Against The Stream / Dharma Punx Chicago

04/17/2026

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01/13/2026

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07/17/2025

Illinois Locations for July 17 Good Trouble rallies
UUANI, UUs for Social Justice and dozens of other organizations are uniting for 40 Illinois events Thursday in the Good Trouble Lives On national day of action.

This response to unprecedented attacks on our civil and human rights is a reminder that in America, the power lies with the people. Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, "Good Trouble" is a call for peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.

Authoritarianism thrives when people are afraid, divided, and demobilized. That’s why we’re joining partners nationwide to reject authoritarian politics and reclaim a democracy where all belong, all vote, and all thrive.

Times and Locations
(you can also use this map)
Arlington Heights: 6 - 7:30pm, North School Park

Barrington: 5:30 - 7pm, Memorial Park

Bartlett: 4:30 - 6:30pm, Bartlett Veterans Memorial

Belleville: 4 - 8pm, Belleville Public Square

Bolingbrook: 7:30 - 9pm, DuPage Township, 241 Canterbury Ln

Buffalo Grove: 5 - 6:30pm, Larry Reiner Park

Bloomington: 12 - 1pm, Blooming Center for the Performing Arts

Carbondale: 5 - 7pm, City Pavilion in Town Square

Carlinville: 6 - 8pm, Macoupin County Courthouse

Casey: 5 - 7pm, Central Park

Chicago: 5:30 - 8pm, Daley Plaza

Crystal Lake: 5 - 7pm, U.S. 14 & Teckler Boulevard

Danville: 5 - 7pm

DeKalb: 12 - 1:30pm, Hopkins Park

Des Plaines: 5:30 - 7:3pm, Des Plaines City Hall

Effingham: 5 - 7pm, 1200 W Fayette Ave

Elgin: 4 - 8pm, corner of Kimball and Grove

Freeport: 5 - 6:15pm, Stephenson County Courthouse

Galena: 5:30 - 6:30pm, 613 S Bench St

Galesburg: 7 - 8pm, Public Square, Broad and Main

Geneseo: 10 - 11am, Geneseo Welcome Space

Glenn Ellyn 6pm
St Mark's Episcopal Church

Highland Park: 6 - 7pm, 1707 St. Johns Ave

Joliet: 4 - 6pm, Old Courthouse area

Kankakee: 5 - 7:30pm, Kankakee County Courthouse

Macomb: 4 - 6pm, NW Chandler Park

Morris: 4 - 6 pm

Mount Vernon: 3:30 - 6 pm, Jefferson County Courthouse

Mount Prospect: 5 - 6pm, corner of Northwest Hwy and Main

Naperville: 5 - 6:30pm, Washington Street Bridge

O'Fallon: 5 - 6:30pm, 255 S Lincoln Ave

Oak Park: 5 - 7pm, Longfellow Park

Oregon: 6- 8pm, Ogle County Courthouse

Palatine: 5:30 - 7:30pm, Volunteer Park

Park Ridge: 5 - 6:30pm, Summit to Six Points corner

Peoria: 6 - 7:30, John H Gwynn Jr Park

Quincy: 6 - 7pm

Rockford: 6 - 8pm, City Market Pavilion

Schaumburg: 5 - 7, Schaumburg and Roselle roads

Springfield: 4 - 7pm

Sterling: 5 - 7pm, Grandon Civic Center

Urbana: 6 - 8pm, Lincoln Square Mall

Waukegan: 6 - 7 pm, Washington Park

Yorkville: 11am - 3pm, Ron Clark Park

Let's show up for Democracy!

In solidarity with the ACLU, League of Women Voters, National Urban League, SEIU,
UUs for Social Justice, Unitarian Universalist Association and many others


UUANI is supported by contributions from Unitarian Universalist individuals and congregations all across Illinois, and by grants from the Fund for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility, Side With Love and the Chicago Area UU Council. We are grateful for each of these forms of support!

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10/02/2024

Folks in Asheville are telling me that Beloved Asheville is an org to trust with your hurricane relief donations
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09/22/2024

This massive building in Aurora Colorado has a migrant food court, small businesses, and a social service agency

08/20/2024

COMMUNITY MEETING on SOUTH WORKS QUANTUM campus:
In response to community demand, the Mayor's Office has confirmed a public meeting with City AND State officials on:
Wed., Aug. 28, 6:30pm
at the Salud Center, 3039 E 91st St (former S. Chicago YMCA building)
Come find out more about the South Works Quantum campus.
Ask your questions!
Stay tuned or get in touch with us for updates as we approach the meeting. See you on the 28th!
For a list of news articles and other information about the South Works Quantum Campus , go to https://bit.ly/SouthworksQuantum
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REUNIÓN COMUNITARIA sobre el desarrollo QUANTUM en South Works:
En respuesta a la demanda de la comunidad, la Oficina del Alcalde ha confirmado una reunión pública con funcionarios de la Ciudad y del Estado:
El miércoles, el 28 de agosto, a las 6:30 p. m.
en el Centro Salud, 3039 E 91st St (anteriormente el edificio del YMCA)
Vengan a obtener más información sobre el campus South Works Quantum (anteriormente, el sitio de U.S. Steel).
¡Hagan sus preguntas!
Pónganse en contacto con nosotros para recibir noticias a medida que se acerca la reunión. ¡Nos vemos el 28!
Para obtener una lista de artículos de noticias y otra información sobre el campus South Works Quantum, visitan: https://bit.ly/SouthworksQuantum

07/26/2023

Please share: Mary Mercado has fought like heck for about every repair that's been done in her complex. She needs to recover stolen funds by tomorrow so she can keep fighting an eviction. Any amount helps. I don't do this for just anyone. Please give whatever you can.

A tenant leader on the Southeast Side of Chicago was already in a conf… Christopher White needs your support for Help a Tenant Leader Stay Housed After Theft

07/25/2022

*NEW PRACTICE GROUP NEWS*
Free Radicals is a new monthly online community practice space I have created specifically with my U.K friends in mind.

REGISTER - > https://tinyurl.com/FRUK22

I was so thrilled to reconnect with my community of friends in the U.K again this Spring, and touched by the generosity of practice, I have created a monthly online practice space available for those in the U.K time zone (and elsewhere) to sit and practice with me, in community.

Register via Link in Bio!

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Self-care is so important to me because it helps me understand what I need.

Sometimes self-care is misunderstood, partly because of its proximity to self-indulgence but also, because self-care means I must negotiate doing my own work instead of making others do my work for me.

Authentic self-care also makes it more possible for us to do the work of benefiting others, especially the communities we identify with.

May this space and the practices we share together be of benefit to all beings, seen and unseen, born and unborn, for collective liberation.

I look forward to practicing with you.

03/20/2022

Glorious morning walking around and enjoying Buddhist themes in this classic
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Buzzcocks · Singles Going Steady · Song · 1979

09/17/2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEIU Local 73 discovers evidence that UIC is bringing strikebreakers from states on Chicago’s COVID Emergency Travel Order.

Read more: http://seiu73.org/2020/09/12/uic-bringing-strikebreakers-from-states-on-chicagos-covid-emergency-travel-order/

06/20/2020

coverage of presser on worker deaths at PanBimbo factory in

“Hemos trabajado para erradicar la dolorosa historia de relaciones raciales que existían antes de nuestra compra”, aseguró la compañía a través de un comunicado en que también señaló que han implementado medidas adicionales para evitar la propagación del coronavirus.