Past Events

Families Belong Together Rally

Each of you has been shocked, angered and saddened by the harm visited on young children by the Trump Administration policies that separated children from their parents at our borders. 

June 30, 2018 to
July 1, 2018

Pride Parade - Chicago

Come celebrate PRIDE in Chicago by marching with the ACLU of Illinois! Join volunteers, staff, and supporters as we march in Chicago's Pride Parade on Sunday, June 24.

June 24, 2018

Families Belong Together Rally

We need to raise our voices against they key actors who are carrying out Trump’s family separation order: ICE and U.S. Attorneys. ICE apprehends and separates families while US Attorneys enforce the separation in legal proceedings.

June 5, 2018 to
June 6, 2018

Next Generation Society Happy Hour

Please join the Next Generation Society at SPiN Ping Pong Club (344 N. State St.) for our 2018 Spring Happy Hour!

Tickets include a great selection of craft beer and wine, hors d'oeuvres, and all the ping pong you can handle, of course!

May 7, 2018

Tele-Town Hall: Legislative Update

The 2018 legislative session in Springfield offers an opportunity to for our state to advance critical civil liberties issues, including measures addressing net neutrality, collecting and reporting data about traffic stops by police, protecting voting rights, expanding spaces for parents to pump

April 4, 2018 to
April 5, 2018

Stop Separating Families Rally

Join us for a vigil and rally to demand that ICE not separate families in immigration detention. 

The Trump Administration is pursuing this policy of separating mothers and young children when they are in detention as a way to deter immigrants coming to this country. 

March 15, 2018 to
March 16, 2018

Tele-Town Hall: Reproductive Rights

Please join us on Thursday, February 1st at 7 pm, for a conversation about the 45th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, as well as a discussion about the current state of reproductive health care, including abortion care.

February 1, 2018 to
February 2, 2018

The Women's March

Advocates and activists from across the area will be in Chicago on January 20, 2018 for the Women’s March to the Polls.  The event builds on the momentum of last year’s Women’s March and demonstrates what we can do when we work together in our democracy.  We invite you to be part of the ACLU team

January 20, 2018