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.
Last week we began our March to Springfield for a People and Planet First Budget to inspire hope and share a vision for Illinois where government invests in us and our communities. We started at the Thompson Center with a successful kick-off event that showcased our talented Chicago artists, musicians and the soulful testimonies […]
The Mental Health Justice Team at ONE Northside is fighting to end the stigma of mental illness and to create more dignity and independence for people living with mental illness through raising the personal needs allowance (PNA) for people living in Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities (SMHRF) and Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD). The PNA has been […]
From April 23-25, forty-five ONE Northsiders headed to Washington DC to take part in the People’s Action Convention. Click here to read Sam Wickham’s (a ONE Northside Mental Health Justice leader) plenary session testimony to push for fighting the battle of big ideas. Check out the report back from other leaders below: EdVette: It was […]
Many of you have likely been keeping up with the news, but the AHCA (the bill to repeal/replace the ACA) just wont die! There are key action steps outlined at the end of this email, but first some updates….The Republicans in Congress are determined to pass something on healthcare and are truly just playing political games now. Republicans […]