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This morning, your alderperson got an invitation from Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa’s office to attend an Aldermanic briefing on the Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) ordinance. #CPACNow
We’re… More calling on you to contact your alderperson and demand they attend one of these briefings. They will provide an opportunity to sit down with the legal drafters of the bill and ask any remaining questions in a smaller setting conducive to more in-depth conversation.
Please join us this Wednesday for an all day phone and email zap. And then continue to contact your alderperson up to the last briefing date - January 11th - until they commit to attending a briefing.
Don’t know your alderperson?… More
On Sunday, December 13th at 3 PM, the Chicago Alliance and our allies will be gathering for our latest People’s Hearing on Police Crimes and Torture. This is the third hearing of this kind that CAARPR has… More organized, and these hearings allow us an opportunity to hear from the survivors and families that are at the heart of our movement, and the driving force behind the campaign for community control of the police (CPAC) and the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture (CFIST).
Speakers will be split into panels based on topic, and there will be opportunities between each panel to ask questions of these survivors. If you join us on Zoom, you’ll have the option to join a… More
👉🏽👉🏿 Take Action: bit.ly/amend2021 👈🏿👈🏾
This morning progressive champions on Chicago City Council introduced community-backed budget amendments to tax the rich, support working families, and invest in real… More community safety. We need your help to get them into next year's budget!
Treatment Not Trauma Amendment - will take resources from the CPD budget to establish a 211 hotline for mental health emergencies with a non-police social worker response. Lead sponsor Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez
Close Homan Square Amendment - will close down the notorious Homan Square facility that CPD uses as an interrogation black site. Lead sponsor Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa
TIF Sunset Amendment - will shut down several TIF districts in affluent parts of the city that are draining resources away from Chicago Public Schools, parks, and libraries. Lead sponsor Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez
Amazon Tax Amendment - will create a new city tax on large businesses operating in the City of Chicago. Lead sponsor Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez
👉🏽👉🏿 Take Action: bit.ly/amend2021 👈🏿👈🏾
Andy Thayer shared a post.
2. More people gathering at Daley Plaza, with arial view - Film #2 of 6 from last night's election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222633823451468
5. Marching on Michigan Avenue - Film #5 of 6 of the election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago. The march went north on Michigan Avenue to the Chicago River, then west on Wacker Drive towards Trump Tower.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222634469587621
Andy Thayer was live.
6. Marching past Trump Tower - Film #6 of 6 of the election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago. Includes closing commentary about our current situation and suggested next steps.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222634602870953
Andy Thayer was live.
4. Start of the march - Film #4 of 6 of the election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago. Film covers the start of the march eastbound from Daley Plaza on Washington Blvd to Michigan Avenue.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222634174300239
Andy Thayer was live.
3. Short program at Daley Plaza - Film #3 of 6 of the election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago. Speakers were Erica Bland-Durosinmi, Executive VP of SEIU Healthcare Illinois Indiana; Kobi… More Guillory - Co-Chair, Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression;
Esmeralda with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights; and Amisha Patel, Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222633883372966
Andy Thayer was live.
1. Gathering at Daley Plaza - Film #1 of 6 from last night's election-protection / count ALL of the votes protest in Chicago. With opening commentary.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222633718688849
Andy Thayer was live.
Paul Goyette is with Elle Dowd and 5 others.
From tonight’s rally and protest in Chicago calling for all votes to be counted — this one was organized by United Working Families, Indivisible Chicago, and Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political… More Repression. It was great to see such a big turnout of organizers from so many different groups in Chicago working together.
Adrian Wood shared a link.
Shasta is an organizer with the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, as well as the National Alliance. This fundraiser is for her partner's recovery from pneumonia. Please give a little or a lot to help a Black liberation freedom fighter support her family : gf.me/u/y5mtju
Marissa Brown shared a post.
Attention, folks with incarcerated loved ones! A judge in Scholl v. Mnuchin has ordered that incarcerated people may be eligible for COVID-19 stimulus money under the CARES Act. Your incarcerated loved one may… More be eligible to receive $1,200 if they are a US citizen. There is no harm in applying. The deadline for online applications is Nov 21. Paper applications are due by October 15. Click the link to be directed to the online form: https://www.freefilefillableforms.com/#/fd/EconomicImpactPayment
Andy Thayer is with Kobi Guillory and 2 others.
Chicago Access Network TV has announced that they will be broadcasting 46th Ward Neighbors Against Police Brutality's "People's Town Hall" four times over the next few days.
The Town Hall was held just a few… More days after the Kenosha, WI police shooting of Jacob Blake and a police-supporting white supremacist killed two people and injured another.
The broadcasts will be at the following times over the next few days:
Tuesday, October 6th @ 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on cable channel 27
Wednesday, October 7th @ 5 a.m. on cable channel 27
Thursday, October 8th @ 2 p.m. on cable channel 27
The broadcasts are available to all Chicago cable subscribers, regardless of provider, and these four showings represent 10's of thousands more people who will see our messages demanding #CPACnow and #defundthepolice
Live-stream of last Friday night's 46th Ward Against Police Violence's "Night of NOISE demo for Breonna Taylor"
https://www.facebook.com/andy.thayer1/videos/10222340499878562/
Tonight's protest in the 46th Ward sponsored by 46th Ward Neighbors Against Police Violence.
