Students All Out for Palestine
Israeli Consulate in Chicago, 500 W. Madison Street, Chicago
May 9, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
The student intifada is now! The Israeli Consulate has sent their genocidal representatives to our schools. This is a call for all students and community members to join us in a rally this Friday at the Israeli consulate to demand the end to the genocide, and the end to repression of the first am... More
Growing Up in Palestine
Oak Park Public Library, 835 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL (easily accessible via the Green Line)b
May 7, 2025, 7 p.m. - May 7, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
Please join Chicago Irish for Palestine and the Seraj Library Project next Wednesday, May 7th, from 7-8:30PM, at the Oak Park Public Library, for a very special and FREE education and cultural program: “Growing Up in Palestine”! Learn what it is like to grow up in the West Bank from pictures, storie... More
Love in a F*cked Up World
Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena, Chicago
May 7, 2025, 6:30 p.m.
Dean Spade in conversation with Eman Abdelhadi. Live stream is available... More
Reparations Won Teen Arts Council Showcase
Green Line Performing Arts, 329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago
May 6, 2025, 6 p.m. - May 6, 2025, 8 p.m.
Since the fall of 2024, survivors Michelle Clopton, Stanley Howard, and Carl Williams have acted as local partners for the Arts + Public Life‘s Teen Arts Council to share their experiences as survivors and to support the young people with their culminating creative project. The Teen Arts Council is ... More
Community Party - #ReparationsWON 10th Anniversary
Walls Turned Sideways, 2717 W Madison St, Chicago
May 6, 2025, 6 p.m. - May 6, 2025, 9 p.m.
Celebrate the anniversary with us and our friends at Walls Turned Sideways, an art gallery, studio, & community space dedicated to artists and communities impacted by incarceration with a focus on collective liberation, healing, and abolition. We’ll have food, drinks, raffles, games, and more! The g... More
10 Years of Reparations Won
Ovation Chicago, 2324 W. Fulton Street, Chicago
May 6, 2025, 11 a.m. - May 6, 2025, 2 p.m.
Much of the momentum that supported the hard-fought battle for reparations in Chicago came from the rise of the movement for Black lives, which was thriving in 2015. Since then, we have experienced the rise of many barriers to radical change that are not necessarily new but have gained significant m... More
Connecting Threads: An Open Conversation on Marginalization & Machismo Within Organizing Spaces
University of Chicago, LGBTQ Lounge, Center for Identity + Inclusion, 5710 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
May 5, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - May 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Join the Gender & Sexuality Committee for an open conversation on personal experience and overarching themes of marginalization and machismo within organizing spaces. Who goes unrecognized and who takes credit and why? Come for raspados and stay for the conversation!... More
Youth Town Hall
Mosque Foundation, 7360 W. 93rd Street, Bridgeview, IL
May 4, 2025, 1:10 p.m.
Addressing how to support our student on campus amid increased anxiety, recent FBI raids, and visa revocations. Join us this Sunday, May 4th at 1:10 PM (post-Dhuhr) for a critical conversation on how to support our students and young adults during these challenging times. We’ll be addressing: ... More
Bus Tour - 10 Years of Reparations Won
Tour starts and ends at 5520 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago
May 4, 2025, 11 a.m.
This bus tour will kick off and end at the Memorial’s future site in Washington Park and will take us to sites relevant to reparations history, Black history, and the history of Washington Park. The tour will be led by Chicago historian Dilla Thomas and hosted by Mahogany Tours. Dilla is a modern hi... More
Grand Jury Resistance Training
Casa De Cultura in the Pilsen neighborhood, 2057 W. 18th St, Chicago
May 3, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - May 3, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
With the Trump administration announcing plans to target pro-Palestine protesters and organizations under “terrorism” designations, it is critical that communities learn about what those tools look like in practice. Like everyone else, Lucy Parsons Labs is concerned with the growing repression and r... More
Celebrate May Day at Haymarket House
Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago
May 3, 2025, 3 p.m.
Chicago! Join us for an afternoon of camaraderie, delicious food (including vegetarian and vegan options), and refreshments as we celebrate May Day and the long tradition of resistance it represents. In this volatile moment we are more grateful than ever for our Haymarket House community.... More
End the Deportations Now!
Rose Park (formerly Belvidere Park) 412 S Lewis Ave, Waukegan, IL
May 3, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
In commemoration of May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, we are going to be demonstrating for the rights of workers and immigrants here in Lake County! Trump and the billionaires are on a rampage against our rights, our workplaces, and our families. Deportation is being used as a we... More
Radical STEM Hangout
University of Chicago Main Quad, between S. Ellis & S. University, and between E. 57th & E. 59th, Chicago
May 3, 2025, noon - May 3, 2025, 3 p.m.
Calling all University of Chicago STEM alumni! Join us May 3rd on the main quad for a Radical Stem hangout. We reject the illusion that our work in STEM fields can be separated from its material impacts. If you're against powering apartheid, surveillance or the war machine, join us AFK! Meet u... More
Black and Brown Unity March
1501 W. Randolph St, Chicago
May 3, 2025, noon
Stop the Trump agenda.... More
Internationalist Law Center Fundraiser
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May 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m. - May 2, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
The Internationalist Law Center is holding a grassroots fundraiser in Chicago on May 2 to support its historic lawsuit against Palm Beach County’s 700 million dollar investment in Israel Bonds, a major source of funding for weapons used in the occupation of Palestine. This event is part of a seri... More
From Palestine to Chicago - Linking the Global to the Local
Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
May 2, 2025, 6 p.m. - May 2, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
This U of C Alumni Weekend, ditch University programming an join UChicago Alumni for Palestine for a panel on what it means to repair the University's impact on the Southside and defend each other from retaliation and deportation. Light dinner will be provided. Open to all. Mask up and bring a frien... More
May Day Solidarity Concert
Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
May 1, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
May Day Benefit Show to Support Migrant Families Come out to Cole’s Bar on Thursday, May 1 to fight back against Trump’s attacks on the immigrant community! All proceeds will go to El Comedor Comunitario, a local community kitchen run by and for newly arrived immigrants. This autonomously run ... More
All Power to the People!
Rockwell on the River, 3057 N. Rockwell Street, Chicago
May 1, 2025, 6 p.m. - May 1, 2025, 10 p.m.
Celebrating 10 years of Independent Political Power. Join 33rd Ward Working Families and United Neighbors of the 35th Ward to honor a decade of building people power in our communities. We will feature presentations from local leaders, an award ceremony, food, music, drinks, and more! You can res... More
Hope & Art
Lyric Opera House, 20 N Wacker Dr, Chicago
May 1, 2025, 6 p.m.
Join IPP for a special night at the Lyric Opera House to explore the deep connection between art and hope. This free event includes a short 🎶 musical performance by a Lyric artist; a screening 📽️ of In Their Hands, a powerful new documentary about IPP client Ronnie Carrasquillo; and artwork 🎨 by for... More
May Day Mega March!
Union Park, Ashland Avenue & Randolph Street, Chicago
May 1, 2025, 11 a.m.
Organized by a coalition of young and veteran immigrant rights organizers, The Resistance Council in Defense of the Immigrant. Among the Council's leadership are long-standing grassroots organizers Jorge Mujica and Omar Lopez. Mujica was a lead organizer of Chicago's one million-strong "Mega Marc... More