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.
On Wednesday, September 28, ONE Northsider Workers’ Rights Team members presented signatures demanding Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer side with working families and tell corporations to pay fair or pay up. The 721 signatures are in favor of the Responsible Business Act and have been collected over the past few months through street-based canvassing. The […]
Mark your calendars for the annual ONE Northside Fall Fundraiser on Wednesday, October 26 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Second Unitarian Church (656 West Barry Ave). Join us to celebrate a successful year and to support ONE Northside’s work for a city, state and country where everyone has the opportunity to thrive! We will be joined by special guest Juanita Irizarry, […]
On Monday, September 12, over 60 ONE Northsiders joined with hundreds of other Chicagoans in a Moral Monday National Day of Action. Rev. Barber, the man who started the Moral Mondays movement in 2013 in North Carolina, called on allies throughout the U.S. to come together in action. 25 states heeded the call! In Illinois, […]
The new development that we were petitioning that would displace small businesses on Wilson/Broadway got OUTTED at Zoning Committee on Monday. The plan had skipped the Plan Commission approval before going to Zoning Committee. Typically, a development needs to go through the following processes: Have the development be presented at a Plan Commission meeting for public to testify […]