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		<title>Action Now Members Join Protest Against School Closings At Mayor Emanuel&#8217;s House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action Now members joined hundreds of other parents, students and community members to protest Mayor Emanuel and CPS&#8217; policy of school closings and turnarounds. The march began at Lakeview High School where parents, teachers and students spoke about why they &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/action-now-members-join-protest-against-school-closings-at-mayor-emanuels-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=802&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WBEZ Story On Our Rally At Tim Cawley&#8217;s House In Winnetka!</title>
		<link>http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/wbez-91-5-fm-story-on-our-rally-at-tim-cawleys-house-in-winnetka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WBEZ-FM (91.5) broadcasted a great story this morning (February 20th) about our rally at CPS Chief Administrative Officer Tim Cawley&#8217;s house last week. We held the protest to demand that he stop closing schools, and instead give the schools the &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/wbez-91-5-fm-story-on-our-rally-at-tim-cawleys-house-in-winnetka/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=797&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sign the Petition to Fire Edward DeMarco, Head of the FHFA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in December of 2011, the Federal Housing and Finance Agency (FHFA) filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago’s Vacant Property Ordinance. The FHFA lawsuit was an attempt to exempt Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from having to maintain &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/sign-the-petition-to-fire-edward-demarco-head-of-the-fhfa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=790&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Now To Tim Cawley’s Neighbors: Will You Take $25 To Sell Out Your Schools?</title>
		<link>http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/action-now-to-tim-cawleys-neighbors-will-you-take-25-to-sell-out-your-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 6th, Action Now members traveled to CPS Chief Administrative Officer Tim Cawley’s neighborhood in Winnetka because members are upset that their neighbors are being paid by CPS contractors to sell out schools in their own communities. At the &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/action-now-to-tim-cawleys-neighbors-will-you-take-25-to-sell-out-your-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=777&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Now, CTU and Aldermen Hold Press Conference Calling For Passage Of Watchman Ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, February 12th, leaders from Action Now and the Chicago Teachers Union were joined by, parents, public safety advocates and Aldermen Deborah Graham (29), Robert Fioretti (2) and Toni Foulkes (15) in a press conference to call for the &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/action-now-ctu-and-aldermen-hold-press-conference-calling-for-passage-of-watchman-ordinance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=770&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Victory! CME Returns TIF Money After Protests!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 8th, Action Now and other organizations in the Grassroots Collaborative held a &#8220;March of the Golden Toilet&#8221; to celebrate the victory of CME, Bank of America and CNA returning $33 million in TIF funds to the city of &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/victory-cme-returns-tif-money-after-protests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=762&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Now On Tipped Workers And Vacant Properties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article on the Women&#8217;s eNews blog, &#8220;Tipped Workers Hope for Hike in Sub-Minimum Wage,&#8221; Madeline Talbott, Lead Organizer at Action Now, was quoted about tipped workers and the minimum wage: Madeline Talbott, chief organizer of Action Now, a &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/action-now-on-tipped-workers-and-vacant-properties/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=741&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Now Members Travel To Springfield With Faith Leaders To Raise The Minimum Wage!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Raise Illinois coalition, convened by Action Now, filled up a 68 passenger Amtrak train car with faith leaders and minimum wage workers and supporters to travel to Springfield on the morning of January 31st, to call on legislators to &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/action-now-members-travel-to-springfield-with-faith-leaders-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=734&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protestors Supporting CPS School Closings Admit They Were Paid!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a front-page investigation by Rosalind Rossi of the Chicago Sun-Times, two men admit they were paid by an organization called HOPE Englewood to protest in favor of closing neighborhood schools! Action Now members have seen many paid protestors at &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/protestors-supporting-cps-school-closings-admit-they-were-paid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=722&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action Now Holds MLK Day Rally To Protest School Turnarounds And Closings In African-American Communities</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 16th, 2012, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Action Now community members and parents from Dvorak and Herzl schools held a press conference to voice their concerns about CPS’ pattern of neglecting neighborhood schools in low-income minority communities and &#8230; <a href="http://actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/mlk-day-rallies-to-protest-school-turnarounds-and-closings-in-african-american-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=actionnowdotorg.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21740840&amp;post=703&amp;subd=actionnowdotorg&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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