- ICIRR (for immigration-related arrests and ICE sightings): 855-435-7693
- NLG Hotline (if you are arrested at a protest or for political activity): 872-465-4244
- Cook County Public Defender hotline (if you are arrested in Chicago or any other city or town in Cook County): 844-817-4448
- First Defense Legal Aid Hotline (to report police, federal law enforcement, or national guard misconduct): 800-529-7374
Know Your Rights Canvass - Palenque Community Defense
Palenque LSNA, 2840 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Oct. 2, 2025, 10 a.m. - Oct. 2, 2025, noon
Meet at our office for quick canvassing training and to pick up materials before we head out into our communities. We keep us safe. 10 am to 11 am and 11 am to 12 noon... More
Workers Over Billionaires Mass Call
On-line.
Oct. 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Join frontline organizers from Los Angeles to Chicago ** Jodan Peña, Centro CSO/SCDC ** Daniela Rodriguez, Executive Directo of MESE ** Kat Zamarron, Chicago Teachers Union The fight for community defense is growing stronger. Join organizers from LA, Chicago & Georgia as they share strategie... More
LUX presents Privacy & Eroticism with Carta Monir, Kate Wagner and Asya Sağnak
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Oct. 1, 2025, 7 p.m. - Oct. 1, 2025, 8 p.m.
Do you ever feel like someone’s watching you? Fretting over the collapse of private life into public life, of how social media enables us to internalize casual surveillance of ourselves and others? Or do you think it’s maybe kind of hot? This panel will host contemporary conversations about surveill... More
Free Devon Daniels!
Will County Courthouse, Judge Colón-Sayre's court room, 100 W. Jefferson St, Joliet, IL
Oct. 1, 2025, 12:30 p.m.
Come out to support Devon -- a father, son and artist -- who is wrongfully convicted. He's been locked up for 28 years too long! Devon was forced to sign a confession by Kris Kato, a notorious Chicago police detective who is married to a Cook County criminal court judge. At least 50 men have accu... More
Striking Mauser Workers' Rally & Press Conference
Mauser Headquarters, 1515 W. 22nd St, Oak Brook, IL
Oct. 1, 2025, 11 a.m.
Join strike Mauser Teamsters, Teamsters Local 705, political leaders, and community members for a rally and march on the boss to tell Mauser it's time to listen to their workers and deliver a fair contract! Fighting for safe working conditions, living wages and contract language to prevent ICE f... More
Free Lakesha Harris! Self-defense is not a crime!
Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago
Oct. 1, 2025, 10 a.m.
Lakesha Harris has been inside Cook County Jail for more than 9 months where she has been forced to endure the horrifying conditions at CCJ. Those 9 months of her life have been stolen by this system, where she has missed her children's birthdays, graduations, and enjoying time with her family. ... More
La Villita Migra Watch
Meet at La Villita Park, 2700 S. Whipple St, Chicago
Oct. 1, 2025, 8 a.m.
We Keep Us Safe! Bring your whistle or airhorn to make noise and protect our community! Bring your: friend, bike, scooter, skateboard, skates, walking shoes.... More
Bread & Puppet's Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus
TBD
Sept. 30, 2025, 7 p.m. - Sept. 30, 2025, 9 p.m.
Ladles and Jellyspoons! The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus returns to Chicago with Anti-Empire Art that acknowledges our beloved Mother Dirt, who makes us and unmakes us, and who presents urgently needed domestic resurrection services for the victims of this latest genocide. We are joined by Pal... More
Women's Writers Showcase with the Guild Complex
Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago
Sept. 30, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Sept. 30, 2025, 8 p.m.
Join us for a a special event with the Guild Complex featuring six new books by six amazing, local self-identifying women authors. Join us for a a special event with the Guild Complex featuring six new books by six amazing, local self- identifying women authors. These fiction, poetry and short st... More
Seeding AFIRE - Connecting Immigration, Labor & Citizenship
HANA Center, 4300 N. California Ave, Chicago
Sept. 30, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 30, 2025, 8 p.m.
Join us for Seeding AFIRE x Connecting Immigration, Labor, & Citizenship (Part 2)! We will be joined by Palenque LSNA, one of our partner organizations within ICIRR, for a community-focused Migra Watch (ICE Watch) Training. It is crucial for us to be armed and ready when our communities continue to ... More
Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism, Part 4
Wheaton Public Library, Meeting Room C, 225 N Cross St, Wheaton, IL
Sept. 30, 2025, 6 p.m. - Sept. 30, 2025, 8 p.m.
You’re Invited to a Transformative 5-Week Workshop Series! Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism with Nancy Roberts. Join us for an in-depth journey across five compelling sessions unpacking the historical, political, and spiritual dimensions of Palestine’s struggle through the l... More
South Side Community Dinner & Conversation on City Budget
Randolph Elementary School, 7316 S. Hoyne Street, Chicago
Sept. 30, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
It’s time to fight for a city budget that serves OUR communities and not billionaires. The big ugly bill cut services across the board while handing out tax breaks to the wealthy. We deserve better. We need more investment in youth jobs and programs, mental health services, and affordable housing... More
Chicago Say No ICE! No Troops
Wacker Drive & Michigan Ave, Chicago
Sept. 30, 2025, 5 p.m.
Emergency protest... More
Vigil for Gaza at Trump Tower
Trump Tower, 401 N. Wabash Ave, Chicago
Sept. 30, 2025, 4:30 p.m. - Sept. 30, 2025, 6 p.m.
Join us this Trump Tower to protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza! We meet weekly to reaffirm our steadfast solidarity and honor the lives lost in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. We reject Trump's threats of military occupation and ethnic cleansing, from Chicago to Palestine! Bring yo... More
West Side Meeting to Support The Public Health & Safety Campaign!
Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W. Madison St, Chicago
Sept. 28, 2025, 2 p.m. - Sept. 28, 2025, 4 p.m.
Too many Chicagoans have recently lost their jobs in violence prevention, case management, senior services, disease surveillance, mental health, or some other essential human service because the Chicago Department of Public Health is losing funding. Even people who do not work for CDPH directly are ... More
Ride for Palestine
Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St, Chicago
Sept. 28, 2025, noon
Dabke will be part of the ride. Dance. Ride. Resist. Free Palestinian flags for bikes with flag poles attached. Starts at Daley Plaza, ends at Sultans Market... More
Palestinian Assembly for Liberation Event for Kids of All Ages
Tinley Park (specific address will be emailed to you upon registration).
Sept. 28, 2025, noon
Art activities & storytime. Join us with your family in Tinley Park for an event filled with storytelling and art activities for kids of all ages! 🪁 Our programing includes a storytelling session of poems written by Dr. Refaat Alareer, who was a Palestinian writer, poet, translator, university... More
Northwestern U Disorientation Week
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Sept. 28, 2025, 9 a.m. - Oct. 4, 2025, 8 p.m.
(Dis)orientation Week 2025 is coming very soon! Disorientation Week is a week of raising consciousness and movement building about what Northwestern won’t teach us. Join us between September 28 - October 4, featuring organizations like UPEP, Fossil Free, SOLR, SJP, The Jasmine Collective, and more! ... More
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
No More Deportations
1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL
Sept. 27, 2025, 6 p.m.
Shut down the Broadview ICE facility. No more kidnapping of our neighbors.... More