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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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 […]
Last week, the Illinois legislature finally passed a budget for our state. In the last few days, we have continued to analyze the 3 budget bills that were passed and are excited to announce that the Mental Health Justice Team has a significant victory!! For the last year, the Mental Health Justice Team has been fighting to increase […]
The Mental Health Justice Team at ONE Northside is proud to announce that we have won the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Campaign! After working on this campaign since May 2013, we landed on victory with the Chicago Police Department. The CPD has doubled its annual CIT Training goals to 400 officers in Basic CIT. Additionally, […]
