Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.
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We envision a diverse, united North Side of Chicago acting powerfully for our shared values of racial, social, and economic justice in communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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We believe that we all benefit from the racial, ethnic, religious, economic, gender, sexual and age diversity in our communities. That diversity will be represented in the organization and will make us more powerful and effective. We believe there is no equality without justice. When we speak about justice, we are talking about fair treatment of and access for all people regardless of race, gender identity, economic status, age, and sexual identity.
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We believe leaders are made, not born, and anyone is capable of becoming a leader. We believe that developing grassroots leadership is essential to building power and making positive change in our community.
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We believe power is simply the ability to act, and through organizing we bring people together and build collective power.
The Republicans in the Senate are currently devising their version of the AHCA (American Health Care Act) behind closed doors and are taking full advantage of the Comey hearing and other distracting national headlines to continue to do so. GOP leaders in the Senate are in fact moving closer to an agreement that will garner 50 […]
Legislation ONE Northside Led On: SB1353 #RaisethePNA (Sen. Steans/Sen. Collins/Rep. Sims/Rep. Feigenholtz/Rep. Gabel)—Increases the personal needs allowance (PNA) to $60/month (from $30/month) for people living in Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities (SMHRFs) and facilities licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments […]
ONE Northside is in the pursuit of engaging new community members who have a passion for creating social change. With this said, ONE Northside will have days of community outreach throughout the summer. Each day will start with a training and will have a specific focus from voter registration to doing outreach for ONE Northside […]
Over the course of 16 days and 200 miles, millions of people heard our vision for Illinois: a state where every person and every community has the resources to thrive. And so did Bruce Rauner, Michael Madigan and John Cullerton, the political leadership of this state who consistently put the interests of corporations and the […]