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  • We can’t afford austerity: Economic Justice at ONE Northside’s Convention

    We can’t afford austerity: Econ...

    The Convention is ONE week away — have you registered?  We’re spotlighting leaders on each of our issue teams each week until the Convention. You can see previous weeks here.  Bea Westrate, Economic Justice Leader Bea Westrate is a long-time resident [...]

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  • Raise Our Rates: Mental Health Justice at ONE Northside’s Convention

    Raise Our Rates: Mental Health Justic...

    The Convention is only TWO weeks away — have you registered?  We’re spotlighting leaders on each of our issue teams each week until the Convention. You can see previous weeks here.  On Tuesday, ONE Northside’s Mental Health Justice Team testified to the [...]

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  • A Safer Chicago for All: Police Accou...

    ONE Northside’s police accountability team works to create safety for all  Chicagoans. Our communities have lost faith in police officers because of the harm they have inflicted in our most vulnerable communities — impacted community members insight and experiences’ must shape police policy. EdVette Jones, Police [...]

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  • ONE Northside Joins the Lift the Ban ...

    ONE Northside’s anti-gentrification team is joining the Lift the Ban coalition, statewide coalition of organizing groups fighting to to lift the ban on Rent Control in Illinois. ONE Northside’s team decided to join this coalition because because our communities are [...]

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  • The ACA is here to stay!

    On March 23rd, ONE Northside celebrates the 8th anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Thanks to the ACA, over 20 million people gained coverage since 2010 through insurance marketplaces and Medicaid expansion. The ACA also reduced the [...]

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Last week, many of you received an email celebrating the Mental Health Justice Team and our significant victory of raising the monthly personal need allowance in IL through a budget measure (more at this link). Today, we call on Governor Rauner to sign SB1353 and make this victory permanent! 

For the last year, the Mental Health Justice Team has been fighting to increase the monthly personal needs allowance given to people living in certain classifications of nursing homes. For 30 years, individuals living in nursing facilities have been forced to live off of $30/month or $1/day. This is not only impossible to live on, it forces people to live in a life with no freedom or dignity. SB1353 would raise the monthly PNA to $60/month permanently rather than leaving it to the whims of budget decisions.

This afternoon, we will be mailing almost 600 letters of support for SB1353 to Governor Rauner. We want to make it loud and clear to Gov. Rauner that Illinois residents support dignity and independence for people living with mental illness!

Join us TODAY as we work to get 100 people to call into Gov. Rauner’s office to urge him to sign SB1353 into law.

Call Gov. Rauner at either his Springfield office 217-782-0244 or his Chicago office 312-814-2121.

  • Here is a script to work from: “Hello, my name is _____________and I am a resident of Illinois. I am calling to urge Governor Rauner to sign SB1353 to raise the monthly personal need allowance and support dignity for people living with mental illness in Illinois!”

Once you’ve made your call, CLICK HERE to report back and then share this post with 2 friends or family members to help us hit our goal of 100 calls!

Healthcare, Mental Health Justice
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