Dear Senators: My name is Jon Adams, and I am a leader at ONE Northside. I also am a resident of Wilson Men’s Hotel (and a member of our tenant’s assocation), a Single Resident Occupancy building in Uptown where tenants [...]
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Loris Tillet, Education Team Leader Loris Tillet is a parent leader on ONE Northside’s Education team. She came to the United States as a child, from Belize, in order to receive the best possible learning opportunities. “School for me, [...]
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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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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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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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Do you have a hunger to make the world a better place? Join one of our organizing trainings this fall! Fair Economy Illinois’ Campaign Leadership School Saturday, Oct. 7 (9am-5pm) & Sunday, Oct. 8 (12pm-5:30pm); Illinois Institute of Technology – Pritzker Science Center, 3105 S Dearborn, Room 129, 60616 With the exception of a handful […]
We need to take back our democracy and build long-term infrastructure to engage people based on shared values and mobilize them to take action! Elections and ballot initiatives are one tool we have to advance our issue campaigns, but we need to build a voter engagement apparatus that lasts long beyond election day. This 2-day […]
Medicaid, SNAP, Public Schools and Universities, and Affordable Housing are under attack! This is not an accident. It is by design. Corporate executives and the 1% have amassed undue power and influence over our elected officials, in fact many of them are now elected directly into office themselves. Here’s how their agenda threatens our communities. […]
ONE Northside’s economic justice team works closely with our partners at Fair Economy Illinois. Some of you may have been wondering “When you’re not marching, what is Fair Economy Illinois working on?” And we hear you loud and clear! So at FEI, we have decided to host a webinar as an introduction to our collective […]