The UP Center is excited to announce that our 9th annual CU Pride and Parade will happen this year September 14-16. Downstate Illinois' LARGEST Pride Parade 🏳️‍🌈 is at 5PM! Sponsorship, vendor, parade, and volunteer forms are available now! Help us create an amazing, inclusive celebration by being yourself to change the world!  Check out … Continue reading CU Pridefest is Coming Soon

Join Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Indivisible Springfield, Indivisible Illinois, the Sierra Club, Organizing for Action Springfield and many, many more progressive groups as we gather to make phone calls to stop Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. All of the issues that we fight for are at stake with this nomination. Not only are reproductive rights … Continue reading #StopKavanaugh Action Phone Bank

Join Interfaith in Action as they kick off the new school semester by having their beginning of the year potluck! See friends from the past and meet new people, while enjoying dinner together. They encourage those who are able to, to bring a dish, but if you cannot bring anything, don't let that stop you … Continue reading Interfaith in Action Potluck at the UI

Are you interested in helping to build power within the Black community of Champaign/Urbana? Join the Speak Truth Collective for a series of organizing workshops and political education classes hosted by local Black activists, artists, and students. Combining communal education and grassroots organizing, we will be using these Saturday events to kick-off our organization of … Continue reading Join the Next “Speak Truth Saturdays” Workshop

Build community with other feminists over games and snacks! The event will take place on Tuesday, September 4, 4 pm - 6 pm, at the patio behind Engineering Hall (1308 W Green St, Urbana). Engineering Hall is located right by the Illini Union busstop (North/ Engineering stop). In other words, the event will be on … Continue reading Feminism al Fresco at the UI