Join us in attending EqualityCon 2016, hosted by Equality Illinois Institute, with supporting sponsor National Center for Lesbian Rights. This conference brings together our state's LGBT community and allies, progressive advocates, civic leaders, and community groups to discuss issues that affect us all. This is your chance to discuss the future of our movement and […]
TROPICAL DRINKS AND CARIBBEAN EATS, ALL WHILE JAMMIN’ TO ISLAND BEATS. YOUR HELPING HAND IS THE SWEETEST TREAT. WE BRINGIN’ DA PARTY, -YOU JUST BRING YA DANCIN’ FEET!
No one celebrates Pride better than Northalsted! Chicago Pride Fest, held during National Pride Month, celebrates our achievements as a community in our annual two-day street festival leading up to Chicago’s world famous Pride Parade. Entertainers from across the globe perform to crowds filled with PRIDE as we celebrate our LGBTQ history. Past performances include […]
Northalsted Market Days® is the largest outdoor street festival in the Midwest! Famous for its vast array of national talent, unique vendors, arts, crafts, food and drink, Northalsted Market Days® gathers a crowd of over 180,000 people from across the globe to celebrate right here on Halsted Street. Past performances include En Vogue, Jennifer Holliday, Lynda […]
Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States.
Each year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) supports Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. Taking place under the tagline ‘We can. I can.", World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will explore how everyone – as a collective or as individuals […]
International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up […]
The GLSEN Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior by illustrating the silencing effect of bullying and […]
