Past Events
Organized by date, look through our archive of past events by clicking on the year and then each individual event by date.
February 10—"This is not My Beautiful House:" Historic Preservation and the People's History
March 12—Linsanity. What's Behind the Hype?
March 22—Transformative Organizing: A Theory and Practice for a Social Justice Revolution
April 17—When Silence Comes Upon a Poet—National Emergency in Mexico
April 22—
Reclaiming the Meaning of Peace
April 28—Jane Addams: Champion of Workers' Rights
May 12—Unsettled: Excavating History at the Hull-House
May 18—A Conversation with Vijay Prashad: Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
May 16— 100 Years of Studs Terkel
May 31—"Identity, Social Justice, and the Polity: Family Values and the Neoliberal Turn"
June 28—I Define Myself: Uncodumented and Unafraid—Inside Out Project
September 6—Celebration of Jane Addams' Birthday and the Unveiling of Louise Bourgeois' Maquette for Helping Hands
September 22—a day of FARMING and a POTLUCK
October 1—Building Peace in Our Communities and the World
October 19—Deep Routes
October 23—Could Not Bear the Sight of It...
November 1—Dia de los Muertos
November 3—FIlm Screening: Slavery by Another Name
November 3—The Prison-Neighborhood Arts Project Book Party
November 12—Selma James: The Global Kitchen
November 13—Chilean Student Uprising
November 23—National Day of Listening
December 11—Sex Positive Documentary Film Series: “A Good Man"
December 10—Jane Addams' Day! The Occupy Movement: What Does Democracy Look Like?
November 20—Memory, Roots, Identity: Embodied Expressions
November 25—Story Corps: National Day of Listening
November 9—The Hysterical Alphabet
November 4—America:Here and Now
October 27—Consciousness + Commitment = Change: How and Why We Are Organizing
October 13—The People Speak
September 27—The Peace Movement in 2012: Hope and Prospects
September 13—Alice Hamilton Day
September 6—Unfinished Business: Arts Education Exhibition Opening
September 6—Guerrilla Girls
August 1-5—Check the Method!
June 21—Art and Social Justice
June 16—Germination Wrokshop
June 4—Hey Hey, Ho Ho
June 1—Grace Lee Boggs book signing and conversation
May 21—How to Disarm a Police Officer
May 19—10 Portraits, 10 Voices, 10 Years
May 12—Juvenile Justice Zine Release Party
April 14—Human Trafficking: Strategies and Solutions
April 10—Hey, Hey; Ho, Ho
April 7—Jihad for Love
March 25—Remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 24—Book Release Event with David Sirota
March 24—AARP and Chicago: Sharing Our Story
March 21—Gautam Navlakha speak on "The Binayak Sen Case: Indian Democracy and its Enemies."
March 17—19—FAMILY FARMED EXPO
March 16—Luis J. Rodriguez Poetry Reading & Reception
February 23—The City as Campus | Discussion & Book Signing
February 17—EGYPT: Revolution in the Making
Februrary 11—Upcoming Professional Development Teacher In-Service Workshop
Februrary 10—Book Release Party | Our Difficult Sunlight
February 9—Chicago Mayoral Candidates Forum on LGBT issues
February 6—Palestinian Queer Activists Talk Politics
December 17—International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
November 22—Cloning Terror: The War of Images, 9/11 to the Present
November 4—Flaunt It! with Queers Organizing for Educational Justice
October 22—An Evening of Film and Consciousness-Raising
October 6—Women's Land Army Event
October 5-Hollywood Images of Disability
September 21—BOOK PARTY TO CELEBRATE the Publication Of Lucy’s new book: Spirit in Action
September 15—THE MORAL UNDERGROUND: A TALK ON ECONOMIC DISOBEDIENCE
September 8—JANE ADDAMS' 150th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
July 29—Learn Then Burn
