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Press Conference For Family Whose Utilities Were Illegally Shut Off By Mortgage Company
On May 15th, Action Now and the Keep Chicago Renting Coalition held a press conference to support a family of renters being unjustly treated by Freedom Mortgage Corp and the foreclosure law firm Pierce and Associates. Pierce and Associates, a … Continue reading
Upcoming Event: 3 Day March For Education Justice
Action Now joined the Chicago Teachers Union, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, SEIU Local 1 and many others for a press conference at Mayo Elementary to announce plans for a 3 Day March For Education Justice called “Our City, Our Schools … Continue reading
Posted in Education, In The News
Tagged 3 day march, action now, chicago board of education, chicago mayor, chicago teachers union, corporate education reform, cps, cpsclosings, ed reform chicago public schools, education justice, EDUJustice, karen lewis, kenwood oakland community organization, KOCO, rahm emanuel, save our schools, school closings, seiu local 1, student achievement, violence
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Keep Chicago Renting!
Action Now is a member of the Keep Chicago Renting coalition which seeks to help renters living in foreclosed buildings. Renters are often forced out of their homes, not because they failed to pay rent or violated their lease, but … Continue reading
Action Now Marches In Solidarity With Low Wage Workers On Strike!
On April 24th, 2013 Action Now joined hundreds of fast food and retail workers that walked off their jobs to strike for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without intimidation from their … Continue reading
Posted in Minimum Wage, In The News
Tagged action now, Alderman Toni Foulkes, big business, ceo, community, corporate greed, fair pay, fast food, ff15, fight for 15, hard work, jobs, living wage, low wage, minimum wage, profits, restaurant, retail, strike, strike for 15, wages, walk out, wocc, workers, workers organizing committee of chicago, working families
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Protest: Andrea Zopp Betrays Civil Rights Mission Of Chicago Urban League By Closing Schools
Members of the community organizations Action Now and KOCO are held a protest outside of the Chicago Urban League (CUL) on April 11th because Andrea Zopp, the CUL President, supports CPS school closings that will destroy the very communities that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, In The News
Tagged action now, African-American, andrea zopp, billionaires, black community, board of education, charter expansion, charter schools, chicago public schools, Chicago Urban League, children, civil rights, communities, corporate education reform, CPS closings, education, EDUJustice, human rights, kenwood oakland community organization, KOCO, neighborhoods, parents, privatization, school closings, students
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Action Now’s “Faith In Action” Coalition Holds Press Conference To Support Minimum Wage Increase!
African-American faith leaders from Chicago and across the state of Illinois held a press conference on March 6th to announce their support for a minimum wage increase in Illinois to help working families in their congregations and communities. They also … Continue reading
People’s Board Meeting!
Action Now is a member of GEM (Grassroots Education Movement) and we are holding a Citywide People’s School Board Meeting! CPS tries to shut us out of their Board meetings? Well we’ll hold our own! Join us and testify about … Continue reading
Posted in Education
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