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

Ramadan Iftar with US Boats to Gaza

Al-Salam Hall, 8840 Ridgeland Ave, Oak Lawn, IL

March 10, 2026, 6 p.m.

Fundraiser & Endorsements for the Spring 2026 Freedom Flotilla Van to and from downtown Chicago available RSVP: https://bit.ly/chiusboats This Ramadan, join us for an Iftar to advance the Spring 2026 Freedom Flotilla— the largest ever to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. For more tha... More

March 10th Movement - 20 Years of Struggle

Casa Michoacan, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago

March 10, 2026, 6 p.m.

Twenty years ago, on March 10, 2006, thousands took to the streets of Chicago to defend our dignity and demand justice. At that time, Casa Michoacán served as our operations and logistics center — a space of coordination, strategy, and collective hope during a historic mobilization. Now, two dec... More

Bingo Night to Support Albany Park Mutual Aid

Templestowe Pub, 3135 W. Montrose Ave, Chicago

March 10, 2026, 7 p.m. - March 10, 2026, 9 p.m.

Bingo night is back! Come out to @templestowepub on Tuesday, March 10 to test your luck. There will be prizes, friendly faces and best of all, it’s for a good cause. (Proceeds go to Albany Park Mutual Aid!). The fun starts at 7 pm, but come early to snag a table. See you there!... More

The Army That Turned on the War

Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road, Chicago

March 11, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join us for a screening and discussion of the @peoplesforumnyc class ‘Hidden Histories of Rebellion in the U.S. — The Army That Turned on the War: GI Resistance in Vietnam,’ taught by Mike Prysner, an anti-war organizer and Iraq War veteran. This class dives into how soldiers who opposed the war ... 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

The History and Future of Palestine

March 12, 2026, 4:30 p.m. - March 12, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for the IRRPP's Annual Bowman Lecture featuring rasid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Colubia University. Dr. Khalidi will give a lecture on Palestinian experiences and of resistance to colonialism and imperialism. Dr. Khalidi will be joined by Dima Khalidi,... 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

Stop the US-Israeli War Machine

Clark & Jackson Streets, Chicago

March 13, 2026, 8 a.m.

Defend Irish Neutrality No Complicity in Genocide As the bombs drop on Iran and Palestine is choked by the US-Israel axis, the Irish political class prepares to come to the US for St. Patrick’s Day to secure their slice of the spoils of war. While they hide behind their status as a “former” colo... More

Chicago March For Al Quds & Palestine

Consulate General of Israel, 500 W. Madison St, Chicago

March 13, 2026, 4 p.m.

...And Hands Off Iran and Lebanon! Join us in Chicago for the Al Quds & Palestine March as we stand together against injustice and oppression. Too many innocent lives have been sacrificed to serve the interests of the Zionist regime. We demand an immediate end to the wars targeting Iran and Leban... More

Southeast Side Community Summit

Pullman Christian Reformed Church [424 E. 103rd Street]

March 14, 2026, 9 a.m. - March 14, 2026, noon

Join us for a morning of connection, conversation, and action at our upcoming Community Summit hosted by South Deering Manor Community Association & Rosemoor Community Association in collaboration with local partners. This gathering is designed to bring together residents from South Deering, Rose... More

A People's Cultural Gathering

Heritage Green Park, 610-30 W. Adams St, Chicago

March 14, 2026, 9 a.m.

“St. Patrick’s Day is a Holy Day in Chicago. There’s no more important place to be than old St. Patrick’s [Church]” - Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) , recipient of $1.1 million from AIPAC While we don’t agree with Durbin on much, we do agree that there is no more important place to be in Chicago t... More

Melting ICE - A Fundraiser Field Trip....

Skunk Cabbage Books, 2826 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

March 14, 2026, 10 a.m.

...to benefit the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. Did you know that skunk cabbages are thermogenic - they generate their own heat to melt frozen, icy ground and prepare the soil for new growth in the spring? Join us for a hike in the woods to see skunk cabbages emerging for the spring and rais... More

Say NO to a Joliet Data Center

Jefferson & Larkin Street, Joliet, IL

March 14, 2026, noon

Take back our city. Say NO to the Joliet Data Center. Bring signs, bring friends, Get LOUD.... More

Chicago Dyke March Collective Community Iftar

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

March 14, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 14, 2026, 9 p.m.

$10-15 suggested donation, a portion of which will be donated to mutual aid. Food provided, so please RSVP at https://luma.com/r00n8szp Open to all!... More

Humanitarian Relief to Cuba

5555 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago (the activity room)

March 15, 2026, 3 p.m. - March 15, 2026, 5 p.m.

Join us in Chicago to support critical aid efforts for Cuba with live music, delicious food, and a strong sense of community. Please join Marguerite and other solidarity activists in this emergency action to support Cuba. The global community is coming together to send emergency relief to the isl... 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

Paint for Democracy

Midwest Coast Brewing

March 19, 2026, 6 p.m. - March 19, 2026, 8:30 p.m.

🎨 Join us for a night of creativity and community while we Paint for Democracy! We’ll be painting the skyline with Chicago Sip & Paint. No experience required! The team will guide us step-by-step while we sip, paint, and connect. Drinks available for purchase + light snacks provided (BYO food wel... More

Protest the Quarterly Meeting of the IL State Board of Investments

Illinois State Board of Investments, 160 N. LaSalle St, Chicago

March 20, 2026, 9 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE: THE TIME LISTED IS ONLY A PLACE-HOLDER UNTIL THE TIME OF THE MEETING IS ANNOUNCED. Protest the Quarterly Meeting of the IL State Board of Investments... More

The 2nd Annual Shaping Change Facilitator Festival

Experimental Station [6100 S. Blackstone Avenue]

March 21, 2026, 9 a.m. - March 21, 2026, 2 p.m.

