Chicago Area Archivists upcoming events

GET LOUD! Call Your Reps to Protest NARA Chicago Closure (12 Aug 2026)

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Join CAA members and other invested archival advocates while we use these two hours to contact our government leaders and protest the NARA Chicago (and San Bruno) regional office closures!

We'll send out a collective Padlet board that will be open from 10am-12pm so registered attendants can write updates and messages to each other as call our respective government officials. These closures affect everyone, but the NARA Chicago closure affects accessibility of federal records in the Great Lakes states (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota), and we encourage registrants from any of those areas to join us. We can help you find your representatives if you don't know who they are during the event, but if you'd like to be extra prepared, please attend our phone bank training on Monday, August 4 at 6pm Central.

CAA Summer Potluck (13 Sep 2026)

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT

The CAA Summer Potluck is back!

Please join your fellow archivists for an afternoon of food and fun in one of our beautiful local forest preserves. Attendees are encouraged to bring food to share; registrants will receive a food (and carpool) sign-up spreadsheet. Programming is pleased to provide tableware and drinks thanks to the Steering Committee.

WHEN: Sunday, September 13, 12-4pm

WHERE: Irene C. Hernandez Pavilion, La Bagh Woods Forest Preserve, 4498 W Foster Ave., Chicago IL

Friends and family are welcome to join us for this event! CAA has reserved a picnic shelter, so the potluck will go on, rain or shine.

For more information about this event contact info@chicagoarchivists.org.

Can’t make it to this event? Don’t worry – there will be more events throughout the year at a variety of dates, times, and locations.