Chicago Activism Hub
For updates in Chicago:
https://www.chicagoactivismhub.org/
About Chicago Activism Hub
The Chicago Activism Hub aims to address what we see as an urgent need in the Chicago left – the lack of a non-sectarian resource for sharing public information about upcoming and past events and actions in our area.
Too many actions are siloed by corporate social media vehicles, where algorithms arbitrarily or intentionally hide them from a broader audience. Few individuals have the time to follow every twitter, instagram or facebook feed, or signal, email or snapchat thread. The result is a needlessly balkanized movement where activists operating in one sphere often lack important information about actions in others’ spheres.
To address this CAH operates a central bulletin board for posting and sharing actions and events organized by activist groups and community organizations in the Chicago metropolitan area.
It works to confront the lack of timely information about pressing issues and ways that residents may participate in struggles for equality, freedom, and justice by curating a space that may foster networking between city neighborhoods.
The site features a calendar of actions and events, and also offers Chicagoans a means for finding out when and where rapid response protests or vigils will be held when emergencies, tragedies, or indefensible acts by city officials occur.
We believe in the power of direct action and civil disobedience to positively transform society and welcome anyone who would like to help the site achieve its networking goal. However, the site and its volunteers do not coordinate and plan any of the conferences, press briefings, rallies, marches, boycotts, sit-ins, strikes, or other forms of direct action that may be publicized on the Hub’s website. We do not publicize events that are primarily electoral in nature.
CAH rejects and will not publicize actions which promote racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry, anti-Palestinian and anti-Semitic bigotry, and other forms of bigotry that only serve to promote the interests of those who oppress us.
The content posted to the Chicago Activism Hub is solely owned by the persons, groups and/or organizations that submit actions and events. That includes any photos and videos, which will only appear on the site if owned by the group or persons responsible for the posting. Photos and videos should have proper attribution.