S. 1st St, Rockford, IL

Feb. 23, 2026, 6 p.m.

Justice for Eboney Adams, Logan Bell, Marimar Martínez, Renee Good, Lamar Bell, Trina Files, Hind Rajab, Parris Moore, Anas Al-Shariff, Denzel Dunivant, & everyone else in between. Our struggles are connected & the people united will never be defeated.... More

ICIRR Know Your Rights Workshop / Taller de Conoce Tus Derechos

Virtual

Feb. 23, 2026, 6 p.m.

Learn how to protect yourself and your community during encounters with immigration or law enforcement. This workshop will cover our fundamental rights, how to assert them safely, and where to find trusted resources and support. [Interpretación en español disponible] Aprende cómo protegerte a ti... More

General Strike Teach-In

Skunk Cabbage Books,

Feb. 24, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - Feb. 24, 2026, 8 p.m.

When Community Thrives, WE SURVIVE! Join the Illinois chapter on Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30 for a General Strike Teach-In at Skunk Cabbage Books! Open to the public. Please help us keep the event safe and inviting for everyone by wearing a mask! (masks provided) Learn the histories of g... More

Act Your RAGE

Casa Cafe, 2025 S Western Ave

Feb. 24, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 24, 2026, 10 p.m.

Act Your Rage! A Spring Surge Open Mic! Join us for an evening of music, poetry, and other performances as a part of the Spring Surge to Melt ICE campaign. We're building a culture of resistance. You in? Free admission! Suggested donations at the door! Sign up at the door! #SpringSurgeToMel... More

Name Change Mobilization

Brave Space Alliance, 1515 E. 52nd St, 3rd floor, Chicago

Feb. 25, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 4 p.m.

Want to get your name and/or gender marker changed?! Live in Cook County? We will be @transchicago on February 11, 2026 from 1pm-4pm and @bravespacealliance on February 25, 2026 from 1pm-4pm. Arrive by 4pm to receive assistance. Please bring a photo ID and birth certificate if you have access to ... More

Climates of Inequality

Virtual

Feb. 25, 2026, 2 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 3 p.m.

Join us this month for our FIRST of THREE 💻VIRTUAL 💻upcoming public programs ❗️❗️❗️ 🌎💨🪴🤝Climates of Inequality 2026 featuring … Chicago Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines @chicago_chrp 🌱Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of virtual conversations with environmental and ... More

We Are Each Other's Liberation

Online

Feb. 25, 2026, 4 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities. Join editors and contributors of We Are Each Other's Liberation, a major anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Asian feminists. A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Fem... More

No New Prisons Illinois Campaign Teach-In

5733 S University Ave 1st floor conference room, Chicago, & on Zoom

Feb. 25, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join the No New Prisons Illinois teach-in with abolition & carceralities study group! Register here: tinyurl.com/nnpfeb25 Join organizers from the No New Prisons IL campaign to learn about: 1. The plan to spend $900 million+ in IL taxes to construct new state prisons 2. The rhetoric of “t... More

The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family by Dorothy Roberts

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

Feb. 25, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 25, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Women & Children First Bookstore is thrilled to welcome back Dorothy Roberts for an event to celebrate her newest book, The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family. For this event, Dorothy will be joined in conversation by Eve L. Ewing. From Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing ... More

When Preparation Meets Opportunity

On line

Feb. 26, 2026, noon

In the criminal legal system, hearings determine whether a person comes home or stays incarcerated. In this month's virtual Lunch & Learn, we'll break down what real preparation looks like, how families and advocates can play a powerful role, and what decision makers are truly listening for. Partici... More

When the State Comes Knocking

Ida Noyes Hall, Third floor theatre, 1212 E. 59th St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Immigration Raids and the Politics of Contemporary Enforcement in the Urban and Rural Midwest Please join us for an event on the politics and effects of immigration raids in Chicago and beyond, featuring Prof. William López (University of Michigan’s School of Public Health), author of the book Ra... More

Food Autonomy in Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 6 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join SOUL and author Pancho McFarland in Roseland for a community conversation on food autonomy at Burst Into Books. We'll discuss his book and creating real strategies for food accessibility in our neighborhoods. Share a meal, your voice, and help build the solution. RSVP TODAY at bit.ly/faicfeb... More

Open Veins of Latin America Book Club

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us as we discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." Let’s think together, share resources, and ask questions so that we can extend peoples’ struggles of the past to empower our present actions. REGISTER at bit.l... More

Every Exit Brings You Home by Naeem Murr

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

Feb. 26, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 26, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

A profound, bittersweet portrait of a Gazan immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy. Readers are rarely lukewarm on Naeem Murr’s work, which has been compared by critics to an astonishing array of greats: Margaret Atwood, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Flannery O... More

Feeding Our Neighbors & Donate Warm Clothes

4600 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 8 a.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 2 p.m.

