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, many of you received an email celebrating the Mental Health Justice Team and our significant victory of raising the monthly personal need allowance in IL through a budget measure (more at this link). Today, we call on Governor Rauner to sign SB1353 and make this victory permanent! For the last year, the Mental Health Justice […]
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 […]