2025 Summer Outreach Calendar
The Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) engages with Chicago’s communities to listen to community concerns, talk about our work, and even initiate intakes for complaints or suggestions to make City government better.
Here is where to find OIG at a community event this summer!
June
- Austin, Ward 29: Build Chicago, Saturday, June 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Austin, Ward 29: Austin Town Hall Farmers Market, Thursday, June 12, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Garfield Ridge, Ward 23: Garfield Ridge Farmers Market, Wednesday, June 18, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Ravenswood, Ward 40: Ravenswood Farmers Market, Wednesday, June 25, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Rogers Park, Ward 49: 626 Block Party, Thursday, June 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Near West Side, Ward 27, Malcolm X College, FY 2026 Public Budget Engagement Resource Fair, Monday, June 30, 5 to 6 pm
July
- Englewood, Ward 16: Kennedy-King College, FY 2026 Public Budget Engagement Resource Fair, Tuesday, July 1, 5 to 6 pm
- Andersonville, Ward 40, Andersonville Farmers Market, Wednesday, July 9, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Wicker Park, Ward 1: City Clerk’s Office Mobile City Hall, Saturday, July 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Uptown, Ward 46: Uptown Farmers Market, Wednesday, July 23, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Ravenswood, Ward 40: Chicago Public Schools Back-to-School Bash, Wednesday, July 30, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
August
- Citywide: National Night Out, Tuesday, August 5, time varies at each location
- Loop, Ward 42: Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Thursday, August 14, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Loop, Millennium Park, Ward 42, City of Chicago Senior Fest, Thursday, August 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Austin, Ward 29: Austin Town Hall Farmers Market, Thursday, August 21, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Loop, Ward 42: Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Thursday, August 28, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September
- Hegewisch, Ward 10: City Clerk’s Office Mobile City Hall, Saturday, September 6, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Get in touch with OIG!
Visit OIG’s Contact Us page to access the Online Intake Form to report misconduct, waste, and abuse, or share your suggestions to make City government better; to fill out a FOIA Request Form to request access to OIG records under the Freedom of Information Act; submit a Request a Speaker form to invite OIG to speak at an upcoming event; and more.
To learn more about OIG’s summer (and year-round) outreach and community engagement activities, or to invite OIG to your community, please contact OIG’s Community Engagement Coordinator Naveen Siddiqui at nsiddiqui@igchicago.org.