Volunteer opportunity. Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Sen... More

Black History Conference

DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 1 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 1 p.m.

Creating Alternative Spaces: Education for Liberation Presented by the Chicago SNCC History Project 📍 DuSable Black History Museum 📅 Friday & Saturday | Feb 27–28 Join us for a powerful two-day gathering rooted in memory, resistance, and liberation. This conference centers 500 years of Black r... More

Heat The Ground Up with Starbucks Workers United

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Feb. 27, 2026, 7 p.m. - Feb. 27, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join In These Times, Labor Notes, and Haymarket Books for a panel discussing how the historic Starbucks strikes were organized, how workers mobilized, and larger lessons learned.... More

Family Literacy Day

Bellwood Public Library, 600 Bohland Ave, Bellwood, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, 11 a.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, noon

We are excited to announce our partnership with the Bellwood library to host a literacy workshop! We will give a quick presentation going over the importance of reading and writing our own stories followed by a zine creation workshop. call the library to register (708 547-7393) :)... More

SALT MELTS ICE

Broadview ICE Abduction Center, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, noon

ICE out of Chicago! No more hate! ABOLISH ICE NOW! Bring your finest Mortons Salt and Snow Plow costumes and the biggest salt shaker you can find! No costume? No problem! Join us for community art builds! Details via Instagram @burrowdjs... More

The People's Community Marketplace

601 S. California Ave, Chicago

Feb. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 8 p.m.

Brionna’s Boutique x Equity & Transformation, @eatorgchicago are bringing back The People’s Community Marketplace 🛍️✨ If you’re looking to: ✨🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 Network with entrepreneurs 💰📈 Make money doing what you love 🎶🖤 Build connections & have a good time 📣🛍️ Promote your business, brand, or servic... More

Motown & the Making of Working Class Revolutionaries

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

Feb. 28, 2026, 5 p.m. - Feb. 28, 2026, 6 p.m.

The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Pilsen Community Books teams up with Haymarket Books to welcome Walda Katz-Fishman and Jerome Scott to the store for an event in celebration of Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries: The Story of the League of Revolutionary ... More

What We Carried Fundraiser Gala

9925 S. 76th Ave, Bridgeview, IL

Feb. 28, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE: Salam, this Ramadan SJP and PAL Chicago are inviting you to join us in a night of acknowledging the history and legacy of our people. We will be highlighting the stories of our people and what they carried with them through exile, from photographs, clothing items, and other artifacts.... More

Activist Iftaar Potluck

TBA

March 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - March 1, 2026, 9 p.m.

Join us for an Activist Iftaar Potluck — a space to break fast, build community, and sustain the work. 📅 March 1, 2026 ⏰ 6:30–9:00 PM 📍 Location details coming soon 🍲 Bring a dish to share if you’re able 🕌 Space available for Maghrib & Isha 🤍 All are welcome 🔗 RSVP via QR code All ar... More

Ramadan 2026 - Building New Futures

Pak Sweets, 2326 W. Devon Ave, Chicago

March 3, 2026, 5 p.m.

This Ramadan, we're moving our dollars into our local communities. Join Muslims for Just Futures Chicago for the launch of our Capital for Just Futures program at two conversation-centered iftars, in partnership with Muslim-owned businesses Pak Sweets and Nabala Cafe. We'll break bread, build tog... More

Book Talk: Lucky Tomorrow with Deborah Jiang Stein

CSRPC Community Room, 5733 S. University Avenue, Chicago

March 4, 2026, 4:30 p.m. - March 4, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join author Deborah Jiang Stein for a discussion of Lucky Tomorrow. The book reflects on identity, community, and the ways people navigate systems that often render them invisible. Stein’s work invites readers to consider how storytelling can illuminate hidden lives, challenge stigma, and open new p... More

Seeding AFIRE - Part 1 of 2

RSVP for location

March 4, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 4, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join AFIRE (Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment) for a 2-part Seeding AFIRE workshop series on Queer History in Indigenous Filipino Thought and Practices with guest facilitator, Miko Flores! Part 1: Wednesday, 3/4, 6:00p - 8:30p Part 2: Friday, 3/6, 6:00p - 8:30p Masks ... More

Ramadan 2026 - Building New Futures

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

March 5, 2026, 5 p.m.

