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Amisha Patel: The Trust Is Bust

HuffPost Chicago Blogs

Mayor Emanuel's ordinance does not protect Chicago working families. It creates a new level of systemic inequity. Stand with working families and vote no on the Chicago Infrastructure Trust. »

Op-Ed: The Trust Is Bust

Progress Illinois

The following is from Grassroots Collaborative, a coalition eleven membership-based organizations in Illinois. Mayor Emanuel insists on moving forward with the Chicago Infrastructure Trust ordinance, despite widespread questions around equity, transpar... »

City Officials And Mental Health Advocates Continue Stand Off In Chicago

Progress Illinois

From partly undoing cuts for branch library hours to extending the school day seven – not seven and a half – hours, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has scaled back major policy changes in response to public criticism. Thus far, this is not the case with the... »

Mental Health Movement Occupation Leads To Arrests, Protesters Vow More Actions

Progress Illinois

News links:  Huffington Post In protest of the closings of six Chicago mental health care clinics, advocates and community residents occupied the Woodlawn clinic on the city's South Side. Though 23 were arrested yesterday, protesters say they »

Mental Health Occupation Leads To Arrests, Protesters Vow More Actions

Progress Illinois

News links:  Huffington Post In protest of the planned closings of six Chicago mental health care clinics, advocates and community residents occupied the Woodlawn clinic on the city's South Side. Though 23 were arrested yesterday, protesters s »

The Fierce Urgency Of The Mentally Ill

Beachwood Reporter

The occupation of the Woodlawn Mental Health clinic. »

John Fecile: With Mental Health Clinic Closures Imminent, Protesters Take To The Streets

HuffingtonPost.com Chicago

March 6, Chicagoans across the city took to the streets to rally against the proposed closures of six of the city's twelve mental health clinics over the next month and a half. »

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Amisha Patel: The Trust Is Bust

HuffPost Chicago Blogs

Mayor Emanuel's ordinance does not protect Chicago working families. It creates a new level of systemic inequity. Stand with working families and vote no on the Chicago Infrastructure Trust. »

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