Lindsey Rosenthal
@eventsforgood.bsky.social
1.3K followers
1.1K following
2.2K posts
Helping nonprofits more effectively raise money through events. Posts about politics, events + hospitality, baseball, Chicago, and sparkles. @eventsforgood on the other apps.
Posts
Media
Videos
Starter Packs
Pinned
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
So here are some ideas
Write down 3-5 emotions that you felt strongly during the mobilization. Which one do you think will feel most accessible and motivating when you feel despair? Overwhelm?
Where else in your life do you access that emotion?
Write down 3-5 emotions that you felt strongly during the mobilization. Which one do you think will feel most accessible and motivating when you feel despair? Overwhelm?
Where else in your life do you access that emotion?
Protesters reusing a Lori Lightfoot campaign sign to write on the back of. Lightfoot has also been advising the Mayor of Broadview.
Rogers Park and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard by immigration enforcement activity over the weekend.
There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.
There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.
His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...
Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho
The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.
www.chicagotribune.com
Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
It's terrible photoshopping actually, and was initially created as a joke.
That anyone is reposting that part credulously is pretty frightening, but I guess this is where we are.
That anyone is reposting that part credulously is pretty frightening, but I guess this is where we are.
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
Christians of color, non-Christians, and unaffiliated Americans are less likely to approve of Trump's handling of immigration: 39% of Jewish Americans approve, as well as 35% of religiously unaffiliated Americans, 34% of Hispanic Protestants, and 29% of both Hispanic Catholics and Black Protestants
Reposted by Lindsey Rosenthal
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
If what was happening in Chicago was happening in NYC, there would be wall-to-wall cable news coverage