This Ramadan, we're moving our dollars into our local communities. Join Muslims for Just Futures Chicago for the launch of our Capital for Just Futures program at two conversation-centered iftars, in partnership with Muslim-owned businesses Pak Sweets and Nabala Cafe. We'll break bread, build tog... More

Seeding AFIRE - Part 2 of 2

RSVP for location

March 6, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 6, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

Join AFIRE for a 2-part Seeding AFIRE workshop series on Queer History in Indigenous Filipino Thought and Practices with guest facilitator, Miko Flores! Part 1: Wednesday, 3/4, 6:00p - 8:30p Part 2: Friday, 3/6, 6:00p - 8:30p Masks are required and will be available at registration. Light sna... More

Southeast Side People's Assembly

Christ Bible Church of Chicago, 7877 S. Coles Ave, Chicago

March 7, 2026, noon - March 7, 2026, 2 p.m.

Join us on March 7th from 12-2 pm for the Southeast Side People’s Assembly to demand direct investment in our communities, not the quantum facility ! On March 17th, South Chicago residents SHOULD have had the opportunity to voice their opinions on the $9 billion quantum facility being built in th... More

National Day of Action for Science

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

March 7, 2026, 1 p.m.

We’re back for ROUND 2! RFJ Jr is still in office, scientific funds are at risk, but we rally TOGETHER on March 7th at the Federal Plaza 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 If you live in the Chicago area, come and join us as we Stand Up For Science.... More

Abolitionist Party Series 2

Walls Turned Sideways, Garfield Park, 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago

March 7, 2026, 5 p.m. - March 7, 2026, 10 p.m.

Abolitionist Party Series is BACK! Saturday 3/7- join us for the second in a series of gatherings uplifting the intersection and entwinement of our movements! Volume 2 connects us around community health & safety. Ujimaa Medics will facilitate their Protester Health & Safety training, followed by... More

Ramadan of Return

Nabala Cafe, 4660 N. Broadway Ave, Chicago

March 7, 2026, 9 p.m.

We are grateful to host our fourth annual Ramadan exhibit at Nabala Cafe 💛 join us in worship, reflection, and creativity on March 7th. Call to artists STILL OPEN! Link in bio to submit art and reflection for inclusion in our in-person and/or digital exhibit 🌙... More

The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

March 9, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 9, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Emily Galvin Almanza and Aislinn Pulley to the store for a discussion of Galvin Almanza's new book "The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America." This event is cosponsored by the MacArthur Justice Center. ... More

The Abortion Companion

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

March 11, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 11, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

On Our Shelves Recently Description A warm, accepting, non-judgmental, and stigma-free companion for your abortion journey. Whether you’re planning to have an abortion soon or you had one thirty years ago, whether you’re feeling relief or grief (or both!), and even if you haven’t decided yet ... More

Oppose MAGA McCarthyism - Defend Tom Alter

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

March 12, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

On September 10, 2026, Dr. Tom Alter, a tenured history professor at Texas State University, was fired for remarks he made at a socialist conference as a private individual. Texas State University's actions are an attack on free speech. It is a political move to suppress progressive and left-wing... More

Open Veins of Latin America Book Club

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

March 12, 2026, 7 p.m.

Join us as we discuss chapters 5 & 6 of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." Let’s think together, share resources, and ask questions so that we can extend peoples’ struggles of the past to empower our present actions. REGISTER at bit.l... More

2nd Annual Moonlight & Mercy

ARWA, 704 E. Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

March 15, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 15, 2026, 11:59 a.m.

