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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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Fracking-Stop-the-Frack-AttackONE Northside, along with our partners in Fair Economy Illinois, worked hard a couple years ago to stop fracking (a dangerous method of oil and gas drilling) from occurring in Illinois. By generating tens of thousands of comments we effectively created a moratorium for over a year as the fracking lobby tried to legalize the activity. They ultimately prevailed and fracking became legal in Illinois. This month, the first permit was requested under the new law to frack in southern Illinois.

The permit is woefully inadequate and our partners downstate are requesting that we submit comments to block the permit from being approved. Will you take two minutes today to block this fracking permit from being approved? Fracking is dangerous for the earth and for communities’ ability to access clean drinking water.

Here are the instructions to submit comments to oppose the first fracking permit requested for southern IL. 5pm TODAY (7/28) is the deadline for submission.

  1. Open Woolsey-Application-Comments-07.28.17.
  2. Copy and paste all of the content in the document into a new email.
  3. Fill in your name and phone number at the end of the letter portion (~4th paragraph)
  4. Put “HVHHF #000001” in the Subject Line of the e-mail as well as the body.
  5. Send the e-mail  to:  DNR.HFPublicComments@illinois.gov

Please spread the word to colleagues and friends who want to stop fracking. Please email hgelder[at]onenorthside[dot]org to report your comment.

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