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.
What’s the History: Many community organizations, including Lakeview Action Coalition and Organization of the North East, fought to pass the ARO in 2007 as part of the Balanced Development Coalition. We followed up on that work to track how the ARO was working. We began meeting with DPD in April of 2013 to discuss concerns […]
ONE Northside Members and Friends, As we kick off our second year, please remember that we rely on your financial support to remain strong and independent. We hope to raise about 10% of our FY15 budget through grassroots fundraising, but we can only do that if YOU make a contribution. You can make a one […]
ONE Northside leaders have played a central role in calling attention to fact that Walgreens is considering renouncing its U.S. “Citizenship” in order to exploit lower tax rates in Switzerland. In June, our leaders spoke at a press conference where Americans for Tax Fairness and Change to Win Retail Initiatives released a report, which highlighted […]
Are you looking for an easy way to get involved your community? Do you want to win on the issues we work on at ONE Northside? Do you believe in the importance of voter registration? Then join us for our Summer 2014 Voter Registration Drive! We are aiming to register 5000 new voters by October 7th […]