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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On Sunday, over 1,000 community members joined together re-write the rules and put people first! Over 40 community leaders got up on stage to share their stories along with concrete solutions. 13 elected officials attended and made commitments to work with us. The Community Convention provided a great opportunity to move our issues which range from […]
As you have previously heard, CPS has committed to closing as many as 100 schools this fall. Their consideration this year is schools’ low underutilization, that is, being at less than 60% of their capacity for enrolled students. Trumbull is among the schools slated for closure this fall. According to the faulty CPS utilization formula (30 kids […]