2nd Annual Heal on the Farm

Arab Chicago Farm, 24724 W. 104th Ave, Frankfort, IL

Aug. 16, 2025, 1 p.m. - Aug. 16, 2052, 8 p.m.

Games / food / animals / music / art workshops $15 per adult & $10 per child. TIME LISTED IS SIMPLY A PLACE-HOLDER. Register at the link below.... More

Vis Vas Community Fundraiser for OCAD

Side Practice Coffee, 5139 N. Damen Ave, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 11 a.m. - Aug. 16, 2025, 1 p.m.

VISVAS /ˈvēvə/ : long live; used to express acclaim or support Join us this Saturday, August 16th from 11AM - 1PM at @sidepractice.coffee for a morning of uplifting sounds, ube lattes, and a space of unity in movement through dancing in support of @ocadchicago We’re having a coffee for a cau... More

Fight the Trump Takeover

Wrigley Square (in Millennium Park), 201 E Randolph St, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 11 a.m.

The outrageous Texas power grab by Donald Trump and his fellow thugs is a political emergency with national implications. Through their brazen attempt to gerrymander 5 Congressional seats into the Republican column, they are undermining fair elections, silencing voters of color, and attacking our co... More

Back-2-School Summer Jam!

Chicago Teachers Union Center, 1901 W. Carroll Street, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m. - Aug. 16, 2025, 3 p.m.

Save the date! You’re invited to the Chicago Teachers Union’s Back-to-School Summer Jam! This event will bring together students, parents, community organizations, educators, elected officials and others who want to make sure that returning students have all that they need to make sure the up... More

Free2Move Brake Light Repair Event

O'Reilly Auto Parts, 3310 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m. - Aug. 16, 2025, 2 p.m.

Brake Light Out? We’ve Got You Covered! Join us for the Free2Move Brake Light Repair Event and avoid unnecessary stops. Don't get pulled over. Get powered up. * Free brake light repairs * Community safety resources Register at the link below.... More

Protest the Chicago Aggression & War Show

Fullerton Beach by the LSD pedestrian overpass, Chicago

Aug. 16, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

Join us in protesting the Chicago Aggression and War Show! We will be meeting at Fullerton Beach and marching south to Navy Pier and back. Bring signs or banners to show your discontent with military spending, military pollution, or the US complicity in the Gazan genocide. It will be a hot, sunny da... More

The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up

Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak, Chicago

Aug. 15, 2025, 6 p.m.

Join us for a screening and discussion of ‘The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up’ to commemorate Black August! This 2023 film details the events that took place on February 1st, 1985 when two political prisoners, John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter, took action to save another man’s lif... More

Film Screening - Spook Who Sat by the Door

Mama Africa's Marketplace, 2100 E. 71st St, Chicago

Aug. 15, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

A film screening / talkback of the film Spook who sat by the Door with an emphasis on analyzing radical films with a decolonial lens. Engage with your community in shared struggle against the white supremacist capitalist empire that is the architect of this society.... More

Stand for Veterans - Stand for Unions

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Ave, Chicago

Aug. 15, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

Rally with VA workers, veterans, union members, families, and allies. Veterans and the dedicated union members who work at the VA are under attack. Join us across the street of the Damen entrance of the JBVA Medical Center as part of our nationwide "Stand for Veterans, Stand for Unions" day of ac... More

What Would Socialism in US Look Like?

Aug. 14, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

We’re continuing our Socialist Reconstruction study at Restoried Bookshop! With the abrupt closure of Weiss Hospital in Uptown after being cut from Medicare and Medicaid, it is clear that our public health infrastructure faces serious risks when in the hands of corporations. Join us to analyze... More

“Whose Speech is Free?” – Public Square Conversation

Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

Aug. 14, 2025, 5:45 p.m. - Aug. 14, 2025, 9 p.m.

Lines keep being crossed in the suppression of speech. From our schools and workplaces, to our streets and cyberspaces, U.S. leaders have signaled that there is no limit to how intimidation, retribution and violence will be used to silence dissent. These tactics threaten to further hobble human and ... More

No Racist Policing!

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

Aug. 14, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

EMERGENCY ACTION JOIN US THIS THURSDAY, 8/14, 5:30pm in Federal Plaza! We are coming together to fight back against Trump deploying the National Guard in D.C. This attack against the people paves the way for Martial Law and will expose our communities to advanced, militarized, racist policing. ... More

Labor Rights Workshop (en espanol)

Arise Chicago, 1700 W. Hubbard Street, Chicago

Aug. 13, 2025, 6 p.m.

Now more than ever, we must learn about our rights as immigrant workers! Rights we don't know about, rights we lose Come and learn how to defend your rights as an immigrant worker: * Salary Increases * Stopping Workplace Harassment * Health and Safety at Work * No to Sexual Harassment *... More

IMAN Youth Forum

IMAN, 2755 W. 63rd Street, Chicago

Aug. 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - Aug. 13, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) presents community conversations, artistic expression and resistance.... More

Vigil for Gaza

151 N. Franklin Street, Chicago

Aug. 13, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

Join us for our weekly vigil for the children of Gaza. We meet at the McNally Headquarters, complicit actors invested in genocide. We demand McNally divest! McNally is invested in the mercenary company Safe Reach Solutions (SRS), which contracts with the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation... More

Emergency Protest & Memorial

Daley Plaza, corner of N. Dearborn Street and Washington Street, Chicago

Aug. 12, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

Bring pots, pans, flowers, and letters to honor all Palestinian martyrs.... More

Scab Trump Bans EPA Union

Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn Streets, Chicago

Aug. 12, 2025, noon

On Saturday the Trump @epagov led by @leezeldin announced they will unilaterally shut down our union, and our contract. This isn’t the first time they’ve tried to bust our union and take away our rights. And just like every time before, we will fight them every step of the way. Please come sta... More

Ride for Palestine

Start at the Lincoln statue, 2045 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago -- end at La Ronda, 3400 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago

Aug. 11, 2025, 9:30 p.m.

Bring food to grill, pit stop at Jewel Ride with us in solidarity and resistance! Bring your flags, keffiyehs, signs, and spirit—let’s take the streets together. 🇵🇸 FREE Palestinian flags for the first 17 bikes with flag poles! No pole? No problem—reuse a broomstick, branch, PVC pipe, or a... More

Rural Rising Revisited

On-line.

Aug. 11, 2025, 7 p.m.

The Struggle to be Counted - Voting Rights Are Under Attack. Learn the history. Hear the call. Get into good trouble. Stand up for democracy film & conversation on voting rights. Join us for an inspiring evening on August 11th at 7pm as we present a special screening of Mr. Portlock’s powerful... More

ICE Out of Chicago

Meet next to the driveway at the northwest corner of 101 W. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago

Aug. 11, 2025, 9 a.m. - Aug. 11, 2025, 10 a.m.

Every week DHS agents leave the ICE Field Office to terrorize and kidnap our loved ones and neighbors across Chicago. Join autonomous Chicagoans in a surge effort to signal that we will not stand by while they do this!... More