Thank You for Fighting Genocide!

914 W. Fletcher Street, Chicago

Dec. 14, 2024, 6 p.m.

Join Progressive Labor Party to give thanks to those fighting the Palestinian genocide! Expect delicious food, rich political discussions, and fund raising for Gazans! All funds will go to the Grassroot Gaza Emergency Winter Campaign. Can't join but want to donate? Venmo: awfai / PayPal: areegfai... More

Voices From Gaza

Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive, Tinley Park, IL

Dec. 14, 2024, 6 p.m.

Join us for a special event featuring Dr. Mohammed Alkandari and Dr. Omar Althuwaini, who have just returned from their impactful journey to Gaza. Tickets $35. For more information, call 708-513-1023... More

What Does Solidarity With Palestine Look Like?

Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church, 405 S. Euclid Ave, Oak Park, IL

Dec. 14, 2024, 2 p.m. - Dec. 14, 2024, 4 p.m.

Panel discussion with: ** Rashid Khalidi ** Rabbi Brant Rosen ** Asha Ransby-Sporn ** Ricardo Gamboa... More

Organizing Meeting

Two Locations: Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak, Chicago Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago

Dec. 14, 2024, 1 p.m.

In the last two weeks alone, Trump has packed his incoming cabinet with billionaires and warhawks, signaling a full throttle attack on all the rights ordinary working class people have won through struggle. Our labor and civil rights are all in the sights of Trump’s billionaire agenda, while the Tru... More

Winter Coat Drive for Our Neighbors!

Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf Street, Chicago and United Working Families office, 6501 N. Western Ave, Chicago

Dec. 14, 2024, 11 a.m. - Dec. 14, 2024, 4 p.m.

We are collecting warm, weatherproof winter coats for our neighbors. Drop off new or gently used coats. Especially needed: Men's Coats sizes M, L, XL (up to 3XL) 11 am to 1 pm, Loyola Park Fieldhouse, 1230 W. Greenleaf Street, Chicago No coats on hand? We are also collecting funds to use to... More

Support Chicago’s Community Organizers!

Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena Ave, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2024, 8 p.m. - Dec. 13, 2024, 11 p.m.

A night of music to support local Palestinian organizing efforts! Join us for an unforgettable evening dedicated to raising funds for Chicago’s incredible community organizers. 🎶 Live DJs spinning jazzy and soulful tracks will set the mood for a night of connection, joy, and purpose. 🍹 Drinks:... More

Chicago: A History of Resistance

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2024, 7 p.m.

Please join us for a FREE event at @pilsencommunitybooks 12.13.2024 for the premier of CHICAGO - A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE music Video for “The Sower” a @chicagodcase 2024 Artist Grant project in collaboration with @dougdeanart @thisisindecline and @ryanbrandoff_photo_vid We will have panel discussion... More

Birth Emergency Skills Workshop

Chicago South Side Birth Center, 8301 S. Shore Drive, Chicago

Dec. 13, 2024, 5 p.m. - Dec. 13, 2024, 8 p.m.

We are so excited to partner with Ujimaa Medics to offer our second Birth Emergency Skills Workshop! This workshop is curated to help folx to provide unplanned but intentional support to birthing people experiencing spontaneous labor in unconventional situations. Please note this workshop doe... More

Intn'l Human Rights Day Art Build & Social

Cafe Del Sol, 53 S. Randall Road, North Aurora, IL

Dec. 12, 2024, 7 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2024, 9 p.m.

"No one is free until we are all free."... More

Tatreez Workshop

Gold Coast Cafe, 754 N. Clark Street, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for an evening of creativity and community at our Tatreez Workshop on December 12th at 6:30pm at Gold Coast Cafe. Materials will be provided for a sliding scale of $20-$40. General audience suggested donation: $10. All donations will go to support the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance.... More

LOUD & LIT UP!

136 N Western Ave, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m. - Dec. 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Free the Youth! Abolition Now! Let’s get LOUD AND LIT UP for incarcerated youth! Each year, we gather outside of IYC Chicago and Cook County JTDC to make some noise, show solidarity & support for our youth inside, and keep the pressure up to close all of IL’s youth prisons. Join us online or in pers... More

End Qualified Immunity

Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox, Chicago

Dec. 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

Please join us in solidarity when BLACK LIVES are under attack with RACIST OFFICERS are emboldened to murder us and participates of HATE GROUPS. Demand COPA Invesigate 9 Chicago Police Officers members of HATE GROUP: OATH KEEPERS. The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability w... More

Arab Youth Volunteer Meeting

PACC Office, 6450 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, IL

Dec. 11, 2024, 7 p.m.

Calling on all Palestinian and Arab youth in the Chicagoland area to join the Palestinian Youth Movement for our next volunteer meeting next Wednesday, December 11 from 7-9pm at the PACC office! As the brutal attacks and ongoing genocide against our people in Palestine and Lebanon persist, it is ... More

Palestinian Poet & Writer Mosab Abu Toha in Conversation with Chicago Activists

Co-Prosperity Chicago, 3219 S. Morgan Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 6 p.m.

Roundtable Series With the Hoodoisie presents Eman Abdelhadi and Ricardo Gamboa, in collaboration with Pilsen Community Books. Doors open at 6 pm. Masks recommended and provided at the door .... More

'The Hills' film screening

Hegewisch Library, 3048 E. 130th Street, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

On Chicago's Southeast Side, where the steel mills once operated, sits an abandoned toxic slog hill that's been harming people, wildlife, and waterways for decades. "The Hills" highlights the powerful return of nature despite toxic environmental concerns and connects legacy pollution to current envi... More

Heater Build for Our Homeless Neighbors

PO Box Collective, 6900 N. Glenwood, Chicago

Dec. 10, 2024, 5 p.m. - Dec. 10, 2024, 7 p.m.

Join Heater Bloc Chicago and Food Not Bombs to make safe tent heaters for our unhoused neighbors!... More

Surviving the Long Wars

Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago

Dec. 8, 2024, 3 p.m. - Dec. 8, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

Book release and exhibition closing. The Surviving The Long Wars organizing committee is excited to announce the release of Surviving the Long Wars: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire with the Chicago-based publisher BRIDGE Books. We will be hosting a book release in conjunction with the c... More

Resiliant Roots: Fundraiser for People With Disabilities in Palestine

Lorena's Banquet, 543 W. Lake Street, Addison, IL

Dec. 8, 2024, noon - Dec. 8, 2024, 6 p.m.

Join the American Civic and Humanitarian Coalition (ACHC) for Resilient Roots, a fundraiser dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities in Palestine. This event features a day filled with engaging activities, including arts and crafts, henna and face painting, live speakers, performances, ... More

Youth in Occupied Palestine: Before & Since 10/7

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

Dec. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.

Featuring Dr. Saida Affouneh, PhD from the West Bank. Dr. Affouneh is the Dean of Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, and the founder and diretor of the E-Learning Center at An-Najah National University. She pioneered the initiative to teach Palestinians in Gaza online after October 7, in con... More

Emergency Reproductive Health Response

Dec. 7, 2024, 3 p.m. - Dec. 7, 2024, 6 p.m.

n the United States, we are facing a reproductive health emergency as politicians pass restrictive and deadly laws that will result in death, illness, and oppression of people whose bodies can get pregnant and/or give birth. But this reproductive emergency is in no way limited to the US; everywhere ... More