chicago does not need or want troops or ice
Hands Off Chicago is a grassroots effort to oppose military intervention in Chicago.
We must show the nation and the world that Chicago is united in opposing these illegal and unnecessary attacks.
Chicago knows how to rise up, fight back, and stand together.
On October 18th, join us at Grant Park as we say loud and clear: Hands Off Chicago. No Kings!
📅 Saturday, October 18th
⏰12-2 PM 📣
📍Butler Field @ Grant Park, Chicago
🔗RSVP at http://bit.ly/HandsOffChiOct18
how to prepare
RESOURCES FOR ICE ACTIONS & IMMIGRATION ISSUES
Save the ICIRR hotline to report suspected ICE sightings into your phone: 855-435-7693. Speed is important in these moments to help protect people, and this way you won't have to go googling for it in real time.
If you know anyone who needs immigration legal or community support, they can complete this form or call the hotline: 855-435-7693
Sign up for Eyes On ICE text alerts, which will notify subscribers by zip code in the event of confirmed ICE presence in your neighborhood.
Click here to request a Know Your Rights training for your organization or workplace, and click here to learn more about one’s rights in ICE encounters.
Donate to or organize a fundraiser for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to support their work protecting our neighbors and keeping families together.
Understand what to do if you or a loved one is detained in case you or community members need immediate practical information about next steps.
Are you a lawyer? Sign up to provide legal support to immigrant communities.
RESOURCES FOR PROTESTS & ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
Save the number for the First Defense Legal Aid (1-800-LAW-REP4 / 800-529-7374): Trauma-informed hotline to find civil rights counsel for police misconduct, report federal law enforcement activity, connect to stationhouse defense, and referrals to community and legal needs. English/Spanish, 24/7/365. Keep this number in your phone in case you or someone you know are detained at a protest and need legal support.
Read and share the National Lawyers Guild Chicago printable Know Your Rights for Chicago Activists guide or their more detailed website version.
take action
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Change your profile pic and post the Hands Off Chicago social image on X/Bluesky, Facebook, or Instagram.
Take a photo of your Hands Off Chicago window sign and post it online. Be sure to use the hashtag #HandsOffChicago!
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Chicagoans can show their Chicago solidarity by posting the Hands Off Chicago sign in their window. Click here for the sign as an 8.5×11 downloadable pdf in English or Spanish.
Or, print and color your own Hands Off Chicago window sign.
Click here for more information about printing your own signs!
Professionally printed window signs are being distributed at locations around the city. For individuals or organizations looking to place their own large sign orders, please use a union printer.
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Silence is compliance, so we need to get LOUD. Every night the military is in Chicago, residents are encouraged to go outside at 7:00PM and bang pots and pans, sing, chant, or make noise for five minutes.
When neighbors ask what’s going on, talk with them about what’s happening
Post your noisemaking to social media using the hashtag #HandsOffChicago
tag your posts with #HandsOffChicago
Follow us on Instagram
Who we are
Hands Off Chicago is supported by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Indivisible Chicago, Personal Pac, Equality Illinois, Sierra Club Illinois, the Illinois AFL-CIO, the Chicago Federation of Labor, and other Chicago advocacy organizations.
Hands Off Chicago and all of the supporting organizations are committed to nonviolent action. We expect all supporters to practice non-violence and to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.