A Night For Women By women ✨ MOONLIGHT & MERCY — ALL ARE WELCOME Join us for the 2nd Annual Moonlight & Mercy, a community night open to everyone 🌙🤍 🛍️ Last-minute Eid gifts ✨ Henna on the spot ☕ Arwa Yemeni Coffee + Mustards Craft BBQ to keep you going through the night 🤲 Sadaqah oppor... More

Free President Maduro

Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

March 17, 2026, 5 p.m.

PROTEST with us on March 17 at 5pm at Federal Plaza to demand— Free Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro & First Lady Cilia Flores! No War on Venezuela! 🇻🇪 While our communities are attacked by feds, our neighbors murdered and abducted by ICE, funding for our food, schools, and healthcare cut, Tru... More

Research Bites With Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD

Virtual

March 25, 2026, noon

As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers is building an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His team works with leaders in the city's t... More

Behind Enemy Lines Conference

Chicago

March 27, 2026, 9 a.m. - March 29, 2026, 5 p.m.

We failed to stop the genocide in Gaza. How do we stop the US empire’s next monstrous crime? A Conference on Anti-Imperialist Politics and Organizing in the Belly of the Beast. Empire doesn’t end on its own. It has to be confronted with organized resistance. If you’re ready to move beyond protest... More

The Spirit of Ami - Ani Defranco & Laren Coyle Rosen Live in Converstion

Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St, Evanston, IL

March 27, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 27, 2026, 9 p.m.

Grammy-winning musician, feminist icon, and groundbreaking artist Ani DiFranco joins us live in Chicago for an intimate conversation about creativity, spirituality, and the lifelong work of making art that transforms. In her new book, The Spirit of Ani, created in collaboration with author and an... More

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings Chicago

TBA

March 28, 2026, noon

Hey Chicago!!! The next national No Kings Day protest is March 28 — save the date, but don’t sit back and wait. The national No Kings coalition gave us as much advance notice as possible so we have the time to make this another massive, world-historic day of defiance. Let’s make this one bigger than... More

Anjali Enjeti and Simona Supekar at Pilsen Community Books

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

April 2, 2026, 7 p.m. - April 2, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Anjali Enjeti and Simona Supekar to the store for an event in celebration of their new books Ballot and Stock Photo. About Stock Photo: Part memoir, part cultural criticism, Stock Photo mines the visual culture of stock photography, which is used in nearly every fa... More

25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Gene Siskel Film Center,

April 11, 2026, 9 a.m. - April 25, 2026, 9 p.m.

CHICAGO!! Save the date for the 25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival! We look forward to seeing you all @filmcenter April 11-April 25! www.palestinefilmfest.com EDITOR'S NOTE: Times listed are simply place-holders. Go to the website for details as they become available.... More

Record Clearing Clinic

2100 N. Kildare Ave, Chicago

April 11, 2026, noon - April 11, 2026, 3 p.m.

Everyone welcome! Sign up at socialchange.site This event is made possible in partnership with Social Change, BLACC, AHF, Kenwood United Church of Christ, Co-Lab for Social Equity, Rights & Restoration Law Group, Chicago Housing Authority, The Springfield Project, State Senator Lakesia Collins, P... More

Lisa Low celebrates REPLICA

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

April 11, 2026, 7:30 p.m. - April 11, 2026, 10 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Lisa Low to the store for a launch celebration for her new collection Replica. Stand-up comedy, a celebrity non-apology, observations of racism, and the slipperiness of nostalgia underpin Replica. In poignant, witty poems, Lisa Low navigates the tensions of solidar... More

Freedom Dreaming in Dark Times

Location TBA

May 12, 2026, 6 p.m.

This spring, the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture is honored to welcome Robin D. G. Kelley, a leading historian of social movements, cultural politics, and the Black radical imagination, for our annual public lecture. Kelley’s work explores how communiti... More

Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

May 13, 2026, 7 p.m. - May 13, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Stuart Schrader and Robert Vargas to the store for discussion of Schrader's new book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, a history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouc... More

It Is Not Enough to Survive: The Young Patriots Story

Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W. 18th St, Chicago

May 29, 2026, 7 p.m. - May 29, 2026, 8 p.m.

Pilsen Community Books welcomes Jesse Montgomery and William Harris to the store for an event in celebation of It Is Not Enough to Survive: The Young Patriots Story. This event is cosponsored by Chicago Union of Tenants. Formed in the late 1960s, the Young Patriots Organization was a Chicago-base... More