May 12—Living on the Edge: An Eyewitness Account of Village Life Under Occupation
May 3–Chicago Labor & Arts Festival 2010
April 24–Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
April 22—Philosopher Enrique Dussel
"Political Philosophy of Liberation In A Revolutionary Time in Latin America"
April 15–FREEDOM LOST: GAZA UNDER SIEGE
March 2–Re-Thinking Soup on the Move @ Gallery 400
Oct. 19–Murder in the Name of Honor: The Killing of Women to Preserve the Honor of the Family
Sept. 10–Love and {r}evolution with Grace Lee Boggs
Aug. 25–Re-Thinking Soup with Joshua Viertel, President of Slow Food USA
June 24–Hard Working Coffee House: How to Start a Small Business
June 8–Paul Butler on a Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
Apr. 29–Hard Working Coffee House: Job Training
Mar. 11–Hard Working Coffee House
Feb. 20–Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid- And What We Can Do About It
Feb. 19–YES MEANS YES! Visions of Female Sexual Power and World without Rape: Book Reading and Conversation
Feb 13–Legacy of Torture: COINTELPRO and the San Francisco 8
Feb. 12–Debut Screening of "O Mission" and Expert Panel Discussion
Feb. 3–UE Workers Who Occupied Republic Windows and Doors Factory to Speak
Jan. 28–Roe vs Wade Anniversary Conversation
Dec. 5–Roe vs Wade Anniversary Conversation
Oct. 27–Book signing and talk with David Roediger
Oct. 16–Book Release Party for Hip-Hop Poet Kevin Coval
Oct. 9–The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization
Sept. 9–3rd Annual Jane Addams Birthday Celebration: Conversations on Peace and Justice
July 11–Check the Method Showcase
July 11–Jens Jensen, Community, and Gardening: A Workshop with Historical and Horticultural Components
June 22–The Frog and the Goat: The Success of Israeli Colonialism
May 7–Expansive Visions with poet Marvin Bell
May 6–Hull-House Kitchen: Re-thinking Soup
May 2–I kinda (heart) NYC
Apr. 17–Jenny 8. Lee and Patrick Rosal
Apr. 7–Historical and Social Perspectives: Childbirth in the U.S.
Mar. 13–She Got Next: What The Next Generation of Hip-Hop Practitioners and Scholars Sound Like…
Mar. 12–Building Movements for Educational Change
Mar. 10–First Annual Ida B. Wells Barnett Lecture
Feb. 15–HomeGirls: Makers of Words and Worlds, Makers of Culture
Jan. 31–Getting Off: Sex, Pornography and Masculinity in the 21st Century
Nov. 18–Being Muslim
Nov. 12–Patricia Smith: A Poetry Reading With One of the Most Celebrated Spoken Word Poets of Our Time
Nov. 5–Funding the Revolution? Participatory Economics and Funding Activist Organizing in Chicago
Oct. 20–Festival of Democracy: Resistance and Liberation, Then and Now
Oct. 20–Festival of Democracy:
Rashid Khalidi in Conversation with Salim Muwakkil
Oct. 20–Festival of Democracy: Presidential Politics
Oct. 11–Understanding Reproductive Justice: Reclaiming Choice and Broadening the Movement
Oct. 10–From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America
Sept. 20–Civically Engaged Youth in the Americas:
On Envisioning
Sept. 20–Civically Engaged Youth in the Americas: On Engaging
Sept. 20–Civically Engaged Youth in the Americas: On Becoming
Sept. 20–Civically Engaged Youth in the Americas: Opening Remarks
Sept. 6–2nd Annual Jane Addams Birthday Celebration: Conversations on Peace and Justice
July 25–A Conversation with Eboo Patel
July 13–Check the Method Youth Summer Writing Workshop Final Performance
June 8–The Spoken Word Revolution: Redux Book Release Party
Apr. 11–Humanitarian Crisis in Palestine: A Gathering Storm
Mar. 1–Marching for Change: Chicago In the National Immigrant Movement
Feb. 20–Anti-Gay Pledges and Teacher Education: A Dialogue about the Tensions Between Private Beliefs and the Public Good
Jan. 17–Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media