'The Encampments: Inside America's Student Uprising'
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 3519 N Clark St, Chicago. Also showing at Marcus, Orland Park, IL
April 4, 2025, 4:15 p.m. - April 8, 2025, 7 p.m.
“The Encampments” is premiering in CHICAGO this weekend (4/4) at @alamochicago & OP Marcus Theatre! This incredible film captures the student-led encampments at Columbia that ignited the global movement against the genocide in Gaza. Join the nationwide premiere and get your tickets now. Frida... More
Gaza Unbreakable: Teach-in Exposing the UofC Board of Trustees and Their Investments
The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, 5733 S University Ave, Community Room 105, Chicago
April 4, 2025, 3 p.m. - April 4, 2025, 4 p.m.
After 16 months of committing genocide, the Zionist entity has unilaterally broken the ceasefire agreement and resumed indiscriminate bombing of Gaza while continuing to deny entry of food and aid into the strip. But the people of Gaza are unwavering and will never leave their land. Gaza is unbreaka... More
'From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza' film screening
Film Studies Center, University of Chicago, Cobb Hall Room 307, 5811 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago
April 3, 2025, 7 p.m. - April 3, 2025, 9 p.m.
After 16 months of committing genocide, the Zionist entity has unilaterally broken the ceasefire agreement and resumed indiscriminate bombing of Gaza while continuing to deny entry of food and aid into the strip. But the people of Gaza are unwavering and will never leave their land. Gaza is unbreaka... More
SJP's 7th Annual Palfest
Illinois Institute for Technology, Hermann Hall, 3241 S. Federal Street, Chicago
April 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Celebrate Palestinian culture at the SJP-IIT's 7th annual Palfest! Palestinian food / dabke performance / henna / live traditional music / photo booth / and more!... More
Court Support Training With Mark Clements
Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W. Madison Street, Chicago
April 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - April 3, 2025, 7 p.m.
Court support provides an opportunity to stand with someone as they undergo a very isolating experience. It's helpful in building relationships, deocumenting Court, and showing the state that those being subject to the legal system have people who care what happens to them. This can have a favor... More
The Student Movement is Here to Stay!
Lincoln Park Student Center (Statue Side), 2350 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago
April 3, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Join SJP DePaul in front of the Student Center to protest Isr*el’s breach of the ceasefire, the continued genocide in Gaza, and the illegal detention of activists by ICE under the new authoritarian administration. SJP DePaul has continued to resist suppression for the past 15 years since it was f... More
Dismantling Imperialism from an Afro Perspective
The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, 5733 S University Ave, Community Room 105, Chicago
April 2, 2025, 7:30 p.m. - April 2, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
This quarter, we are exploring some current anti-imperialist struggles spearheaded by African people, from the diaspora to the continent. We will discuss the liberation struggle of the Saharwi people and connect it to Africans’ commitment to fight any form of occupation. We will talk about the US oc... More
Fighting Repression & Fighting for Palestine
Alahambra Palace, 1240 W. Randolph St, Chicago
April 2, 2025, 7 p.m. - April 2, 2025, 9 p.m.
Calling on all Arab youth to join the PYM for our next meeting next Wednesday April 2 from 7-9pm at Alhambra Palace Restaurant. What’s next for our movement as we confront a brutal siege, ground invasion, and relentless bombing of Gaza—all while also facing repression from the Trump administrati... More
Civil Servants Speak Out! Department of Education!
Chicago Teachers Union or Zoom
March 31, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - March 31, 2025, 7 p.m.
The Chicago Jobs with Justice Workers’ Rights Board and the Chicago Federation of Labor host a *free public hearing* to learn about what the Department of Education provide to the public, what the workers’ experiences have been, and what changes the massive reduction in the work force will cause you... More
Civil Servants Speak Out!
Chicago Teachers Union, 1901 W. Carroll Ave, Chicago
March 31, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - March 31, 2025, 7 p.m.
