Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice has endorsed and will participate in this March. Click here for background.. All over the world, people are marching to pressure our governments and fossil-fuel corporations to make the promises of the Paris Agreement come true. Without this pressure, it will not happen in time.
Please Join us.
Chicago Area Action
Whiting Lakefront Park,
1798 119th St.
Whiting, IN 46394
1:00 pm CT, May 15th, 2016
We will arrange car pools from the Fox Valley for the morning of May 15th. If you are interested write to us through this website.
See below to understand the passion and the power driving this event. read more
Occupy Elgin will meet on Saturday, April 16th at the intersection of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue in Elgin from 1:00 PM till 2:00 PM. Please join us!
We will hold signs calling for an end to the budget impasse in Springfield. Below is the text of the flyer we will distribute.
End Illinois Budget Impasse!
The budget impasse in Springfield is causing great suffering throughout Illinois. Services to people with disabilities, people with mental health needs, the elderly, students, and the hungry are being severely cut because Illinois has no money available to pay for these services. . The governor refuses to negotiate with the legislature unless they accept his agenda stripping workers of their collective bargaining rights. read more
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