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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Do you have a hunger to make the world a better place? Join one of our organizing trainings this fall! Fair Economy Illinois’ Campaign Leadership School Saturday, Oct. 7 (9am-5pm) & Sunday, Oct. 8 (12pm-5:30pm); Illinois Institute of Technology – Pritzker Science Center, 3105 S Dearborn, Room 129, 60616 With the exception of a handful […]
Want to become a better leader? What to learn how to build power to make the changes you want to see in the world? Join ONE Northside’s Essentials of Organizing Training! The training will cover the following topics: Power, Self-Interest, 1-1s and Base Building. Sunday, February 21st from 1-6PM RSVP to Ellen at eglover@ONENorthside.org or […]
This reflection was written by Ellen Glover. Ellen is the Mental Health Justice Organizer at ONE Northside. Ellen had been with ONE for just over 1.5 years before the merger and recently had the opportunity to attend the National People’s Action week long organizers training in Indiana. Here is her reflection: Last week, I attended the National […]
This weekend, the Chicago Teachers Union will join with parents, teachers, students, public school workers, clergy, activists and others in a three-day Long March for Education Justice in Chicago. This will be an important display of community resistance ahead of the May 22 Board of Education meeting, in which Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hand-picked board […]