Chicago Activism Hub

Legal Support Hotlines:

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

No New Prisons Teach-in

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

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

Join organizers from the No New Prisons Illinois campaign for a teach-in dedicated to preventing the construction of new state prisons in Illinois. In 2024, Governor Pritzker allocated $900 million of Illinois residents' tax dollars to rebuild two prisons, intending to replace Stateville and Log... More

Live From the Frontlines

7421 S. South Chicago Ave, Chicago

Aug. 20, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

A panel organized by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Panelists: * Khaleed London, New Afrikan activist * Nino Brown, Party for Socialism & Liberation * Jasmine, Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression * Dixon Romero, Southside Together * Hondo, Malcolm X Grassroots Moveme... More

Elgin Conoce tus Derechos! / Elgin Know Your Rights!

Gail Borden Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. Elgin, IL

Aug. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join us for a special talk aimed at the Town of Elgin: Know Your Rights. Here we not only examine our civil rights as immigrants, but how to protect ourselves in the chamba and how to exercise our religious rights to shield ourselves. There will also be performances, resources, and an invitation to ... More

Having Hard Conversations: Discussing Religious Nationalisms in an Interfaith Context

Wesley United Methodist Church, 21 E Franklin Ave, Naperville, IL

Aug. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 20, 2025, 9 p.m.

Part of a series on Countering the Rising Scourge of Religious Nationalisms. Other sessions at other venues include "Gaza and the Settlements Through the Lens of Religious Nationalisms" on 8/17, "Countering Misogyny and Patriarchal underpinnings of Religious Nationalisms. Jewish, Muslim, Christia... More

Eternos Indocumentados: Central American Refugees in the United States

Shared upon registration.

Aug. 20, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join us for a night of storytelling, history, and organizing around Eternos Indocumentados directed by Jennifer A. Cárcamo, a documentary which lays bare the root causes of forced migration from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, as well as the US practice of inhumane refugee incarceration. A cou... More

Pints & Progress - A Conversation with Chicago's Labor Leaders

Ten Cat Tavern, 3931 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago

Aug. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 20, 2025, 8 p.m.

Join the 47th Ward Democrats on Wednesday, August 20, from 6:00-8:00pm @tencatchicago! Chicago's history and modern day is defined by unions and union members. Come by on Wednesday to see what the labor movement looks like today! Speakers include: * Don Villar, Secretary Treasurer, Chicago Feder... More

Vigil for Gaza

Northwest corner of Michigan Ave and Wacker Drive, Chicago

Aug. 20, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

Join us for our weekly vigil for the children of Gaza. We will meet downtown at Michigan and Wacker to make sure that we are getting the message out to as many of our fellow Chicagoans as possible: Chicago stands with Palestine! Vigils will continue weekly as long as our tax dollars are fundi... More

When Silence Starves: An Evening of Literary Solidarity with Gaza

On-line

Aug. 19, 2025, 1 p.m.

Join poets, authors, and activists for an online fundraiser to raise money for mutual aid efforts in Gaza. RSVP at the link below. Join us for an evening of poetry and readings to raise money for vital mutual aid efforts in Gaza. As the zionist occupation - backed by the US, Britain and their ... More

Countering Misogyny and Patriarchal underpinnings of Religious Nationalisms. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Hindu perspectives

First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington, Chicago

Aug. 18, 2025, 6 p.m. - Aug. 18, 2025, 9 p.m.

Part of a series on Countering the Rising Scourge of Religious Nationalisms. Other sessions at other venues include "Gaza and the Settlements Through the Lens of Religious Nationalisms" on 8/17, "Having Hard Conversations: Discussing Religious Nationalisms in an Interfaith Context" on 8/20, and "... More

Film Screening - "Attica"

Sulzer Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Aug. 18, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

History of the US prison movement. Get involved and join us as we stand with the people facing the American nightmare! DM for details. #daretostruggle #chicagoprotest #jailkillercops #chicago #blackaugust #georgejackson #falconbowl #milwaukee #milwaukeehardcore... More

Attica Documentary Screening

Sulzer Chicago Public Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago

Aug. 18, 2025, 5 p.m. - Aug. 18, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

Screening and discussion of the 1974 documentary film ATTICA. The documentary explores the conditions and political significance of the Attica rebellion, when inmates at the Attica State Prison rose up, revolted, and shook the world in the process. As we prepare to protest alongside inmates at Cook ... More

Liberation Social - Black August - Black as Resistance

14 N. May Street, Aurora, IL

Aug. 17, 2025, 3 p.m. - Aug. 17, 2025, 6 p.m.

Our liberation social this month will be focused on Black August. Come learn about what exactly Black August is! We have an educational and interactive agenda prepared. As always we will have a potluck style food for all to eat, please label! We also welcome donations to help with the Community Frid... More

Battle of Ideas

On-line.

Aug. 17, 2025, noon

From London to Chicago, join us as we collectively explore the history as well as the significance of revolutionary art across Palestine (Part 1) from the late 1800s to 2025 while using this opportunity to understand how Israel, like many other things, attempts to steal Palestinian artistic symbols,... More

Gaza and the Settlements Through the Lens of Religious Nationalisms

First United Methodist Church, 516 Church Street, Evanston, IL

Aug. 17, 2025, noon - Aug. 17, 2025, 3 p.m.

Part of a series on Countering the Rising Scourge of Religious Nationalisms. Other sessions at other venues include "Countering Misogyny and Patriarchal underpinnings of Religious Nationalisms. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Hindu perspectives" on 8/18, "Having Hard Conversations: Discussing Reli... More

Close the Broadview ICE Facility Campaign

Casa Michocan, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago

Aug. 17, 2025, noon

Teach-in. RSVP at the link below.... More

Brave Space Alliance Dignity Dash 5k

AIDS Garden, just south of Belmont Avenue and the lakefront, Chicago

Aug. 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

Running for our lives! The news is out — this August, Brave Space Alliance will be hosting our first ever Dignity Dash 5k! This event is more than a race... it's a movement. Our first ever charity 5K centers the lives and legacies of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and invite... More

Movie Night - 'The Encampments'

Nesh Mediterranean Grill, 110 S. Wells Street, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 6 p.m.

PAL is back with our movie series, this time highlighting the film “The Encampments.” A year and a half ago, the world witnessed the escalation of the movement for Palestine with the rise of the student solidarity encampments for Gaza all over the globe. Although the encampments were temporary, t... More

Stop the Genocide!

343 N. Michigan Ave (Michigan Ave & Wacker Dr), Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

Protest & March. Our protests continue this Saturday with our demands: Stop the genocide, end ALL U.S. aid to Israel!... More

Winning People-Centered Policies in the Age of Constitutional Collapse

On-line

Aug. 16, 2025, 2 p.m.

Join this Marguerite Casey Foundation Summer School session to hear how local tenant unions and housing justice movements are reimagining a better future. We can’t rely on the Constitution or the courts to deliver for the people—but from rent-striking tenants to movements defying empire, everyday... More