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Ummati Chicago

Where women in Chicago
find their people.

Ummati is the women's community in Chicago for women who want real friendships, not another networking list. From the Lakefront Trail to Logan Square, women in Chicago meet through Ummati at events that actually sound like them.

820+

women in Chicago

Weekly

events near you

6+

neighborhoods

Free

to join

Why here

Real friendships, made in Chicago.

Chicago moves fast and winters are long, which makes finding your people harder than it should be. Our Chicago chapter fixes that with a steady rhythm of small, welcoming gatherings: sunrise walks along the lakefront, career nights in the West Loop, book clubs in Wicker Park, and cozy socials that carry women through the colder months.

Ummati is secular and inclusive. Every woman in Chicago is welcome here, whatever her background, culture, or beliefs. Come as you are.

What happens here

A rhythm of things worth showing up for.

Lakefront morning walk & coffee

Lakefront morning walk & coffee

Saturdays · North Ave Beach

Career night: women who build

Career night: women who build

Monthly · the West Loop

Sunday book club

Sunday book club

Every other Sunday · Wicker Park

Across the city

Meet women near you in Chicago.

Wherever you are in Chicago, there is a group of women near you. Our Chicago chapter gathers across these neighborhoods and more.

Lincoln ParkWicker ParkLogan Squarethe West LoopHyde Parkthe Loop
In their words

Women who found their people in Chicago.

I moved to Chicago knowing no one. Six months later my closest friends are women I met here.
Priya R.

Priya R.

Chicago chapter

The winter socials got me through my first Chicago January. I have my people now.
Danielle M.

Danielle M.

Chicago chapter

Your community in Chicago is already here.

Joining the Chicago chapter takes two minutes and it is free to start. Your first meetup could be this week.