IL NOW Spring State Council/LEF Meeting

Virtual

The spring Illinois NOW State Council/LEF meeting will be on held on Sunday, April 23rd at 1:00PM. Note the start time. This meeting will be virtual. The LEF will meet first at 1 PM, then followed by the Illinois NOW State Council at 1:30. The State Council is comprised of the Executive Committee, all chapter […]

NOW’s Feminist State of the Union, featuring Hillary Clinton

Virtual

Please join the National Organization for Women for the Second Annual Feminist State of the Union, featuring five stupendous feminist leaders: Hillary Rodham Clinton (needs no introduction!); Joseline Garcia, Co-Founder & Executive Director at UN-PAC; Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO Emeritus of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR); Margaret Haung, President and […]

Voices of Courage: Care Is Not A Crime, with John Oliver

Virtual

Please join Physicians for Reproductive Health for Voices of Courage: Care Is Not A Crime, a benefit celebrating courageous voices against the criminalization of reproductive health care. Honoring Dr. Bhavik Kumar and Dr. DeShawn Taylor, and with special guests John Oliver and Olivia Julianna. Full bios here — check em out! Nearly one year after […]

Elgin PRIDE Festival

Elgin PRIDE

ELGIN'S FIRST PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL COMING JUNE 3, 2023 11AM-4PM ELGbtq+ Presents: elgin pride We are very excited to be bringing the first LGBTQ+ Pride Parade and Festival to Elgin, Illinois! Many surrounding suburbs have been doing Pride festivals with great success and thousands in attendance. Festival plans were initially started in 2019 and […]

NCJW – Women of Justice Award Dinner

East Bank Club 500 N Kinsbury St, Chicago 60654, United States

Put this one on your calenar and plan not to miss it !!!!! It’s the 2023 “Women of Justice” Awards Dinner of the National Council of Jewish Women, Chicago North Shore Section. Honoring Lorie Chaiten and Jill Lexier and featuring keynote speaker Jill Wine-Banks, author of The Watergate Girl, MSNBC legal analyst and co-host of […]

Ottawa Family PRIDE Festival

Washington Square Park

Pride in the Heart of the Illinois Valley Join us in beautiful downtown Ottawa, Illinois, in the heart of the Illinois Valley, for the Ottawa Family Pride Festival. The second-annual festival, “In This Together,” will feature vendors, artists, food, live music, drag queens, crafts, activities, and so much more! Throughout the year, we’ll be sharing […]

Woodstock Pride Fest 2023

Woodstock Square 121 West Van Buren Street, Woodstock, IL, United States

Join us for a fabulous day with a parade, music, entertainment, vendors, food, and more- all located at the Historic Woodstock Square, minutes walk from the UP-NW Metra station, with lodging nearby. Make a weekend of it with fun pride themed events throughout the weekend. Things will look a little different, but the love and […]

Aurora PRIDE Fest

Aurora PRIDE

Aurora Pride, founded in 2019, is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to promote LGBTQ+ acceptance and community in Aurora, IL. We have our origins as part of Indivisible Aurora but are now an independent sister organization. Our primary projects are the Aurora Pride Parade and educational activities.

CHICAGO PRIDE FEST. Chicago’s landmark LGBTQ community 2023 Pride Event

Chicago Pride Fest® is June 17-18, 2023 the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade (June 25) The 2-day street festival in the Nort Halsted neighborhood features live music on 3 stages, a Youth Pride Space for teens, best of Chicago drag performance, Proud Pet Parade, dance exhibitions, Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, high heel race for […]

JUNE 28: PERSONAL PAC’S NEXTGEN RECEPTION

Hubbard Inn 110 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois

On Wednesday, June 28th, Personal PAC is hosting its Inaugural NextGen Reception – an event to empower the Next Generation of pro-choice leaders. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Hubbard Inn – 110 W Hubbard Street, Chicago. We hope you can join us! NextGen tickets start at just […]