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 […]
On Feb. 7, 2017, the Mental Health Justice Team at ONE Northside led an action with our partners in Fair Economy Illinois demanding universal healthcare for all! The Resist Trump Tuesdays Chicago action pushed for Illinois Senator Dick Durbin to publicly commit to VOTE NO on Tom Price, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health […]
Join ONE Northside in standing up and supporting recovery services in Lakeview! As some of you may have heard, Rosecrance is proposing to open a recovery home and counseling center at the corner of Waveland and Ashland for young adults recovering from addictions (more info here). Unfortunately, a small vocal group of Lakeview residents have launched a vicious […]
On Tuesday, September 9th, ONE Northside Mental Health Justice Leaders held a press conference outside of Chicago Police Headquarters. Almost 30 individuals joined the team as they called on the Chicago Police Department to increase their training goals for Crisis Intervention Training as well as to report on progress toward those goals to the Chicago […]