IC-SS News 01-23-24: Will you join us Jan 29?
Jan. 29: Bring Chicago Home Info Session
In March, Chicagoans will be voting in the Illinois primary… and we’ll all be voting on the Bring Chicago Home referendum. Want to know more? Next week, on Monday, January 29th, 7:00-8:30 pm,join us on Zoom for an info session on Bring Chicago Home. Register here.
Our speakers will be Jimmy Rothschild (he/him), JCUA Community Organizer, and Jackie Bustamante (they/them), Bring Chicago Home Phone and Text Banking Coordinator. Register here.
Indivisible Chicago-South Side and Indivisible Downtown Chicago are partnering on this January 29 info session via Zoom. You’ll find out:
- how Bring Chicago Home will help Chicago’s large population of individuals and families experiencing homelessness;
- how revenue will be raised to support it;
- how YOU can support the effort to get Chicagoans to vote YES.Â
Come learn with us and get your questions answered. Register here
For a first glimpse, see the website of the Bring Chicago Home coalition.
Sunday Phonebanks: Bring Chicago Home
Join the citywide Indivisible Chicago Alliance virtually to make phone calls for Bring Chicago Home! If Chicago votes YES in the Bring Chicago Home referendum this March, then the City Council can approve it and provide permanent housing & needed services to people experiencing homelessness. The revenue would come from a one-time tax on purchases of real estate going for $1million or more – a mansion tax.
Every Sunday from 4:00-7:00, we’re talking to fellow Chicagoans about the Bring Chicago Home referendum and why it’s important we VOTE YES to more housing in the upcoming March primary. Info/sign-up.
Before starting your phone calls on a remote dialer, you’ll get all the information and support you need on Zoom from friendly, patient Indivisible Chicago organizers, partnering with the Bring Chicago Home coalition. Get more information for the Sunday phonebanks and register here: Info/sign-up
Not free that day? You can sign up to phone bank with the Bring Chicago Home coalition every Tuesday and Thursday evening here.
Work for Wisconsin!
Wisconsin elections play a critical role in the future of the United States as a free country. In this election year, we in Chicago can help Wisconsin elect Democrats and progressives who’ll fight to protect our democracy.
WisDems Voter Protection Team: Tues 1/23
From WisDems Voter Protection Team: Join the WisDems Voter Protection Team — and special guest, WisDems Chair Ben Wikler — in kicking off the 2024 program on Tuesday, January 23rd at 6pm CT on Zoom! Register here.
We’ll hear from Chair Wikler about what’s at stake in 2024, share Voter Protection plans to protect voting rights across the state, and explain all the ways you can get involved in the fight for democracy in 2024. Register here.
Phone Bank to Recruit Volunteers in Kenosha
The Indivisible Chicago Alliance is working with Wisconsin Democrats in Kenosha on the Chicago and Kenosha Building Voting Power Together project.
From Indivisible Chicago Alliance:Â Help find and recruit fellow activists in Kenosha. Join us to phone folks we believe are strong supporters living in Kenosha’s KTown North area to invite them to a gathering February 29th, at which Wisconsin/Kenosha Dems are developing new neighborhood teams.
ACT FROM HOME: Get on Zoom to phonebank from your own home every Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 pm. Info/Sign-up.
Register Milwaukee Voters – Get Trained This Week
From the Milwaukee Voter Project: The Milwaukee Voter Project is working to ensure that all Milwaukee citizens, especially those in underserved communities, are registered to vote and are aware of upcoming elections.
Our volunteers register voters in warm, indoor offices (DMVs) in Milwaukee low-income neighborhoods and give citizens the opportunity to register to vote. You do not have to be a Wisconsin citizen to help register voters at Milwaukee DMVs.
Training is simple — just a one-hour Zoom meeting. Upcoming training dates are this Wednesday, January 24 at 7:00 pm OR Friday, January 26 at 1:30 PM. If you’d like to attend one of these sessions, please email Laura Kushner at laurakushnerx2@gmail.com.
See Renato Mariotti Interview
Last week, members of Indivisible Chicago-South Side went to the Hideout to hear legal pundit Renato Mariotti live, interviewed by Marj Halperin and Tom Moss of Indivisible Chicago’s Blue Beginning chapter. See recording.
Michael Aaron, Jacky Grimshaw, Wendy Posner, Sarah Lincoln were among the audience
Progressive Messaging Webinar: Jan 24
From Indivisible Illinois, Indivisible Chicago Alliance, and other groups: Join us to hear messaging advice for the 2024 election.
Speakers include Anat Shenker-Osorio of ASO Communications, host of the Podcast Words to Win By and Nick Knudsen, Executive Director of DemCast USA. Via Zoom this Wednesday, January 24th, 7:00-8:30 pm CT. Register here.
Sponsored by Truth Brigade Illinois, Indivisible Illinois, Indivisible Evanston, Indivisible Chicago Alliance, Indivisible DuPage. and others.
Last Call: Be a Voting Member
We’re extending our original January 19 deadline by one business day! Sign up as a voting member by 10 pm tonight, Monday, January 22. If you’ve been active in some way with our group in the past two years, you’re invited to become or remain a voting member to have a voice in leadership, endorsement, and governance decisions for our group. Register via this member registration form by 10 pm tonight, January 22.
Note:Â Anyone is welcome to take part in Indivisible Chicago-South Side’s open meetings, events, and projects. However, only voting members can vote on leadership or endorsements or participate in matters of group governance.
In Memoriam: Shasta Jones
We share our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and comrades of Shasta Jones, who was co-chair of the executive committee of CAARPR. Among many roles she held, Shasta Jones was a fierce organizer against police violence and helped usher in Chicago Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance for community control of Chicago police. We mourn Ms. Jones’s untimely passing.
You can contribute to Shasta Jones’ family’s fundraiser here.
Organizations and Opportunities
Indivisible Chicago-South Side shares information and actions from other organizations on issues important in our country, state, city, and communities.
Tell Your Alder to Support a Ceasefire Resolution
From Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago: CALL YOUR ALDER TODAY! On Wednesday, January 24, the Chicago City Council has scheduled a vote on the resolution calling for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza. Here’s the text of the resolution.
JVP-Chicago and allies have been organizing tirelessly to stop the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. If Chicago passes this resolution, it’ll be the biggest U.S. city yet to demand a permanent ceasefire.
Alders are under immense pressure from the pro-Israel lobby to not support this ceasefire resolution. Right now, we need to flood their offices with calls demanding that they stand on the right side of history by voting YES.
UPDATE: A group of alderpersons has proposed that the vote on this resolution be postponed. Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago and If Not Now-Chicago respond: “We stand against the horrific and cynical misuse of Holocaust memory by some members of Chicago City Council to delay the upcoming vote on a #CeasefireNow resolution. The memory of the Shoah compels us to say Never Again for anyone.” See JVP-Chicago’s full statement here.
ACT: Go to the JVP-Chicago form for more information on contacting your alder.  JVP-Chicago ceasefire phone form
ADDITION: When you call your alder, please tell them to refuse to delay the vote. Find your alder here.
Indivisible Chicago-South Side
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