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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Last night, the Republicans’ latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) failed to pass a floor vote when in a dramatic and surprise move, Senator John McCain of Arizona joined with GOP Senators Collins (Maine) and Murkowski (Alaska) in opposing the bill. This is a major victory for all of us […]
After weeks of closed door negotiations, the GOP in the Senate has released their version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). This bill will slam Illinois’ healthcare system, directly affecting the lives of women, low income communities, communities of color, people living with mental illness, seniors, and veterans the most—all while giving huge tax breaks […]
Many of you have likely been keeping up with the news, but the AHCA (the bill to repeal/replace the ACA) just wont die! There are key action steps outlined at the end of this email, but first some updates….The Republicans in Congress are determined to pass something on healthcare and are truly just playing political games now. Republicans […]
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 29) marks Donald Trump’s first 100 days as President. When it comes to health care, Trump’s first 100 days have been about breaking every single promise he made on his way to the White House. For starters, Trump said, “We’re going to have insurance for everybody.” But that’s not true. Under […]