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.
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 […]
Last night on August 28, ONE Northside leaders, allies and elected officials gathered in Uptown to celebrate victory for the Mental Health Justice Team! Help spread the word by sharing our victory post on Facebook! For the last year, the Mental Health Justice Team has been fighting to increase the personal needs allowance (PNA) given to […]
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 […]