- 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
Report Back from Palestine
Beit Al Turaath, 10500 SW Highway, Chicago Ridge, IL
Nov. 25, 2025, 6 p.m.
Calling all community members! This summer, youth organizers from our community traveled to Palestine for a trip rooted in resistance and the Right to Return. After two long years of genocide, our duty as Palestinians to reclaim our own Right to Return has never been more clear. Join us on Tue... More
Thanksgiving Meal Bags Distribution
3835 S. Washtenaw Ave, Chicago (pick up through the front parking lot of the school)
Nov. 25, 2025, 11 a.m.
Thanksgiving giveaway 🦃 We’ll be hosting a giveaway at Brighton Park Elementary this upcoming Tuesday. In this season of giving, we want to make sure to support our families in Brighton Park and ensure everyone has access to a Thanksgiving dinner. Meal bags will be distributed first come first... More
Rapid Response Training
Bessie Coleman Library, 731 E. 63rd St, Chicago
Nov. 24, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Join Southside Together for a Rapid Response training to learn more about how we can keep ourselves and our neighbors safe from ICE and other federal agents who continue to threaten our communities! Sign up at bit.ly/southsiderr... More
Queer Self Defense Class
Grace Church of Logan Square, 3325 W. Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Nov. 24, 2025, 6 p.m.
Community self defense class for queer folks and allies who want to learn to protect themselves! $15 suggested donation, trans folks fight for free.... More
SJP Chicago Open Mic!
Sada Cafe, 10366 S Harlem Ave Palos Hills, IL
Nov. 23, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Be sure to RSVP and sign up if you’re performing. We hope to see you there! Bring money for coffee, henna & raffles! RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdj4OwGhp5IwheQVI8hjZ7zYYnTXUcnBKjdScPZPLKzeB_KNQ/viewform Sign up to perform here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More
Chicago Dyke March Collective Virtual Recruitment Event
Virtual
Nov. 23, 2025, 6 p.m. - Nov. 23, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Getting to know us. Getting to know you. Getting involved in CDMC. Email [email protected] to register.... More
Spaces of Exception - the Native & the Refugee
Casa DuPage Workers Center, 311 S. Naperville Rd, Suite C Wheaton, IL
Nov. 23, 2025, 5 p.m.
oin us for a screening and discussion of ‘Spaces of Exception.’ 🇵🇸 This documentary explores the shared experiences of Native American and Palestinian communities as they navigate displacement, occupation, and the fight to protect their homelands.... More
Art for Gaza Fundraiser
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, 3 p.m. - Nov. 23, 2025, 8 p.m.
Pilsen Community Books invites you to join us for Art for Gaza, a community art sale and event featuring ceramics, prints, zines, textiles, and more by local artists, plus live music. This event is both a celebration of creative resistance and a fundraiser. All proceeds will go directly to a family ... More
Letter Packing for Prisoners
Sultan's Market, 2057 W. North Ave, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, 2 p.m.
Join us Sunday at Sultan's to prep the next issue Cracks to send in to Cook County Jail. Brings stamps and some helping hands! #cookcountyjail #chicago... More
Build the Mass Movement to Shut Down Trump's Agenda!
Rogers Park Public Library, 6907 N. Clark St, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
We’re building a mass movement to fight back and shut down Trump’s agenda. It’s time to get organized! Join us at our next organizing meeting on the North Side. 🗓️ Sunday, November 23 ⏰ 1:30 P.M. 📍Rogers Park Public Library (6907 N Clark St) ICE has been terrorizing the Northside for weeks, ... More
Community Know Your Rights Canvass
Back of the Yards Coffeehouse, 1621 W. 47th St, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, 1 p.m. - Nov. 23, 2025, 4 p.m.
Come join the Southwest Rapid Response Team and Brighton Park Neighborhood Council on Sunday, November 23rd for a community canvassing day ❤️🔥 We’ll talk to our neighbors, pass out Know Your Rights information, and continue to build our community resistance against ICE ❌🧊 REGISTER to let us k... More
Stand Up Fight Back
📍Riis Park, W Fullerton Ave & Meade Ave, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, noon
WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? 📣 Join us for another protest to fight for our community here in Belmont Cragin, Chicago. 🕜 12 PM 🗓️ November 23, 2025 📍Riis Park, W Fullerton Ave & Meade Ave Justice, peace, community: It's all worth fighting for. #5lapsforjustice #5LFJ... More
Migra Watch Training
2538 W. Division St, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, noon
We are joining the masses all over to grow our resistance and response to the defense of immigrant communities everywhere. JOIN US for another Migra Watch Training from CAARPR’s Immigrant Rights Working Committee! With continued ICE raids, kidnappings, lies and murder, it is our duty to defend... More
STAND UP, FIGHT BACK
Riis Park, Chicago
Nov. 23, 2025, noon
WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? 📣 Join us for a protest to fight for our community here in Belmont Cragin, Chicago. 🕜 12 PM 🗓️ November 23, 2025 📍Riis Park, W Fullerton Ave & Meade Ave Justice, peace, community: It's all worth fighting for. #5lapsforjustice #5LFJ... More
Know Your Rights Workshop - Response to ICE
MEC Banquet Hall, 8601 Menard Ave, Morton Grove, IL
Nov. 22, 2025, 1:30 p.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, 3:30 p.m.
Join CAIR-Chicago and the @muslimbarchgo this SATURDAY, November 22nd at Muslim Education Center (MEC) for an important Know Your Rights Workshop — open to ALL in the community. As dynamics with ICE continue to evolve, staying informed is essential. The presentation will be offered in English an... More
The Last Letter
UIC Art & Exhibition Hall, 400 S. Peoria, 5th floor, Chicago
Nov. 22, 2025, 1 p.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, 5 p.m.
The Illinois Department of Corrections has placed a temporary ban on physical mail via an emergency ruling by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR). Instead, mail is being scanned across all Illinois prisons, with those incarcerated no longer receiving mail directly from their loved one... More
Stories from Gaza
Virtual
Nov. 22, 2025, 11 a.m.
The Stories from Gaza Series is back for the month of November! 🇵🇸 We are honored to be hosting this month’s speaker— Akram Al Madhoon Join us for a conversation with Akram Al Madhoon, a Gaza Health Ministry official now directing clinics at Al Ahli Arab and Al-Shifa Hospitals after Israel des... More
Uptown-Sheridan Park Mutual Aid
Racine & Leland Avenues, Chicago (Uptown neigborhood)
Nov. 22, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, noon
We are hosting mutual aid pop ups in collaboration with other organizers in Chicago. Our first pop up is scheduled for Saturday November 22nd from 10am-12pm at the HAMOC Gift Shop located at Racine & Leland (Uptown). Food, clothing, winter gear, and masks will be available.. Come through! Take wh... More
Rally to Protest!
7500 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, IL In Front of The Chicago Bulk Mail Center Sign On Roosevelt Road (on the sidewalk in front of the Taco Bell)
Nov. 22, 2025, 10 a.m. - Nov. 22, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Join us for a peaceful, non-violent rally uniting postal workers, retirees, healthcare advocates, and community members in defense of America’s public institutions. From the U.S. Postal Service to Medicare, essential services that belong to the people are under attack through privatization, negle... More
Melted ICE
Annoyance Theater, 851 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago
Nov. 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 21, 2025, 9 p.m.
A comedy fundraiser for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights. Featuring: Ethan Conley-Keck, Jon Schwolsky and Nona Lee. With ICE terrorizing our communities, the time to push back is now! Join us for a laugh while raising money for Rapid Response teams. 100% of proceeds will b... More