The Shaping Change Facilitator Festival returns for its second year as a gathering for facilitators, organizers, cooperative builders, and community leaders committed to strengthening Chicago’s solidarity economy ecosystem. Last year, more than 60 participants came together for a powerful day of ... More

Nation-wide Speak-out

S Ashland and W 41st St, Chicago

March 21, 2026, 11 a.m.

Join us for a Speakout against the masses deportation machine! Stories of injustice must not go unheard. Step out of the shadows and end the isolation that the mass deportation machine imposes on the people. Invite your friends and family, invite those impacted by detentions and deportations. Speak... More

Where's Waldo? Where's Pritzker?

1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

March 21, 2026, noon

Illinois State Police continue to brutalize and strip rights from peaceful protesters outside of the Broadview ICE facility. Join us to demand accountability for Pritzker's police! PPE encouraged. Where a red and white striped shirt if you have one!... More

De-escalation Training

Via zoom

March 21, 2026, noon - March 21, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

How to reduce risk during high-stress encounters. Edgeville Community Team is conducting practical training focused on de-escalation techniques for community responders, with emphasis on situational awareness, communication, and crowd dynamics. This training is approximately 60 minutes long, with... More

CFIST Annual Town Hall

Location TBD

March 21, 2026, 4 p.m. - March 21, 2026, 8 p.m.

Join us on March 21st from for a town hall to discuss the state of wrongful convictions and police accountability. Location is TBD! Hundreds of survivors remain behind bars despite their actual innocence. We’re building a mass movement to apply pressure to the Governor and the State’s Attorney’s ... More

Waves of Resistance & Resilience

UIC Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott Ave, Chicago

March 22, 2026, 1 p.m. - March 22, 2026, 4 p.m.

Hi Affinity Friends! In addition to March being Women's History Month, it's Affinity Burning Bowl Month! Burning Bowl's theme this year is "Waves of Resistance & Resilience." Considering the unrelenting political violence and upheaval across our nation, resistance is often viewed in political... More

Power to the People

Onward Neighborhood House, 5413 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago

March 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - March 23, 2026, 8 p.m.

Please join the ACLU of Illinois and Onward Neighborhood House on Monday, March 23 from 6:30-8 PM in Belmont Cragin for a community town hall on what the ACLU, Onward House, and our partners are doing in response to the federal abuse of power from the Trump administration and what role you can play ... 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 Evanston

Dawes Park, Sheridan Road and Lake Ave, Evanston, IL

March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m. - March 28, 2026, noon

Rally and march. Register here: https://bit.ly/NOKINGS3EVANSTON... More

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings Chicago

Grant Park

March 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

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

No Kings No Dictators

Rotary Green, Elk Grove Village, IL

March 28, 2026, 3 p.m. - March 28, 2026, 5 p.m.

Music / Rally / March... 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

Rally for TRANS VISIBILITY

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

April 4, 2026, 1 p.m.

What Do We Do When Trans Rights Are Under Attack?... 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

25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St, Chicago

April 11, 2026, 5 p.m. - April 25, 2026, 10 a.m.

Save the date for the 25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival! We look forward to seeing you all @filmcenter April 11-April 25!... 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

Peaceful Careers Youth Job Fair

1727 S. Indiana Ave, Ste G02A, Chicago

April 18, 2026, noon - April 18, 2026, 3 p.m.

Does your organization have internships, apprenticeships, fellowships, volunteer opportunities, seasonal, part or full time positions available for young people? Are you an organization that has a commitment to building a better world and are looking to connect with/hire youth? If so, join our... More

Clear Your Record, Change Your Future

2100 N Kildare, Chicago

April 18, 2026, noon - April 18, 2026, 3 p.m.

Clear your record. Change your future. Everyone deserves a second chance. Join us for a Free Expungement and Record Sealing Clinic where individuals can receive guidance and legal support to move forward without the weight of past mistakes. Our team will provide eligibility checks, expungement... More

Free Dr. Abu Safiya

Virtual

April 18, 2026, 5 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE: Join us on April 18th for a virtual event commemorating Palestinian Political Prisoners Day! Our webinar aims to shed light on the case of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was abducted by the Israeli Occupation Forces after the raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was... More

The ACLU Lunch

Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago

April 21, 2026, 11 a.m. - April 21, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

We’re thrilled to announce that our 2026 ACLU Lunch will feature scholar and legal analyst @profmmurray on the most pressing issues facing our country and the fight ahead. Purchase your ticket in our bio link! Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at the New York Un... More

Earth's Greatest Enemy

Lincoln Lodge, 2040 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

April 22, 2026, 6 p.m.

Join us for an Earth Day screening of Earth's Greatest Enemy, a documentary exposé of the world's biggest—and most unaccountable—polluter: the US military. Learn the environmental cost of having a military Empire. RSVP here: https://www.codepink.org/egechi3 Tickets can be purchased at the link... 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

Arab Youth Summer School

TBA

May 22, 2026, 9 a.m. - May 26, 2026, 5 p.m.

LAST WEEK TO APPLY! Apply by 2/22/2026. Join us for 5 days of political education to strengthen our organising for Palestine. Together, we’ll analyse the current moment, draw lessons from our history, and build power for the next phase of our struggle. With cultural and outdoor programming wov... 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

AWAN Conference 2026

TBA

July 11, 2026, 9 a.m. - July 12, 2026, 9 p.m.

A year ago we officially founded the Anti War Action Network. We have now grown to 27 affiliates who work together on national days of action to grow the anti war movement, and pressure to end aid to Israel and to demand an end to US intervention in Venezuela. Mark your calendars for July 11 & 12... More