The Chicago Jobs With Justice Workers' Rights Board and the Chicago Federation of Labor host a free public hearing to learn about what the Department of Education provides to the public, what the workers' experiences have been, and what changes the massive reduction in the workforce will cause you.W... More
Rally for Trans Visibility!
Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborns Streets, Chicago
March 30, 2025, 1 p.m.
Transgender Day of Visibility is a time to celebrate the strength, resilience, and accomplishments of transgender and nonbinary individuals. This year, we’re taking action one day early and gathering to demand visibility, justice, and equality. On Sunday, March 30, 2025, we’ll gather at 1:00 PM at F... More
Soup Night: Emerge + Regrow, Reuse, Reconvene
Palmisano Park, 2700 S. Halsted Street, Chicago
March 29, 2025, 4 p.m. - March 29, 2025, 7 p.m.
Let's slow down & tend to the center of our work: our relationships with one another. Gather with comrades to shre soup, talk about organizing questions, & build connections.... More
March for Land Day
Water Tower Park, Michigan Ave & Pearson St, Chicago
March 29, 2025, 1 p.m.
This Saturday, prepare to take to the streets on the weekend of Land Day to remind the world that Palestine is our land, from the river to the sea! 🇵🇸 Over the last 18 months, we have seen Israel subject the people of Gaza and the West Bank to horrifying conditions—relentless bombings, forced dis... More
45th Anniversary Fundraiser for Centro Infantil Consuelo Corretjer
Roberto Clemente Academy, Division & Western Avenues, Chicago
March 29, 2025, 12:45 p.m.
This year we celebrate the 45th anniversary of Centro Infantil Consuelo Corretjer with a fundraiser show for the whole family. The Consuelo Lee Corretjer Childcare Center has raised generations of our children here in Humboldt Park, and they hope to continue to do so! Show your support for this comm... More
The Sanctuary Movement - What Past Mobilizing Can Teach Us
University Church, 5655 S. University Ave, Chicago
March 28, 2025, 7 p.m.
Join a panel of sanctuary activists and scholars to discuss the past, present, and future of sanctuary in the United States. For more than forty years, people of faith have organized their houses of worship and their cities into sanctuary spaces for those at risk of detention and deportation. Th... More
A Poem for Entangled Living Activation
Watershed Art and Ecology, 1821 S. Racine Ave, Chicago
March 28, 2025, 6 p.m. - March 29, 2025, 6 p.m.
A public, interactive, art show to co-create the Chicago edition of a Poem for Entangled Living. We will be bringing A Poem for Entangled Living to Watershed Art and Ecology in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago from March 23rd-30th for a week of programming culminating in interactive art shows o... More
Chicago March for Al-Quds & Palestine
Israeli Consulate, 500 W. Madison St, Chicago, followed by a march to Daley Plaza
March 28, 2025, 4 p.m.
Join us for a march in support of Al Quds and Palestine. The event will bring together various community organizations to stand in unity and solidarity.... More
Suicide Prevention for the Palestinian Community
March 28, 2025, 11 a.m.
Virtual class, registration info below. As we are in the second year of Israel's latest and horrific iteration of their ongoing genocide of Palestinians, our community has seen mental health crises amongst all who stand with Palestine. No one has suffered more from this other than Palestinian an... More
Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care
Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W. 18th Street, Chicago
March 27, 2025, 7 p.m.
Join us as we welcome Nafis Hasan for the store for a talk on his new book Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care, a bold rethinking of cancer as a biological phenomenon, an indictment of science that serves capitalism, and a radical vision of liberated health... More
Public Square Conversations: Pillars of Democracy
Lake Street Church, 1450 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
March 27, 2025, 6 p.m. - March 27, 2025, 8 p.m.
The upheaval we are experiencing as a society has left many individuals and communities wondering what they can do to uphold the pillars of our democracy. Join us for the second Public Square Conversation on Thursday, March 27 at 6 pm for a discussion of this and other questions: • What are the pil... More